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MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSMaureen Fitzhenry, media relations manager (left), and Jacques Lavergne, vice-president of visitor experience and engagement, are looking forward to welcoming visitors back to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
Human rights museum reopening: The Canadian Museum for Human Rights announced today it will be reopen June 17. The museum, which closed March 14, will be open five days a week and will become the first national museum to reopen since coronavirus restrictions began. Alan Small reports. READ MORE
Opposition balks at bill: The Liberal government will introduce a bill today that would expand the wage subsidy program to include seasonal workers and some additional businesses, and impose penalties for fraudulent Canada Emergency Response Benefit claims. There appears to be little support for the bill among the opposition parties. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Report on CERB revisions: Parliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux is scheduled to release a report today on the possible costs of revamping the CERB. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Relief fund for sex workers: With many sex workers ineligible or reluctant to apply for the CERB, a local volunteer-run organization has collected enough donations for 96 people who work in the industry to receive $100 each. Katie May reports. READ MORE
‘Public should have the facts’: The NDP is asking Manitoba Hydro to make a rate application before the Public Utilities Board in a bid to get a public review of pending layoffs, Carol Sanders reports. A Hydro spokesman said there are no plans to submit a general rate application. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Rain this morning but sunny for much of the day, with a high of 18 C, and wind from the north at 30 km/h gusting to 50. Partly cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of showers this evening.
In other news
RUTH BONNEVILLE / FREE PRESS FILESOn June 2, a lawyer for the Manitoba Metis Federation sent a letter to Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman outlining safety concerns expressed by staff who work at the federation’s office on Henry Avenue, due to a nearby encampment.
Cleaning up homeless camp: A “multi-agency cleanup effort” of a homeless camp near the Manitoba Metis Federation offices is to begin at 9:30 a.m. today. A spokeswoman for End Homelessness Winnipeg said organizations will work with residents of the camp “to remove unwanted or discarded items.” READ MORE
No carbon tax compensation: Ottawa says it won’t compensate western Canadian farmers for a controversial part of its carbon tax. The agriculture industry was seeking an exemption for fuel used to dry grain. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Letter links vote, climate: Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg is urging some countries to use next week’s vote to fill two seats on the United Nations Security Council as leverage to demand Canada and Norway do more to address climate change. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has long campaigned for Canada joining the council. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
‘Chaos’ in Georgia: Tuesday’s primary elections in Georgia were marred by voters waiting hours to cast their ballots, voting machine malfunctions, provisional ballot shortages and absentee ballots failing to arrive. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s campaign called it “completely unacceptable” and a “threat” to democracy. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Parking ticket pics online: People who receive parking tickets in Winnipeg can now go online to view photos taken as evidence of an infraction. Previously, drivers had to wait for a screening officer to see the evidence against them, which led to some delayed appeals. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE
On this date
On June 10, 1943: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the city’s air raid alarm system and communication equipment for civilian defence, recently installed by the Manitoba Telephone System, was tested by the civilian defence corps in a mock air raid. Winnipeg mayor Garnet Coulter urged Winnipeggers to pledge their generous support for the Greek War Relief fund. Unsung inventors in the R.C.A.F. had invented many useful machines out of scrap metal, saving Canada thousands of dollars, at No. 8 Repair Depot Stevenson field, the airplane hospital for the flying craft of No. 2 command.
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