What’s happening today
Tampa Bay Lightning players skate during an NHL hockey practice before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals against the Colorado Avalanche, Tuesday, June 14, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Cup final commences: The Stanley Cup final starts in Denver, with the Colorado Avalanche hosting the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Avalanche are trying to win their third NHL championship, while the Lightning are trying for their third consecutive Stanley Cup and fourth overall. READ MORE
Residential school burial sites: Premier Heather Stefanson and Indigenous Reconciliation and Northern Relations Minister Alan Lagimodiere will attend an event at the former Portage Indian Residential School on the identification, commemoration and protection of burial sites. Nine representatives of First Nations and Indigenous, Métis and Inuit organizations, five residential school survivors and two Indigenous elders will also be there.
Survey says: A poll released today found 44 per cent of Tory voters believe Pierre Poilievre would make the best federal Conservative leader. Jean Charest was a distant second at 14 per cent, and the four other remaining candidates ranked much lower. READ MORE
Set for soccer: Valour FC, who have won only twice in nine matches, host Cavalry FC at IG Field tonight. READ MORE
Weather
ETHAN CAIRNS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSTuesday’s rainfall likely won’t be the last the week has to offer, Environment and Climate Change Canada meteorologist Terri Lang said.
‘Flash flood’: Rain and thunderstorms have led to even more flooding. Malak Abas reports. READ MORE
Your forecast: Mainly sunny, with a 30 per cent chance of showers beginning late this afternoon and risk of a thunderstorm, mainly cloudy tonight with a 60 per cent chance of showers until early Thursday, a high of 22 C and peak winds at 40 km/h gusting to 60 from the southwest.
In case you missed it
ETHAN CAIRNS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESThe Melissa Aldana Quartet performs in the Bonnie and John Buhler Hall of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights during the Winnipeg International Jazz Festival on Tuesday.
Festival season starts: Jazz Fest began last night after a three-year absence. Alan Small reports. READ MORE
Defence grills victim’s colleague: During cross-examination, lawyers for a teen accused of murdering his mother suggested a co-worker she had accused of sexually harassing her was the killer. Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
Jail jobs: Most of the employees at the Agassiz Youth Centre will be transferring to other corrections sites when the jail shuts down next month. Chris Kitching reports. READ MORE
Ferry trouble in York Factory: York Factory First Nation has declared a state of emergency because of delays in the startup of its summer ferry schedule. Bryce Hunt reports. READ MORE
On this date
On June 15, 1955: The Winnipeg Free Press reported grain farmers who were not able to seed or let fields lie fallow in the summer because of flooding would receive financial aid from the federal government under the Prairie Farm Assistance Act, but cattle farmers in the Interlake were bitterly disappointed they would not benefit. A former Winnipegger who was retiring from the RCMP would take over as the new governor of Headingley jail. READ MORE
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