What’s happening today
CPAn RCMP vehicle in Wolseley, Sask., on Saturday. (Tim Taylor / The Canadian Press files)
Manslaughter charges in Mountie’s death: A man and a woman from Winnipeg are scheduled to appear in court in connection with the killing of RCMP Const. Shelby Patton in Saskatchewan this weekend. Alphonse Stanley Traverse, 41, and Marlene Velma Louise Pagee, 42, are charged with manslaughter and other offences. READ MORE
Set for summit: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Brussels for a NATO summit. U.S. President Joe Biden, whose predecessor called the North Atlantic Treaty Organization “obsolete,” will also participate. READ MORE
Controversial court challenge: Ottawa is poised to argue against two Canadian Human Rights Tribunal rulings in Federal Court, including one that expands Jordan’s Principle to children who live off-reserve or who are not registered under the Indian Act. Jordan’s Principle — named for Jordan River Anderson, a Manitoba boy who died in hospital — is a rule stating that arguments must care for ailing children first and decide who is responsible for the costs later. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Accused killer to appear: The man charged with running down and killing four members of a Muslim family with his truck in London, Ont., is scheduled to appear in court. READ MORE
Boat-crash trial begins: The trial of Linda O’Leary, the wife of celebrity businessman Kevin O’Leary, in connection with a boat crash that killed two people north of Toronto begins. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny with a high of 28 C and wind from the north at 10 km/h increasing to 20 km/h later this morning.
In case you missed it
Shoes and messages referencing the discovery of unmarked graves at the Kamloops Indian Residential School were placed at Central United Church in Brandon. (Tim Smith / Brandon Sun files)
‘Stop the debate’: Columnist Niigaan Sinclair says the residential school system clearly constituted genocide. READ MORE
Still struggling: In her latest column, Shelley Cook says the discovery of the remains of 215 Indigenous children at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops “is heavy and all-encompassing.” READ MORE
Deliverance star dies: Actor Ned Beatty, an Oscar nominee known for his supporting roles over decades of work, including his movie debut in Deliverance, has died at 83.
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On this date
On June 14, 1920: The Manitoba Free Press reported that Republicans had chosen Ohio senator Warren G. Harding as their candidate for U.S. president. A report from Tokyo, with sources in Vladovistok, said the Bolshevik government in Moscow had been overthrown, Leon Trotsky was killed and premier Vladimir Lenin had escaped. London had received no confirmation of this news, though the Bolsheviks had reportedly occupied Kyiv.
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