What’s happening today
A vehicle enters Canada at the Emerson border crossing. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Travel rules to be revealed: The federal government will announce updated rules for fully vaccinated travellers at a news conference at 9 a.m. CT. READ MORE
PHAC president in Parliament: Opposition MPs passed a motion last week finding the president of the Public Health Agency of Canada in contempt of Parliament and ordering him to appear in the House of Commons today to be reprimanded by the Speaker. Iain Stewart has refused to hand over unredacted documents about the firing of two scientists at Winnipeg’s National Microbiology Laboratory. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Proof of vaccination needed: Visitors at personal care homes in Manitoba are required to show proof of being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of today. However, the homes do not yet have access to an app that can verify the information and will have to trust that the printed proof provided is legitimate. READ MORE
Fans allowed at Olympics: Up to 10,000 fans will be allowed to attends events at the Tokyo Olympics, officials said today. The spectators must be residents of Japan. READ MORE
Uncertainty in Sweden after vote: Stefan Lofven is the first Swedish prime minister to lose a confidence vote in parliament. He has one week to decide what happens next. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Increasing cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of showers this afternoon, a high of 16 C and wind from the northwest at 15 km/h increasing to 20 km/h.
In case you missed it
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh at the University of Winnipeg in September 2019. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Political poll: A new poll done for the Free Press found the three main federal parties are effectively tied for support among Manitobans, with the NDP on the rise, the Tories dropping and the Liberals remaining static. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
‘Flying school bus’: Niigaan Sinclair’s latest column is on the role planes had in transporting Indigenous children to residential schools. READ MORE
Fatal fall at mine: A worker died after a fall at Hudbay’s Lalor mine in Snow Lake, and all underground mining operations have been suspended. READ MORE
Nuclear power plant shut down: Iran’s only nuclear power plant has undergone an unexplained temporary emergency shutdown, an official from the state electric company said on a talk show on state TV. READ MORE
Storm’s strength increases: Claudette, whose effects led to the deaths of 13 people in Alabama this weekend, regained tropical storm status as it neared North Carolina this morning. READ MORE
On this date
On June 21, 1990: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a majority of 1,200 support staff workers in 22 hospitals voted to accept new two-year collective agreements, ending their three-and-a-half week strike. Manitobans could now walk in Louis Riel’s footsteps, with the opening of Riel House on River Road. An hour-long thunderstorm dumped 8 mm of rain on Winnipeg, more than doubling the amount of rainfall in the region since April 1, but it was still below normal rainfall for the period, which was 146.3 mm.
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