What you need to know
Graham Hughes / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILESAn online price monitoring firm says gasoline prices in Canada have spiked.
Gas pains: If you’ve noticed the price at the pump seems much higher this summer, you’re right. Last summer it was 82 cents a litre. This summer, it’s soared to $1.31. Reporter Erik Pindera examines the impact. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Hold onto your hats at the Winnipeg Folk Festival as the wind, 30 km/h, will gust to 50. It will be sunny with a high of 28 C, a humidex of 34 and a UV index of 9 or very high.
In case you missed it
CPThis June 16, 2016 file photo made with a fisheye lens shows bottles of alcohol during a tour of a state liquor store in Salt Lake City. A plebiscite will be held May 8 whether to allow the sale of alcohol in a number of communities in Nova Scotia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP /Rick Bowmer
Unusual alcoholism program: An alcohol-addiction treatment program coming to Manitoba allows clients to continue drinking during their recovery and beyond. Naltrexone pills are taken an hour before consuming alcohol and inhibit the feeling of well-being and decreases the desire for more booze. Ashley Prest reports. READ MORE
Hopeful news for Pinawa: In a Free Press exclusive, reporter Bill Redekop tells how a nuclear energy company has applied to make the Manitoba community of Pinawa a global hub in small modular reactors that can be used to power off-grid communities and mining camps. “Everybody is excited as hell about this,” said Blair Skinner, mayor. READ MORE
Up next
ANDREW RYAN / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSThe crowd gathers at the main stage for the first performance of Folk Fest on Thursday evening.
Tonight’s headliners: Mainstage at the Winnipeg Folk Festival this evening includes The War and Treaty, Micah Erenberg, Natalie MacMaster, Gabrielle Shonk, Darlingside, Scott H. Biram, The Strumbellas, Mick Flannery and Courtney Barnett. Erin Lebar reports. READ MORE
Matt Michols returns: Matt Nichols will start at quarterback Saturday when the Winnipeg Blue Bombers welcome the B.C. Lions to Investors Group Field. He had injured his right knee during training camp and rookie QB Chris Streveler has played the Bombers first three games of the season. Jeff Hamilton reports. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
VIA passengers return: Via Rail passengers are expected to be back in Winnipeg today after their train derailed about 3 a.m. Thursday 37 kilometres north of Hudson Bay, Sask. The company said it will offer trauma counselling and provide accommodation for the travellers in Winnipeg until they get to their destination. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
Beer ‘n nips: Salisbury House now has its own beer. The chain of restaurants has teamed up with Fort Garry Brewing, and the result is Red Roof Lager. Starting this week, the new brew is on tap in all Sals restaurants and at civic golf courses. READ MORE
On this date
On July 6, 1956: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Russia’s premier Nikolai Bulganin hailed an era of world peace in a radio statement, explaining that Russia was now disarming because the threat of war had vanished. West German chancellor Konrad Adenauer bristled at Soviet Communist party leader Nikita Kruschev’s remarks that there would be no unification for Germany. In Winnipeg, the Winnipeg school board announced the construction of two new senior high schools as part of a $3-million building and expansion program. READ MORE
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