What you need to know
Ryan and Allison Potter at the beginning of the trail. (Supplied)
Bear attack: A Winnipeg couple hiking on the Mantario Trail in Whiteshell Provincial Park told Tuesday how they were attacked by a bear. “All of a sudden it felt like someone kicked my legs from behind,” said Ryan Potter, 44. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: The thunderstorms and lightning that shook Winnipeg this morning should clear this afternoon. Wind from the southeast at 20 km/h will become west 30 in the afternoon. The high is expected to be 24 C, with a humidex of 30.
In case you missed it
(John Woods / The Canadian Press)Churchill’s closed Via Rail station.
Glum day in Churchill: Negotiations to transfer the Hudson Bay Railway and the Port of Churchill to a consortium with Manitoba ties have fallen apart, according to Omnitrax. The company said Tuesday there’s been a breakdown in Ottawa’s negotiations to transfer Churchill’s railway and port into local hands. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
BIZ CEO resigns: Stefano Grande is resigning as chief executive officer of the Downtown Winnipeg BIZ to take a position at the Children’s Hospital of Manitoba. “It’s been quite a ride,” Grande told reporter Martin Cash. READ MORE
Up next
Danny Kidane, 24, vanished from the festival grounds Saturday afternoon.
RIP Danny Kidane: Police are expected to release details today of the death of Danny Berhie Kidane, 24, who vanished Saturday while attending Countryfest in Dauphin. The search ended Tuesday evening with the discovery of his body. “Tell your family how much you love them because you never know when they might leave you,” his brother wrote on social media. Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
Paul McCartney returns: Tickets go on sale July 13 for a Sept. 28 concert at Bell MTS Place by Paul McCartney. The 76-year-old former Beatle played a sold-out show at Investors Group Field in 2013. Alan Small reports. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
Shelley Marshall, a clinical nurse with the WRHA, says the study will reach out to people with addictions who might use a safe-consumption site. (Jessica Botelho-Urbanski / Winnipeg Free Press)
Investigating safe-injection sites: The provincial government has declined repeated requests for supervised-injection sites in Winnipeg, but that hasn’t stopped an independent coalition of health workers and advocates from going ahead with research into whether drug-consumption spaces are needed in the city. According to a Free Press-Probe Research poll, 69 per cent of 600 Winnipeg adults surveyed said they would generally support the introduction of a safe-injection site to the city. Jessica Bortelho-Urbanski and Maggie McIntosh report. READ MORE
Laine scores with kids: Jets fan favourite Patrik Laine helped calm kids Monday night after they were frightened by a drunken passenger causing a disturbance aboard a flight from Malaga, Spain to Helsinki. After the flight made an unscheduled stop in Paris, where police handcuffed the unruly man and carted him off the plane, Laine, who was also aboard the flight, talked to the children, signing autographs and posing for pictures. READ MORE
On this date
On July 4, 1936: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that following a coroner’s inquest, charges of manslaughter would be laid against a farmer in the Ledwyn district in the death of his neighbour, a farmer in the same district. Nine new names were added to the list of candidates in the upcoming provincial election, bringing the total to 73. Manitoba premier John Bracken, who had governed for fourteen years, submitted his platform and highlighted his public record to voters. READ MORE
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