Your forecast
A mix of sun and cloud with a risk of a thunderstorm late this afternoon. A heat warning is in effect, with the expected high 32 C and a low of 21, with a humidex of 37 and UV index of 8 or very high.
What’s happening today
In time for Pride month, Rafiki, a bold, groundbreaking LGBTTQ+ film from Kenya, will kick off a series of free screenings of films by Black artists, curated by Winnipeg’s Black Film Collective, at WAG-Qaumajuq. Tonight, 7 p.m.
The film Rafiki was banned in its native Kenya for homophobic reasons. (Shortcut Films)
The annual Flatlander’s Beer Festival gets underway tonight at Canada Life Centre, starting at 7:30 p.m., with additional times Saturday afternoon and evening. Click here for more information.
More than 300 beers and 150-plus other drinks are featured at Flatlander’s Beer Festival. (Justin Samanski-Langille / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Today’s must-read
The last confirmed inspection of the wooden footbridge at Fort Gibraltar that collapsed Wednesday — sending 17 children and a teacher to hospital — was 17 years ago. Festival du Voyageur, which owns the fort, is responsible for preventing the site from falling into unsafe condition, the city said Thursday. Chris Kitching has the story.
An elevated walkway at Fort Gibraltar collapsed during a school field trip. (David Lipnowski / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On June 2, 1960: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in Turkey, the country’s new military rulers announced former prime minister Adnan Menderes and 400 of his democratic party leaders would be brought to trial and face possible death penalties. A Winnipeg judge fined a man known as the “Russian bear” $2,654 for severely beating and biting a man at a dance hall. Also in Winnipeg, a major new sports ground for children and amateur athletes would be built by Omand’s Creek, south of Portage Avenue. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
Get the full story: Read today’s e-edition of the Free Press.
|
