Your forecast
Cloudy this morning with a 60 per cent chance of showers this afternoon and a risk of a thunderstorm. Wind becoming north at 20 km/h, gusting to 40 km/h early this afternoon. A high of 18 C with a UV index of 5 or moderate.
What’s happening today
⚽ Centre culturel franco-manitobain is hosting Franco Foot, celebrating French-speaking nations playing for international glory in the FIFA men’s World Cup. Entry is free, and reservations can be made online for the 7:30 p.m. Haiti vs. Brazil game.
⚾ The Winnipeg Goldeyes tee off against the Lincoln Saltdogs at 7 p.m. at Blue Cross Park.
Today’s must-read
Guiding his side-by-side vehicle over a narrow trail separating hundreds of acres of flooded fields in this rural Manitoba municipality Thursday, local farmer Brian Boonstra said there is little hope of saving his crops.
The co-owner of Boonstra Farms Ltd., is among the dozens of south Interlake agricultural producers devastated by overland flooding related to a massive thunderstorm that dropped 255 millimetres of water on the region on June 9.
“Farmers live off hope — hope is what keeps you going,” Boonstra said.
Reporter Tyler Searle has the story.
Brian Boonstra and fellow farmer Kevin Porteous survey flooding on Boonstra’s land in the RM of Woodlands Thursday. (Tyler Searle / Free Press)
On the bright side
École Tuxedo Park and Extendicare Tuxedo Villa are marking a decade of Senior Buddies, a partnership that began to build intergenerational friendship and understanding in their neighbourhood.
“It’s opening (students’) eyes to different parts of being a human and humanity and the community that they live in,” said Diana Stahl, a school counsellor at the kindergarten-to-Grade 4 building in Winnipeg.
Maggie Macintosh has the story.
Grade 4 students from Ecole Tuxedo Park cheer on residents at Extendicare Tuxedo Villa while playing bocce during their final visit to the care home for the year, Thursday. (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press)
On this date
On June 19, 1979: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the Manitoba government gave $138 million towards the redevelopment of the Health Sciences Centre. Any driver in Manitoba convicted of two drinking and driving offences within one year would serve a minimum of 14 days in jail, starting July 1. A gas-filled balloon was engulfed by smoke and flames as it was being inflated at the Manitoba Marathon.
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