What’s happening today
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‘Getting out of hand’: City Coun. Shawn Nason will present a motion at a committee meeting that includes dismantling two bus shelters to discourage people from loitering there. Malak Abas reports on criticism of the plan. READ MORE
Summit continues: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet with U.S. President Joe Biden, the president of Argentina, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google’s parent company, on Day 2 of the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Bank of Canada on risks: The Bank of Canada will outline what it considers the key vulnerabilities and risks to the nation’s financial system amid decades-high inflation rates. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Probe goes prime time: A prime-time public hearing on the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol — the first in a series laying out a congressional probe’s initial findings — will open with testimony from the first police officer pummelled in the riot. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Book launch: A launch for the debut novel by Georgia Toews, the daughter of novelist Miriam Toews, will be held at McNally Robinson Booksellers’ Grant Park location this evening. Jen Zoratti of the Free Press will host the conversation. READ MORE
Weather
Your daytime forecast: Sunny, with a mix of sun and cloud beginning late this afternoon, a high of 24 C and peak winds from the northeast at 10 km/h beginning in the late afternoon.
In case you missed it
AMC Grand Chief Arlen Dumas (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press files)
‘I already feel so isolated’: Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs acting executive director Shauna Fontaine has identified herself as the source of the formal complaint accusing Grand Chief Arlen Dumas of sexual assault. Danielle Da Silva reports. READ MORE
School swap OK’d: The Louis Riel School Division has approved a building swap despite a public outcry. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
Poor turnout: Voter turnout in Thompson was the lowest for a provincial byelection in 25 years. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
On this date
On June 9, 1954: The Winnipeg Free Press reported all-out efforts to pile tons of clay onto coffer dams saved the McArthur Falls power plant project from wind-whipped water that would have flooded the construction site and delayed work for weeks, if not months. Clean-up crews in Winnipeg cleared debris from a $3-million fire on Portage Avenue, with city engineers removing rubble even as firefighters extinguished the last of the smouldering ruins. READ MORE
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