Your forecast
Cloudy with showers and high of 22 C and a low of 12 C.
What’s happening today
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers face the Saskatchewan Roughriders at Mosaic Stadium, starting at 8 p.m. Taylor Allen has a story on how the Bombers hope to extend their string of wins against the Roughriders.
Winnipeg Blue Bombers wide receiver Drew Wolitarsky is tackled by the Saskatchewan Roughriders during CFL football action at Mosaic Stadium in Regina in 2018. (Mark Taylor / The Canadian Press files)
The Emmet Cohen Trio plays the Tom Hendry Warehouse Theatre, starting at 7:30 p.m. Alan Small talks to Cohen about what he’s been up to since his last appearance in Winnipeg in 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic caused worldwide shutdowns.
Emmet Cohen hosted successful livestreams from his Harlem home during pandemic lockdowns. (Supplied)
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Today’s must-read
A seniors bus outing to a rural casino on a clear June day ended with 15 people dead and 10 seriously injured after a fiery crash on the Trans-Canada Highway, in a case that echoed the shocking Humboldt Broncos bus tragedy in Saskatchewan. Read the full story.
The site of a crash between a bus and a semi-trailer, which killed 15 seniors, on the Trans-Canada Highway north of Carberry. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On June 16, 1973: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in Copenhagen, NATO foreign ministers agreed to embark on the alliance’s first thorough re-examination of principles and objectives in its 25-year history. Montreal’s airport was the latest to be hit by rotating 24-hour strikes by Air Canada machinists. In Manitoba, universities minister Saul Miller announced a 60-day postponement of the sale of the sanatorium in Ninette to Browndale International, and Ontario-based private treatment centre for emotionally disturbed children. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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