Your forecast
Sunny this morning with a mix of sun and cloud, with a 30 per cent chance of showers this afternoon. There is a heat warning in effect. Expected high is 32 C, low 19, with a humidex of 37 and UV index of 9 or very high. Heat records across Manitoba were broken over the weekend, as Malak Abas reports.
In Winnipeg, June 3 temperatures hit a high of 33.2 C, breaking the record of 32.8 C logged in 1968, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press files)
What’s happening today
On the anniversary of D-Day, ceremonies on Omaha Beach in France got underway in honour of those who fought for freedom in the largest naval, air and land operation in history. This year’s tribute to the young soldiers who died in Normandy also reminds veterans, officials and visitors what Ukraine faces today. The Associated Press reports.
A Second World War reenactor plants roses on Omaha Beach in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Tuesday. (Thomas Padilla / The Associated Press)
Today’s must-read
If it’s too hot, Winnipeggers seeking time among tropical plants at the new glass-encased Leaf may be left outside, looking in. The $130-million horticultural attraction, which opened in Assiniboine Park in December, was forced to close for a few hours Sunday, when exterior sun and heat caused temperatures inside the purposefully hot facility to skyrocket. Kevin Rollason has the story.
At noon June 3, one of the heat sensors inside The Leaf showed 43 C. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)
On this date
On June 6, 1941: The Winnipeg Free Press reported British sources said the United States was nearing a break with the Vichy government of France; news reports were already calling it a puppet state of Nazi Germany, and Britain and France were virtually at war because of it. U.S. president Franklin Roosevelt declared that the German government’s propaganda bureau had given Nazi and fascist sympathizers in the U.S. orders to spread false reports that Britain was open to peace discussions with Germany. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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