What’s happening today
Steven DeMontigny fiddles during National Indigenous Peoples’ Day celebrations in Brandon in 2020. (Tim Smith / The Brandon Sun files)
Day seen in new light: Today is National Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The day, originally called National Aboriginal Day, was recognized by the governor general in 1996 as a way to celebrate the culture and contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. READ MORE
Portal into tuberculosis history: A new website on the history of Manitoba’s Indigenous sanatoriums and Indian hospitals is being launched. Melissa Martin reports. READ MORE
Weather
CHRIS GRAHAM PHOTOHydro lines were brought down and poles snapped in and around Foxwarren and other communities in western Manitoba on Sunday.
Record-breaking heat: Nearly 20 weather records were set on a sweltering Sunday in southern Manitoba, while severe thunderstorms knocked out power to hundreds of homes. Chris Kitching reports. READ MORE
Your forecast: Mainly cloudy with a few showers and risk of a thunderstorm beginning later this morning, a 60 per cent chance of showers this evening, a high of 19 C, and peak winds from the northwest at 30 km/h and gusting to 50 this afternoon.
In case you missed it
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSSave Winnipeg Parks signs in front of homes along Shaftesbury Boulevard.
‘Very out of character’: A proposed apartment complex in Tuxedo has drawn criticism, and support from a pro-infill group. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE
Flagged by federal unit: A federal unit that tracks foreign interference has identified what appeared to be a co-ordinated information campaign by Chinese state media to control the narrative around the return of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor to Canada after they were detained for nearly three years. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Lopsided win for Lightning: The Tampa Bay Lightning struck often in a win over the Colorado Avalanche. The defending two-time NHL champions trail 2-1 in the Stanley Cup final. READ MORE
New board chairs: Two of Manitoba’s biggest Crown corporations are under new direction. Danielle Da Silva reports on the replacement of the board chairs of Manitoba Hydro and Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries. READ MORE
Fatal flooding: Floods that have killed dozens of people and displaced hundreds of thousands continue to wreak havoc in Bangladesh. READ MORE
On this date
On June 21, 1946: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the city would likely decide not to purchase the Winnipeg Electric Company after six months of negotiations fell through, citing the high cost of the streetcar railway system. In Ottawa, talks between the British trade delegation and Canadian wheat experts were at a deadlock over the amount of export wheat Canada would send to the United Kingdom over a five-year period. READ MORE
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