Your forecast
Increasing cloudiness with a high of 25 C, low of 17; humidex 26, and UV index 8 or very high.
What’s happening today
The Ellice Street Festival kicks off today at 7 p.m. at the West End Cultural Centre (586 Ellice Ave.) and the adjacent portion of Ellice, and continues on Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. For a full list of events and entertainers, see wecc.ca/ellice-street-festival.
The Ellice Street Festival offers something for all ages, from games to great music to cartoon portraits. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Nigerian-born, Fort McMurray, Alta.-raised comedian Ola Dada performs at The Basement, 3740 Portage Ave., tonight and Saturday at at 8 p.m. (doors open at 7). For more information, click here.
Today’s must-read
A husband and wife, a retired teacher and a great-great-grandmother are among the 16 seniors who died in a fiery crash involving a minibus and tractor-trailer near Carberry last week. Family members and first responders placed pictures of the victims on easels before two RCMP officers announced their names at a sombre news conference in Dauphin on Thursday. Chris Kitching has the story.
Fifteen victims died the day of the crash. The 16th victim, a woman, died in hospital Tuesday. The first funeral is scheduled for Saturday. (Tim Smith / The Brandon Sun)
On the bright side
At Tyler Malek’s ice cream parlours, one cook’s trash is another chef’s frosty treat. The head ice cream maker at the Portland, Oregon-based Salt & Straw uses the whey leftover from yogurt makers in upstate New York to make his lemon curd flavour. For chocolate barley milk, he mixes in the remnants of rice and grains from beer brewing to give it a light and creamy taste.
“Instead of calling this food waste, we need to call it wasted food and start decreasing how much wasting we’re doing,” Malek said. The Associated Press reports.
World Upcycling Day is June 24, celebrating the repurposing of old products into something new. This year, the movement is focusing on upcycling food. (Jeff Chiu / The Associated Press)
On this date
On June 23, 1972: The Winnipeg Free Press reported Manitoba’s labour minister introduced legislation that would extend the right to strike to police officers and employees of provincial Crown corporations. In Montreal, the Maritime Employers Association sought arbitration to end a seven-week strike that had paralyzed three St. Lawrence River ports. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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