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Mainly cloudy; clearing this afternoon. Wind from the south at 30 km/h gusting to 50. High 27 C. UV index 8 or very high.
What’s happening today
Former Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour’s installation ceremony today to become Canada’s 31st governor general is set to include a 21-gun salute, a poetry reading and two musical performances by Canadian artists.
Arbour will replace Mary Simon, who became Canada’s first Indigenous viceregal in 2021.
The ceremony, taking place at the Senate of Canada building, is expected to begin at about 10 a.m. The Canadian Press reports.
Louise Arbour (Adrian Wyld / The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
Surrounded by thousands of rainbow-clad strangers, Mira Kopiova and Jamie Komarniski celebrated their historic wedding — the first of its kind to kick off Pride Winnipeg Festival — over the weekend.
The pair tied the knot in a surprise ceremony on The Forks main stage on Saturday.
Less than 24 hours later, the newlyweds led the 39th annual parade in celebration of Manitoba’s LGBTTQ+ community.
The 27-year-old described the weekend’s events as “therapy,” as well as a stark reminder of the ongoing human rights violations in her home country. Ukraine does not legally recognize same-sex marriage, although its Supreme Court recently upheld a landmark lower court decision that recognized a gay couple as a de facto family. Maggie Macintosh has the story.
Academy Hospitality decked out a vintage car for its Pride float to celebrate the marriage of Mira Kopiova and Jamie Komarniski who were grand marshals for the parade. (Maggie Macintosh / Free Press)
On the bright side
A Cree student who graduated from the University of Manitoba nursing program said she’s striving to make the health-care system a more welcoming place for Indigenous patients.
Kaydence Morgado Thomas, who was raised in Winnipeg and has ties to Norway House Cree Nation, officially graduated from the UM Pathways to Indigenous Nursing Education program earlier this month.
She is set to begin work at Health Sciences Centre next month and will pick up shifts at Percy E Moore Hospital in Hodgson, whose patients also come from Peguis First Nation and Fisher River Cree Nation.
“I want to create an environment where patients feel respected and valued,” said Morgado Thomas. Tiago Resko has more here.
Kaydence Morgado Thomas (Brook Jones / Free Press)
On this date
On June 8, 1928: The Manitoba Free Press reported the Southern Corss monoplane took off from California for the last leg of the fliers’ 7,351-mile journey, heading for Brisbane, Australia, 1,795 miles away. In Regina, a plan for a Canadian consumers’ co-op was launched. In Ottawa, the federal minister of the interior clarified he had no intention of proposing a delay in a decision concerning Manitoba’s Seven Sisters power generation site, noting there remained differences of opinion about the project in Winnipeg.
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