Your forecast
Cloudy, with a 30 per cent chance of showers early this morning. Wind from the northwest at 30 km/h gusting to 50. High 17 C. UV index 3 or moderate.
What’s happening today
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office says he will be in Toronto today to make an announcement related to “defence and security priorities,” The Canadian Press reports. The announcement is slated for 10 a.m. local time, after which he is set to tour a local military facility before holding a news conference at 1 p.m.
Today’s must-read
Some city school divisions are stocking up on naloxone kits and training teachers to administer the antidote to opioids.
The River East Transcona School Division recently equipped all of its Grade 9-12 campuses with naloxone — a life-saving medication that temporarily reverses an opioid overdose — in its nasal spray form.
Its neighbour to the south, St. Vital-based Louis Riel School Division is following suit in 2025-26. Superintendents elsewhere in Winnipeg are looking into doing the same. Maggie Macintosh has the story.
A Naloxone kit that includes four doses, vanish point needles, gloves, a face shield for CPR purposes, and an information card. (Mike Deal / Free Press files)
On the bright side
Canadian Red Cross staff and volunteers are ready to help when disaster strikes. Debbie Blair is one of those helpers.
The 52-year-old volunteers with the personal disaster assistance team at the organization’s Winnipeg office. Personal disasters typically affect one household; house fires are one of the most common examples.
“I’m not a wealthy person… but I can give my time and because of that, that’s what I do,” Blair said. “It makes me happy. I think time is the most valuable gift you can give to somebody.” Aaron Epp has more here.
Debbie Blair volunteers with the Red Cross’s personal disaster assistance team at the organization’s Winnipeg office. (Brook Jones / Free Press)
On this date
On June 9, 1927: The Manitoba Free Press reported the Saskatchewan section of the United Farmers of Canada demanded in a telegram to prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King that the Hudson Bay railway direct to Port Nelson be completed by the end of the year. In Ottawa, wage disputes affecting 30,000 rail workers seemed close to being resolved without any disruption of service. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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