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JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSA person walks past a closed off wheelchair ramp in the Portage and Main concourse in Winnipeg Tuesday, June 23, 2020. A city report requires the concourse to undergo major repairs.Reporter: da silva
Problems at Portage and Main: An unreleased 2018 report obtained by the Free Press recommends the city spend millions to extend the life of the aging underground pedestrian concourse. Voters decided to keep the above-ground intersection closed to pedestrians in a non-binding plebiscite as part of the 2018 city elections. Danielle Da Silva reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly sunny with a high of 29 C and peak winds from the southwest at 10 km/h this afternoon.
Reckoning on race
JESSE BOILY / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSProtestors gather for the second day.
Latest protest location: Justice 4 Black Lives Winnipeg, which organized a massive rally at the legislature earlier this month, will announce later this morning where their latest protest will be held. The group is holding eight consecutive days of hour-long afternoon rallies until Monday. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE
Paper project: The Manitoba Buddhist Temple is asking people to help them make 1,000 origami cranes to display around the city to promote peace and goodwill and express hopefulness about racism. John Longhurst reports. READ MORE
Statue set for removal: Work continued early this morning to remove a statue of former vice-president and slavery advocate John C. Calhoun in Charleston, S.C. READ MORE
State senator attacked: Crowds outside Wisconsin’s state capitol tore down two statues — including one of an anti-slavery activist who died fighting for the Union in the U.S. Civil War — after the arrest of a Black protester who entered at a restaurant patio with a megaphone and a baseball bat. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
In sports
Dean Bicknell / Calgary Herald FilesJarome Iginla, playing for the Calgary Flames in 2012.
Set for call from hall: The Hockey Hall of Fame’s latest inductees will be announced at 3:30 p.m. CT. Former Calgary Flames star Jarome Iginla, who helped Canada win gold at two Olympics, is on the list of first-time eligible players. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Rising stars of rowing: The Free Press spoke to a couple of young athletes who are already making waves after taking up rowing recently. Mike Sawatzky reports. READ MORE
Track is back: University Stadium, the home of the Manitoba Bisons track-and-field team, reopened for training Tuesday. Taylor Allen reports. READ MORE
Play ball: Major League Baseball is set to resume July 23 or 24 in empty stadiums. A 60-game schedule was released Tuesday evening. READ MORE
In case you missed it
JESSE BOILY / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSYvonne Kipling, with her rescue dog Jimbo: “I always tell my husband that if we won the lottery I’d open an animal sanctuary for all kinds of rescues.”
Picture-perfect plan: For his latest column, Doug Speirs spoke with a wildlife photographer who is donating half the proceeds from her wildlife print sales to a no-kill shelter that has been struggling during the pandemic. READ MORE
Day off for Trudeau: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is skipping his daily pandemic briefing outside Rideau Cottage to celebrate St. Jean Baptiste Day, which is a holiday in Quebec. He will mark the occasion by visiting an ice cream shop in the national capital region with his family, The Canadian Press reports. There are no public festivities this year because of the pandemic. READ MORE
Voters rebuff Trump: Republican primary voters nominated two candidates opposed by U.S. President Donald Trump for the House of Representatives. Voters in North Carolina picked Madison Cawthorn for the House seat vacated by Trump’s chief of staff. In Kentucky, voters renominated Rep. Thomas Massie — who often clashes with party leaders — for a sixth term. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
On this date
On June 24, 1944: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that U.S. troops smashed into the powerful outer shell of the Cherbourg line, while British forces in the Caen area also advanced. Soviet forces made gains in the first phase of a summer offensive. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler’s continued absence sparked questions as to his fate; Allied psychological warfare experts felt recent Nazi defeats such as at Stalingrad and in Tunisia were a factor in his failure to appear in public.
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