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CPIn this recent photo provided by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, RCMP officers canvas homes and buildings in the Gillam, Manitoba area, as they continue to search for two teenagers being sought in the killings of three people in northern British Columbia. (Royal Canadian Mounted Police via AP)
Mounties and the manhunt: The world is watching as Manitoba Mounties are put to the test in bush and bogs during the hunt for Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod. The RCMP has upped its manhunt procedures considerably since five years ago when three officers died in a cat-and-mouse game with an armed gunman on the streets of Moncton. Caitlyn Gowriluk and Ryan Thorpe report. READ MORE
Sewage shame: There’s been lots of words but little corrective action as more than eight billion litres of diluted raw sewage poured into Winnipeg rivers last year from the city’s sewage system. Tom Brodbeck reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: It’s expected to be clear and sunny today with a high of 26C and a UV index of eight, or high. Wind from the south will be 20 km/h.
What’s happening today
Beautifying the West End: At 2:45 p.m., the West End Business Improvement Zone will officially open the West End Community Crossing, located at the southwest corner of Notre Dame Avenue and Balmoral Street. The new space will include a path through a perennial garden and an arbour, which will include night lighting.
In case you missed it
Analyzing Vogt’s departure: Columnist Dan Lett smells politics behind Red River College’s decision not to renew the contract of Paul Vogt, the Ivy League-educated Manitoban and former Rhodes Scholar who taught public administration at three universities. “The only obvious flaw in Vogt’s impressive resumé is the 14 years he spent working closely with NDP governments.” READ MORE
Sex sweep includes senior: An 82-year-old man was among 20 men criminally charged with trying to buy sex during a joint operation by police in Winnipeg and Brandon. Tessa Vanderhart reports. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
Matt Nichols is sacked by Hamilton Tiger-Cats defensive end Adrian Tracy in Hamilton, on Friday. (Peter Power / Canadian Press files)
How to beat the Bombers: Surprised the Winnipeg Blue Bombers lost to the Hamilton Ticats on Saturday? Doug Brown is not. The Free Press football columnist writes: “It is not the fact that the Winnipeg Blue Bombers finally lost a game. It is the fact that the Hamilton defence reminded the rest of the league how to beat them, and what the blueprint for it is.” READ MORE
Tale of the toilet: Whatever happened to last summer’s neon-orange structure public porta-potty that doubled as a public art installation and popped up at various locations downtown? Turns out the operators look for a sustainable revenue model to staff and maintain the facility. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
On this date
On July 30, 1924: The Manitoba Free Press reported that a central inter-provincial wheat selling agency was to be established in Winnipeg. In British Columbia, a vigorous editorial protest against the establishment of a branch of the Ku Klux Klan was to appear in the Vancouver Sun, which would argue that membership in the KKK should be a criminal offence in Canada. An alleged violation of the Treaty of Versailles in the German army system sparked a political crisis. READ MORE
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