Your forecast
A mix of sun and cloud with a 60 per cent chance of showers this afternoon. High 25 C, humidex 31 and UV index 8 or very high.
What’s happening today
Carberry’s Carson Bjarnason, goaltender for the Brandon Wheat Kings, will hear his name called out at the NHL Draft which begins in Nashville, Tenn., today and continues Thursday. Mike McIntyre reports on what the Jets can hope for after trading Pierre-Luc Dubois to the L.A. Kings on Tuesday
Carson Bjarnason
Today’s must-read
Reinforcements for Manitoba’s chronically understaffed health-care system are now scheduled to arrive from the Philippines in early September, as immigration and licensing requirements push their anticipated start date into the fall. Danielle Da Silva has the story.
Health Minister Audrey Gordon (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)
On the bright side
Cyprus is battling an influx of disease-carrying mosquitoes by bringing in hundreds of thousands of the insects after being sterilized through radiation. Their mating won’t produce any offspring and as a result, the mosquito population diminishes. The benefits of the program is that authorities won’t have to resort to potentially harmful insecticides to eradicate the pests. The Associated Press reports.
On this date
On June 28, 1944: The Winnipeg Free Press reported British forces opened a powerful attack north and northeast of Caen in concert with a flanking drive southwest of the German anchor base. Battle statistics showed Canadians were bearing their fair share of battle, not only on the beaches of Normandy but also in fierce holding operations in Tilly-sur-Seulles and Caen, freeing U.S. troops for their victorious advance on Cherbourg. In Ottawa, prime minister Mackenzie King said an election would likely be called within the next year. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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