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In this grab taken from video provide by Chiang Rai Public Relations Office, emergency workers carry a stretcher with one of the rescued boys. (The Associated Press)
Renewed rescue effort: A fifth member of a boys soccer team has been rescued from a flooded cave system in Thailand. Four boys were rescued Monday, and divers are working to free more of them today. READ MORE
Urban reserve report: A report that will be presented to the city’s executive policy committee this week recommends approving a deal with Peguis First Nation for an urban reserve. Under the agreement, Peguis would pay an annual fee equivalent to 80 per cent of the municipal property taxes on the location at 1075 Portage Ave. Aldo Santin reports. READ MORE
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Your forecast: Today will be sunny with a high of 29 C and a humidex of 30, with wind from the northwest at 20 km/h early this afternoon.
In case you missed it
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSPeople attend the final day of The Folk Fest Sunday, July 8, 2018.
Wasn’t that a party? Four staff writers discuss the best and worst of a very hot and humid Winnipeg Folk Festival, which ended at Birds Hill Provincial Park last night. The 45th edition of the annual event was likely one of the best, they agree. READ MORE
Up next
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is making a point to spend time with the 450 Canadian military personnel that are embedded in Latvia. (Chris Young / Canadian Press files)
Leaving for Latvia: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will depart for Latvia this morning to meet with troops and make the first-ever bilateral visit by a Canadian prime minister to Latvia. The former republic of the U.S.S.R. is celebrating 100 years since it became an independent nation. READ MORE
Presidential pick: U.S. President Donald Trump will announce his nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy at 8 p.m. On Sunday morning, Trump tweeted the decision had yet to be made, saying, “An exceptional person will be chosen.” READ MORE
Reopen after railway work: A section of Waverley Street that had been closed to traffic and pedestrians since Friday was scheduled to reopen this morning. Waverley was closed between Wilkes and Taylor avenues for railway track reconstruction as part of the Waverley Underpass project.
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Justin Bieber (Invision files)
Engaged: TMZ is reporting that Justin Bieber is engaged to Hailey Baldwin. READ MORE
On this date
July 9, 1956: The deputy mayor of Winnipeg says he was not informed the mayor left town for Calgary; a conference was told 18 per cent of teachers were not qualified to teach; the widow of Trotsky branded Nikita Khrushchev a ‘nonentity’; and an earthquake killed 40 people in Greece. READ MORE
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