What’s happening today
9-year-old Darius Bezecki. (Family photo)
River search ends tragically: A public vigil is scheduled for today at 4:30 p.m. at Ernie O’Dowda Park for Darius Bezecki, 9, whose body was pulled from the Red River on Sunday. Darius’ family said he will be remembered as a happy boy who was “always smiling.” Maggie McIntosh reports. READ MORE
Your weather
It will be slightly less hot and humid today, with a high of 26 C and a Humidex reading of 28. The wind from the west will be 20 km/h, gusting to 40. The low tonight will be 16 C.
In case you missed it
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Pandemic drinking increases: A quarter of Canadians say they’ve been drinking more alcohol during the pandemic, according to a recent poll. A spokesman for the Red Cross calls it “worrisome”. Julia-Simone Rutgers has the story. READ MORE
As Shindleman sees it: Shindico president Sandy Shindleman has been in the Winnipeg real estate market for almost five decades, and he says there has never been an outside force that’s made an impact as swiftly or as broadly as the pandemic. Ben Waldman offers Shindleman’s insights. READ MORE
Pallister’s ploy: Premier Brian Pallister is skilled at playing the victim card, according to columnist Dan Lett. “It’s what he says when he needs to create reasonable doubt in the court of public opinion.” READ MORE
Racial divide: Residential zoning plays a key role in the economic and racial divides of cities including Winnipeg, writes Brent Bellamy. The architect and columnist offers ways to break down the barriers. READ MORE
Kissing lipstick goodbye: When masks cover the lower half of our faces, lipstick seems redundant. Another unhappy consequence of the pandemic is that the simple joy of cosmetics may be extinguished. Maria Puente has the feature story in the Arts & Life section. READ MORE
On this date
On July 6, 1915: The Manitoba Free Press reported that as the Great War wore on, the Turks suffered heavy troop losses in the latest battle in the Dardanelles. There was fierce fighting between Italian forces and Austro-Hungarian troops on the Austrian frontier. Former attorney general of Manitoba J.H. Howden told a royal commission of the political world in which he had moved, in which men did not speak in definitive terms and secrecy was widespread, and people knew when to look the other way; Howden told the commission of a $50,000 arrangement he was involved in that would keep the government in power by settling out of court all the election petition, a deal that none of the other government ministers knew about.
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