Your forecast
Sunny with a high of 22 C, with increasing cloudiness and a 60 per cent chance of showers later this afternoon. Wind from the northwest at 30 km/h gusting to 50 km/h.
What’s happening today
The Free Press Book Club gathers at 7 p.m., with St. Andrews author Patti Grayson joining the virtual meeting to read from and discuss her book The Twistical Nature of Spoons. Published in September 2023, the book offers two narrative strands — of Ina, the mother, and Blisse, the daughter — and the secrets behind the twisted spoons Blisse received as gifts for her first 12 birthdays from her absent father.
The book club is free to join; for more information see wfp.to/bookclub.
Today’s must-read
A 78-year-old Winnipeg woman and her husband were walking to join family at a parade when she was fatally struck by a freight train at a southern Manitoba railway crossing Sunday.
The couple, identified by family and friends as Ida and Roger St. Vincent, appeared to be holding hands while walking towards the tracks on a sidewalk in La Broquerie, said Melissa Nykoluk, who witnessed the collision.
“It was absolutely horrific,” said Nykoluk, who was with her husband and four of her children, aged between six and 13. “It happened so fast. My husband and I just keep asking why.” Chris Kitching reports.
Firefighters were taking part in the event when they were called to the collision. They were also guiding residents and students to mental health supports. (Chris Gareau / The Carillon)
On the bright side
Created by patients at Victoria General Hospital, a Portage Place exhibit seeks to shine a light on the important relationship between art and mental health care.
In its third year, the Art in the Garden workshop is a partnership between Artbeat Studio, Stople Hope Fund and the Victoria Hospital Foundation. Jura McIlraith has the story.
Tracy Stople, with the Stople Hope Fund (left), and Sharmon Luchuck, communications and public relations manager at the Victoria Hospital Foundation, at the Art in the Garden exhibit Monday. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press)
On this date
On June 25, 1948: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in occupied Germany, Soviet action reopening the Allied road to Berlin came after a series of Soviet blows apparently aimed at driving the Western powers from the capital. In Ottawa, a special prices committee presented a 14-point plan to Parliament urging tax relief for Canadians. In Regina, the C.C.F. government of Tommy Douglas was returned to power, but with fewer seats as the Liberals made a strong electoral comeback. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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