Your forecast
Sunny this morning with a risk of a thunderstorm late this afternoon. Wind becoming southwest at 30 km/h gusting to 50 km/h this morning and a high of 26.
What’s happening today
The Winnipeg Goldeyes face the Sioux City Explorers at Lewis and Clark Park, starting at 7:05 p.m.
The Free Press Book Club hosts author and columnist Niigaan Sinclair to read from and discuss his award-winning essay collection Wînipêk: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre. Watch the book club meeting here.
Today’s must-read
Premier Wab Kinew has hired a former Washington, D.C. news correspondent as Manitoba’s trade representative to the United States.
Richard Madan is taking on a new role in the U.S. capital after reporting on Washington politics for nearly a decade, first for CTV and then CBC.
The American-born, Alberta-raised journalist arrived in Winnipeg Monday and officially begins his job Tuesday with the title of Manitoba senior representative to the U.S.
Reporter Carol Sanders has the details.
Richard Madan, a long-time news correspondent in Washington, will be Manitoba’s trade representative to the United States. (John Woods / Free Press)
On the bright side
Evacuees preparing to return home alongside their four-legged companions were given some much-needed pet supplies on Monday.
Toys, leashes, blankets, and dog food were among the free items the Winnipeg Humane Society was giving out to those displaced from their homes. Dozens stopped by the Hurst Way building Monday to treat their furry friends. Massimo De Luca-Taronno has the story.
Evacuee Berndina McLean of Bakers Narrows near Flin Flon, picks up some free dog food for her two dogs with the help of Winnipeg Humane Society volunteer Ken Lewicki, Monday. (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press)
On this date
On June 24, 1959: The Winnipeg Free Press reported a 54-year-old woman testified in court that she had been defrauded of $3,000 by a hypnotist who had her “completely under her control.” In Ottawa, CBC employees who had quit their jobs alleging political influence were invited to testify before the Commons broadcasting committee. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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