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Showers this morning with a high of 21 C and a low of 13.
What’s happening today
RCMP are set to release the names of the people who died in a fiery bus crash a week ago as a small western Manitoba community prepares to gather in mourning for the 16 lives lost. The Canadian Press reports.
Wayne Olson, a community minister for the Church of Christ in Dauphin, is one of the organizers of a community memorial service for the 16 people who were killed in a bus crash a week ago. (Kelly Geraldine Malone / The Canadian Press)
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers host the B.C. Lions at Investors Group Field, starting at 7:30 p.m. Jeff Hamilton and Taylor Allen have a story on how this meeting between two teams both unbeaten so far this season parallels a similar Bombers-Lions game last year.
The Bombers are anxiously awaiting Thursday morning to make a final decision on whether RB Brady Oliveira will play. (John Woods / The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
The death toll has increased to 16 following last week’s crash involving a minibus and tractor-trailer, delivering a fresh blow to the grieving city of Dauphin ahead of Thursday’s community memorial service. RCMP said a woman who died Tuesday had been in hospital since the June 15 collision, which happened at the intersection of the Trans-Canada Highway and Highway 5, just north of Carberry. Chris Kitching has the story.
Funerals are being planned for the 16 victims, who lived in and around Dauphin. The first is to be held Saturday. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On June 22, 1962: The Winnipeg Free Press reported prime minister John Diefenbaker said he would announce positive measures soon to improve Canada’s international balance of payments situation, and would not be imposing any exchange controls. Jews in the Soviet Union faced increasing threats of violence, vandalism and pogroms. A Boeing 707 Air France jetliner crashed on the forested hillside of Guadeloupe in the French West Indies; all 108 aboard were feared dead. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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