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A few showers ending early this morning then a mix of sun and cloud, with a 30 per cent chance of showers late this afternoon. Hazy. Wind becoming northwest at 30 km/h gusting to 50 early this afternoon. High 23 C. Humidex 26. UV index 7 or high.
What’s happening today
The latest probe into the company behind the controversial ArriveCan app is among four reports being released today by Canada’s auditor general. The Canadian Press reports.
Auditor general Karen Hogan (Adrian Wyld / The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
Manitoba’s premier is prepared to spend $1 billion to open a new CancerCare site that his government says will attract “world-class” physicians and researchers to Winnipeg.
Premier Wab Kinew was joined by Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara and physicians to announce the next steps to expand cancer research and patient care in the province on Monday.
Kinew confirmed that a site that is kitty-corner to CancerCare headquarters at 675 McDermot Ave. — where he made the announcement — will host the second facility. Maggie Macintosh has the story.
Dr. Dhali Dhaliwal, past president and CEO of CancerCare Manitoba, oversaw CancerCare between 2003 and 2013 — a period during which he said he was often troubled by a shortage of space. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press)
On the bright side
Blue and yellow ribbons wrapping around the city’s skyline show the deep connection between Ukraine and Manitoba in a new mural.
Take Pride Winnipeg, a downtown non-profit that seeks to clean up and inspire civic pride, unveiled its newest mural, titled “Pray for Ukraine” in the Exchange District on Monday.
The installation at Exchange District BIZ at 492 Main St. was painted by Jennifer Mosienko, who’s worked on more than 40 murals across the city.
Mila Shykota, a 46-year-old Ukrainian newcomer, wanted to repay the generosity Winnipeggers have showed her and others with an art piece that intertwined the two cultures with the colours of Ukraine and Canada. Matthew Frank has more here.
The Pray for Ukraine mural was unveiled on Monday. (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press)
On this date
On June 10, 1937: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the Soviet Union sought to bolster its western and far eastern frontiers via drastic military personnel changes in the face of what it claimed were its most likely enemies, German and Japan. A Soviet aviator was planning a summer attempt to make a trans-polar flight from Moscow to San Fransicso. In London, four Canadian women who had taken part in a health and fitness demonstration and were still wearing their gym suits were asked to leave the restaurant of the BBC for having bare legs. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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