What’s happening today
A courtroom sketch depicts Ghislaine Maxwell sitting with her mask off during the trial. (Elizabeth Williams / The Associated Press files)
Set to be sentenced: Ghislaine Maxwell is scheduled to be sentenced in New York this morning for helping financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls. READ MORE
Surprise witness at hearing: The House of Representatives panel investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection is holding a surprise hearing with an unidentified witness at noon CT. The hearing was announced while lawmakers were away from Washington on a two-week recess. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Infrastructure announcement: Liberal MP Jim Carr — representing the federal minister of intergovernmental affairs, infrastructure and communities — and provincial Labour Minister Reg Helwer will make an infrastructure announcement at the Caboto Centre.
Funds for provincial program: Municipal Relations Minister Eileen Clarke will make an announcement on sustainable communities program funding later this morning.
Weather
THE CANADIAN PRESS FILESThis spring Peguis First Nation experienced a one-in-200-year flood which affected over 500 homes, some of which are again under water.
‘Constant crisis’: More than two dozen homes damaged in spring flooding in Peguis First Nation were hit again when the Fisher River spilled its banks. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
Your daytime forecast: A mix of sun and cloud, with a 30 per cent chance of showers until about 8 a.m., a high of 21 C and peak winds at 20 km/h from the northwest this afternoon.
In case you missed it
Body bags lie at the scene where a tractor trailer with multiple dead bodies was discovered, Monday, June 27, 2022, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Dozens found dead: Forty-six migrants were found dead inside a tractor-trailer abandoned in San Antonio. Sixteen people were in hospital, including four children. READ MORE
Ugly situation: In his latest column, Niigaan Sinclair says the Assembly of First Nations’ constitutional crisis is “an embarrassment.” READ MORE
On this date
On June 28, 1937: The Winnipeg Free Press reported a sculptor wanted for murder in a triple slaying in New York was arrested in Chicago after surrendering himself at the offices of the Chicago Herald and Examiner. Canadian prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King toured a Hitler Youth camp on a visit to Nazi Germany. In Italy, premier Benito Mussolini’s newspaper declared the crisis in Europe would be solved when Spanish general Francisco Franco’s insurgency was victorious over the government in Madrid. READ MORE
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