Your forecast
A mix of sun and cloud. , with a 60 per cent chance of showers this afternoon with risk of a thunderstorm. Wind becoming south at 20 km/h this morning. High 25 C, Humidex 26, UV index 7 or high.
A storm that swept through western Manitoba last week spawned five tornadoes, researchers have determined.
Two tornadoes touched down June 12 near Rivers, one in Spruce Woods Provincial Park and the final two near Saint Alphonse, as per a blog post from the Northern Tornadoes Project. The Brandon Sun‘s Colin Slark has more here.
Farm buildings, grain silos and trees were damaged by a tornado near St. Alphonse and Swan Lake First Nation on June 12. (Northern Tornadoes Project)
What’s happening today
Enjoy a pop-up chocolate, art and wine pairing at the WAG-Qaumajuq Rooftop, 7 p.m., inspired by the newly opened Riopelle: Crossroads in Time. Tour the bold, influential works of Canadian artist Jean-Paul Riopelle before heading up to create your own Riopelleian works of art on chocolate under the guidance of chocolatier Helen Staines of Decadence Chocolates. Feel free to sample your creation with a paired glass of wine; custom-designed Riopelle chocolate bars to take home are also available for purchase at ShopWAG. Tickets: $55 at wag.ca.
Check out the Jean Paul Riopelle show, then make your own art out of chocolate. (Mike Deal / Free Press)
The Winnipeg International Jazz Festival continues, with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, with Kind Neighbours, performing at 7:30 p.m., Burton Cummings Theatre; and at Royal Albert Arms, catch Mundane Problems at 7:30 p.m. and Audrey Ochoa at 9:30 p.m. For more information, click here.
Today’s must-read
Lynn Martin has dedicated most of her adult life to caring for other people’s children. Martin is the director of Early Learning and Child Care Thompson, as well as Kiddies Northern Preschool, splitting duties between the two centres throughout the week. She is proud of the work she’s done over the years, including the last 16 she’s spent in the small northern Manitoba city.
But while she’s doing her best to provide the sense of security that each family desires and deserves, it pains Martin to admit she’s falling short of her own standards because, in reality, she’s being set up to fail.
It’s a dire situation that’s not limited to Thompson, but affects all child-care centres in small northern Manitoba towns, including The Pas, Flin Flon, Snow Lake, Grand Rapids and Churchill.
Jeff Hamilton has more here, in the latest instalment of our six-part investigation into the state of child care in Manitoba: Building Blocks, Crumbling Foundation.
One of the preschool classes at Early Learning and Child Care Thompson. (Jeff Hamilton / Free Press)
On the bright side
Things are looking up for the Iberian lynx. Just over two decades ago, the pointy-eared wild cat was on the brink of extinction, but as of Thursday the International Union for Conservation of Nature says it’s no longer an endangered species.
Successful conservation efforts mean that the animal, native to Spain and Portugal, is now barely a vulnerable species, according to the latest version of the IUCN Red List. The Associated Press has more here.
Conservationists are celebrating the recovery of the Iberian lynx. (Antonio Pizarro / The Associated Press files)
On this date
On June 20, 1957: The Winnipeg Free Press reported a department of transport VIP plane left Winnipeg’s Stevenson airfield for Ottawa with two newly elected Manitoba MPs aboard; despite secrecy surrounding the flight, it was believed the two had been summoned by prime minister John Diefenbaker for talks on the new Progressive Conservative cabinet. Civic health officials moved to curb the spread of a ringworm infection in north and central Winnipeg; most of the patients were schoolchildren. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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