Your forecast
Sunny this morning and early this afternoon, then a mix of sun and cloud with a 30 per cent chance of showers this afternoon. Risk of a thunderstorm this afternoon. High 24 C. Humidex 27. UV index 7 or high.
What’s happening today
🎸 Dauphin’s Countryfest opens today with a rock ’n’ roll-centric lineup featuring Kingston, Ont., singer JJ Wilde (who will also perform at the Rockin’ Thunder concert at Princess Auto Stadium on July 4), alongside local outfits Lëddwyn and the Haileys. Eva Wasney has a preview here.
Lëddwyn is one of the more rock-centric acts at the festival. (Supplied)
Today’s must-read
A Red River Co-op full service grocery store and pharmacy — “one of the missing pieces in the puzzle of downtown” — will be an anchor in the massive redevelopment of the former Portage Place mall.
True North Real Estate Development announced Wednesday the downtown location will include a 22,500-square-foot food store and a 6,500-sq.-ft. pharmacy.
The store is expected to open in 2029 and create 57 local jobs. It will be Red River Co-op’s 10th food store and pharmacy location, and part of True North’s $650-million transformation of Portage Place. Scott Billeck, Gabrielle Piché and Morgan Modjeski have the story.
The grocery store will be the 10th Red River Co-op and pharmacy location. (Mike Deal / Free Press files)
On the bright side
On a rainy Wednesday morning, Grade 7 students from École Lacerte traded their classroom desks for rubber boots as they headed out along the Seine River to help plant native shrubs, test water quality, and clean up the riverbank.
JJ Swidersky, one of about 40 students taking part in the work, says protecting the environment is important to him and his classmates.
“Planting the trees, planting the shrubs,” Swidersky said when asked about his favourite part of the effort. “Just trying to keep the river clean, trying to keep it as clean as we possibly can.”
Their work comes at a time when water quality has become a growing concern in Winnipeg. Earlier this month, millions of litres of untreated sewage were released into local rivers after the major rainstorm caused power failures at pumping stations across the city. Zoe Pierce has more here.
École Lacerte students collect water samples in the Seine River. (Zoe Pierce / Free Press)
On this date
On June 25, 1949: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that after a seven-week campaign, voters would have their say in the federal election on the coming Monday. In British Columbia, an armed posse hunted for Ivar Johnson, dubbed “the killer of Silver Hill,” who was charged with the murders of two women.
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