Free Press Head Start for June 30

Good morning.

Tomorrow is Canada Day, but no fireworks are planned in Winnipeg because of pandemic restrictions and amid a conversation about the nation’s history in the wake of unmarked graves being found near residential schools. A march to mourn the Indigenous children found, and those still unaccounted for, will begin downtown at noon on Thursday.

We have compiled a list of what’s open and closed on the holiday. The Free Press is not publishing a printed newspaper on Thursday, but all subscribers can access the e-edition. There won’t be a Head Start tomorrow or Friday. With the crew that produces the bulletin taking some vacation time, there might be more disruptions in this morning mailing for a couple of weeks.

Heat warnings are in effect for several areas of Manitoba, mostly along the boundary with Saskatchewan, as a record-breaking heat wave continues in Western Canada.

Ontario rolled back some of its pandemic restrictions at 11:01 p.m. CT last night. Groups of up to 25 people can gather outdoors, and five people can gather indoors.

The Phoenix Suns will have another chance to clinch a berth in the NBA Finals when they face the Clippers in Los Angeles tonight.

— Adam Treusch, assignment editor

What’s happening today

CPMontreal Canadiens winger Tomas Tatar shoots during an optional practice Tuesday. (Gerry Broome / The Associated Press)

Cup final continues: The Tampa Bay Lightning host the Montreal Canadiens in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup final at 7 p.m. CT. The Lightning won Game 1 handily on Monday night, and columnist Mike McIntyre says the Habs will have to play much better to have a chance to claim the Cup. READ MORE

Update on vaccines: The provincial government will hold its regular Wednesday news conference on COVID-19 vaccines. Cody Sellar reports on how mobile vaccination clinics are targeting areas where immunization uptake is lower. READ MORE

Set to demolish residential school: A former residential school in northern British Columbia will be demolished, and former students will gather for a ceremonial burning of parts of the stripped-down building. READ MORE

Poised to approve riot probe: The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to pass a resolution to create a a 13-person select committee to probe January’s insurrection at the Capitol. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE

Weather

Your forecast: Sunny with a mix of sun and cloud this afternoon, a high of 31 C, humidex of 35 and wind at 10 km/h from the west and later the northeast.

In case you missed it

Saint-Boniface Historical Society Assiniboia Indian Residential School, c. 1950–70.

Proposal for property: A proposal calls for the City of Winnipeg to buy a portion of the site of a former residential school so it can be used to house a display acknowledging its history. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE

Cop chief tops list: Police chief Danny Smyth topped the city’s compensation disclosure report for last year. Four members of the police service, including Smyth, were among the top 10 earners. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE

On this date

On June 30, 1931: The Manitoba Free Press reported that aviators Wiley Post and Harold Gatty landed in Nome, Alaska, after flying 2,300 miles from Khabarovsk, Siberia, in 12 hours; they stopped only long enough to refuel before continuing to Fairbanks. They had completed 11,600 miles of their projected 16,000-mile flight. The U.S. Midwest was in the grip of a heat wave, and farmers had to contend with grasshoppers as crops were threatened with destruction.

Today’s front page

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