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Mainly sunny skies with a high of 19 C and a low of 8 C.
What’s happening today
Canadians eligible for the GST credit are expected to receive a special payment today to help with the rising cost of groceries.
C.J. Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band take the West End Cultural Centre tonight at 8 p.m.
Today’s must-read
An adult coyote has been located and “humanely” euthanized after two children were attacked less than a week apart in a north Winnipeg neighbourhood, the province announced Tuesday. Chris Kitching has the story.
Traps had been set up near Knowles Avenue and Gateway Road, just south of the Perimeter Highway, while the search focused on dense bush close to homes and a church. (John Woods / Free Press files)
On this date
On July 5, 1945: The Winnipeg Free Press reported 30 million voters in the United Kingdom would head to the polls for the first time in a decade, as general elections had been suspended during the Second World War. The Canadian Pacific and Canadian National railway companies were preparing to ask for a “steep increase in freight rates across the dominion.” Australia’s prime minister John Curtin died in his sleep at age 60 following a recurring lung ailment and heart condition. Canada’s PM Mackenzie King offered his condolences and said Curtain’s death was “a loss to all freedom-loving nations.”
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