COVID-19 crisis
Cheryl Hedlund and Chris Siddorn visit Cheryl’s parents, Ron and Anne Fetterly, through the fence at Oakview Place care home on Friday. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
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Care home visits: Personal care homes in Manitoba will allow indoor visits for the first time in three months starting today. Residents can have one visitor, who will be screened for the coronavirus, at a designated time. Carol Sanders and Larry Kusch report. READ MORE
Pandemic poll: Two-thirds of Manitobans “want to get back to pre-pandemic times, but are still cautious and uneasy,” a poll released Monday found. Temur Durrani reports. READ MORE
Cyclist struck: A man who was hit by an SUV while helping young children on bicycles cross Wolseley Avenue is calling for traffic-calming measures on active transportation routes set up during the pandemic. Julia-Simone Rutgers reports. READ MORE
Mistrust about masks: In her latest column, Jen Zoratti says wearing a mask is good manners and akin to “a condom for your face.” READ MORE
App’s accessibility: Anti-poverty activists point out a mobile app designed to notify people they’ve been exposed to COVID-19 might not be available to all Manitobans. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly sunny with a 30 per cent chance of showers and a risk of thunderstorms from late this morning until the late afternoon, a high of 24 C, and wind from the northwest at 10 km/h.
Reckoning on race
Rabbi Kliel Rose would like to see a greater cross-section of society represented at the Citizens Hall of Fame in Assiniboine Park. (Jesse Boily / Winnipeg Free Press)
Hall of same: A rabbi who noticed most of the busts in the Citizens Hall of Fame at Assiniboine Park are of white men says inductees should be representative of the entire community. A spokesman for the Winnipeg Realtors Association, which started the hall of fame in 1986, says the WRA is open to changing the process for nominating and selecting members. Eva Wasney reports. READ MORE
Systemic racism study: A parliamentary committee is set to meet today to consider doing a study of systemic racism in policing. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
On this date
On June 23, 1924: The Manitoba Free Press reported that details on what had unfolded in the disastrous Mount Everest expedition headed by George Mallory and Andrew Irvine were thin; Mallory and Irvine were thought likely to be have died after a blizzard hit their party; such weather was said to be common during the only month in which Everest could be scaled. In the United States, a severe storm hit the middle west states, causing $500,000 worth of damage and killing three people in Chicago. The British government looked at ways to increase inter-Imperial trade.
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