What’s happening today
Dr. Brent Roussin (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Roussin on restrictions: Premier Pallister said Tuesday chief provincial public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin will announce proposed changes to public health orders today. Danielle Da Silva reports on how Manitoba is one of the first Canadian jurisdictions to issue verifiable proof of COVID-19 vaccination. READ MORE
New COVID-19 numbers: Provincial health officials will release daily COVID-19 data, one day after the number of cases of the delta variant first detected in India more than tripled. Katie May reports. READ MORE
Biden heads to Britain: Joe Biden will address American troops stationed in Britain. Biden’s first foreign trip as U.S. president will also include meetings in Belgium and with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Switzerland. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Thunderstorms ending later this morning, with a mix of sun and cloud and a 60 per cent chance of more showers or thunderstorms from late this morning until tonight, a high of 30 C, humidex of 36 and peak winds at 20 km/h.
In case you missed it
Trevor Hagan/ Winnipeg Free Press filesThe office tower attached to the Winnipeg Police Headquarters building is largely vacant.
Building bleeding money: The City of Winnipeg is losing $500,000 per year on an office tower it bought in 2010. The majority of the 11 floors at 266 Graham Ave. are vacant. Joyance Pursaga reports. READ MORE
Mourning outside mosque: Thousands of people gathered outside a mosque in London, Ont., to honour four family members run down in what police have called a hate crime. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Devices can be dangerous: Lifesaving Society Manitoba is reminding people that using inflatables on large bodies of water is never a good idea after recent incidents in which people had to be rescued on Lake Winnipeg. Cody Sellar reports. READ MORE
On this date
On June 9, 1989: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that grain would continue to flow through Churchill despite earlier statements from the federal government that the port would close. China’s senior leader, Deng Xiaoping, praised troops who enforced martial law in the bloody suppression of recent pro-democracy demonstrations. The Canadian Football League announced Winnipeg would host the Grey Cup in 1991.
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