Your forecast
A mix of sun and cloud, with a 30 per cent chance of showers this afternoon with risk of a thunderstorm. Wind becoming south at 30 km/h gusting to 50 this morning. High 28 C. Humidex 31. UV index 8 or very high.
What’s happening today
Postal workers are set to find out if they have a new tentative agreement more than two years into the labour strife, as the union is set to release its ballot results today. The Canadian Press reports.
Vehicles at a Canada Post delivery depot in Burnaby, B.C., in 2025. (Darryl Dyck / The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
The Manitoba Health Coalition is calling out the NDP government for expanding for-profit lab services after it criticized privatization while in opposition.
Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara announced last week the opening of a new Dynacare lab in Selkirk, saying it will help connect more patients and families in the Interlake-Eastern region to important diagnostic services in a convenient, community setting.
“I’m disappointed that the province is still working with (Dynacare) after being critical of their for-profit model while in opposition,” said Noah Shulz of the coalition, which represents labour groups and proponents of public health care. Carol Sanders has the story.
The Manitoba government is facing criticism for expanding for-profit labs after announcing the opening of a new Dynacare lab in Selkirk. (Free Press files)
On the bright side
Nicole DePauw has volunteered with Ducks Unlimited Canada for 25 years, as treasurer for the provincial council and Tourond Creek committee.
She was recently named the organization’s Manitoba’s Volunteer of the Year for her commitment. The non-profit works with governments, landowners and Indigenous communities to conserve and restore wetlands to ensure there is clean water and a healthy environment for waterfowl, wildlife and people. AV Kitching has more here.
Nicole DePauw has been volunteering with Ducks Unlimited Canada for more than 25 years, following in her parents’ footsteps. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press)
On this date
On June 1, 1927: The Manitoba Free Press reported police in Windsor, Ont., uncovered a plot to kill local millionaire Joseph Kevinsky and kidnap his wife and daughter; four men were arrested, three of whom were from Windsor and one from Detroit. The accused were alleged to have sent a letter to Kevinsky demanding $5,000 or he would be killed, as well as threatening to bomb his business.
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