What you need to know
Border battle: U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Republicans on Capitol Hill today as even some GOP politicians are calling for an end to the controversial policy of separating migrant families at the southern border. Two immigration bills being considered in the House could end the separations, but hardline Republicans are expected to oppose the compromise legislation. READ MORE
Cross Lake complex: Cross Lake First Nation residents are calling on the provincial government to pay for part of its planned health complex. Residents travel to either Winnipeg or Thompson for most medical services. “It’s ridiculous. It’s life and death, I would say, for our people every day,” band Coun. Donnie McKay said. Jessica Botelho-Urbanski reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: It will be mainly cloudy later this morning and then overcast, with a high of 28 C.
What’s happening today
Eduardo Balaquit
Set to search: A day after the two-week anniversary of Eduardo Balaquit’s disappearance, the family of the missing Winnipeg man will begin searching areas around Arborg today. Police ended their search of the area, about 110 kilometres north of Winnipeg, on Monday. Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
Bakery’s back: Tall Grass Prairie reopened this morning after the first and second floors of the Wolseley bakery were damaged by torrential rain May 30. “It’ll be good to get back to baking,” Paul Langel, one of the bakery’s co-owners, said. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESA pair of teepees grace the Winnipeg Skyline at the Forks during National Indigenous Peoples Day.
Do something different: Columnist Niigaan Sinclair has ideas for how to spend National Indigenous Peoples Day. On Thursday, “we all have an opportunity to try something new in one of the richest and most vibrant communities in the country,” he writes. READ MORE
Conservative win in Quebec: The Conservatives won a federal byelection in Quebec Monday night, capturing a majority of the vote and gaining a seat that had been held by the Liberals. The win was seen as the first test of leader Andrew Scheer’s efforts to build support in Quebec by wooing former separatists and soft nationalists. READ MORE
Trending now
Harry Kane: England’s captain Harry Kane helped his team win its first match of the 2018 World Cup with a dramatic late-game goal. READ MORE
On this date
On June 19, 1925: The Manitoba Free Press reported that in Shanghai, China, 50,000 students demonstrated, demanding war against Great Britain and Japan. In Chicago, 250 police officers took part in a massive manhunt for a criminal in the city’s freight subways. Sales of Winnipeg bonds brought the highest price since before the First World War. READ MORE
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