What’s happening today
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Time for Thompson vote: Voters in Thompson will choose their next MLA in a byelection. The NDP’s Eric Redhead and Charlotte Larocque of the Progressive Conservatives are the only candidates. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Going grey: The water and waste committee is set to discuss a motion by Coun. Shawn Nason calling for the city to look into allowing “grey water” systems in homes. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE
Candidate’s campaign launch: Mayoral candidate Shaun Loney will launch his five-point campaign in Old Market Square this evening. READ MORE
Trudeau headed south: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Defence Minister Anita Anand will meet with NORAD commanders and officials in Colorado Springs, Colo., before heading to Los Angeles for this week’s Summit of the Americas. READ MORE
Flooding and weather
A Splash Dash tour boat at The Forks on Monday afternoon. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)
‘Concerning trend’: Water-safety experts are reminding people to be careful about “unpredictable” drowning risks in flooded rivers, creeks, lakes and retention ponds amid high waters. Katie May reports. READ MORE
Your daytime forecast: Sunny with a high of 22 C and peak winds at 20 km/h this afternoon.
In case you missed it
Chris Kitching / Winnipeg Free PressPortage la Prairie resident Chris Gibson put up a sign warning “karma will come back to you” after a flowering plum tree she planted in memory of her late parents disappeared over the weekend.
‘Society has gone loopy’: A woman who planted a plum tree in memory of her late mother and father was stunned to find it had disappeared from her childhood home. Chris Kitching reports. READ MORE
Victim dependent on son: Text messages introduced in court revealed new insights into the relationship between a teenage boy and his mother, who is accused of killing. Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
Parole eligibility set: A Brandon man convicted of murdering his wife before blowing up their home will spend 13 years in prison before being eligible for parole. Drew May of the Brandon Sun reports. READ MORE
On this date
On June 7, 1934: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the Manitoba legislature was prepared to shelve the Public Utility Board’s Winnipeg transit bill, and appoint premier John Bracken and the two opposition leaders as a special committee to study further solutions for the public transportation problem. Separately, Bracken’s measure to put the federal Dominion Marketing act into operation in Manitoba advanced in the legislature; federal opposition leader William Lyon Mackenzie King attacked the act as a measure of economic warfare. READ MORE
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