Your forecast
Mainly sunny skies, with some haze, with a high of 30 C and a low of 15.
What’s happening today
In Pennsylvania, drivers began longer commutes today after an elevated section of Interstate 95 collapsed in Philadelphia a day earlier following damage caused by a tanker truck carrying flammable cargo catching fire. Sunday’s fire closed a heavily travelled segment of the East Coast’s main north-south highway indefinitely. Newscasts warned of traffic nightmares and gave advice on detours, urging drivers to take more time to travel. The Associated Press reports.
This screen grab from video provided by WPVI-TV/6ABC shows the collapsed section of I-95 with fire trucks on the scene in Philadelphia, Sunday. (WPVI-TV/6ABC via The Associated Press)
Today’s must-read
Sweltering school temperatures — some classrooms reached 30 C and above during Manitoba’s latest heat wave — are prompting calls for universal air conditioning and a tipping point for extreme heat closures to protect students and staff. Maggie Macintosh has the story.
(Winnipeg Free Press files)
On the bright side
At Willow Place, a family violence shelter, the community garden is more than just a way to grow food — it’s a path to healing for people who have left abusive relationships. “It can be therapeutic, learning about gardening and the different pieces of it. That can be a support for someone experiencing a crisis,” executive director Marcie Wood said. The shelter is one of 12 community organizations that received funding through the Winnipeg Food Council’s Community Gardens and Urban Agriculture small grants program. Cierra Bettens has the story.
Marcie Wood, director of family violence shelter Willow Place (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On June 12, 1923: The Manitoba Free Press reported on the second crop report for the year. Replies from 274 correspondents found conditions throughout the Prairie provinces were “very satisfactory.” A “plague of caterpillars” was taking over across Saskatchewan. “Millions of insects” were eating leaves off of trees and crawling into houses. A vessel, which was fully registered in Canada, had been detained in the United States for allegedly violating liquor laws for over a year. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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