Your forecast
Mainly sunny, with fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind becoming southat 30 km/h gusting to 50 this morning. High 22 C, UV index 7 or high.
The Weather Network is predicting more sunshine and warmer temperatures for the summer. The broadcaster’s annual summer forecast released Wednesday indicates Canada will be blanketed in heat over the next three months as the country sees fewer rainy days and several regions experience humid conditions. The Canadian Press reports.
People take to the waters and shores of the Ottawa River July last year. The Weather Network is predicting more sunshine and warmer temperatures for the summer. (Sean Kilpatrick / The Canadian Press files)
What’s happening today
Prolific Winnipeg veterinarian-turned-author Philipp Schott returns with the latest instalment of his mystery novels starring Dr. Bannerman, a vet in rural Manitoba.
In Eleven Huskies, Dr. Bannerman and his family head north to a fishing lodge for a vacation. But when the lodge’s sled team of huskies are poisoned and a float plane crashes into a lake, the doc’s sleuthing (and veterinary) services are required. Schott will be joined in conversation by Joanne Kelly. McNally Robinson Booksellers’ Grant Park location, 7 p.m., and livestreamed on McNally Robinson’s YouTube channel.
Philipp Schott, author and veterinarian, branched out from non-fiction to mystery writing. (John Woods / Free Press files)
Today’s must-read
After a woman robbed Colin Finlay’s Winnipeg bakery — leaving two employees terrified — he spent more than an hour waiting for police to arrive before giving up.
Finlay said he was already frustrated the crime wasn’t a higher priority, given what his wife, Menchie, was told when she called 911 to report the theft.
“They had said, ‘We’ll send someone out if we’re not too busy,’” said Finlay, who co-owns two Cinnaholic franchises with his wife. Chris Kitching has the story.
Security footage shows a woman stealing cash from the Cinnaholic branch on McPhillips Street, near Kingsbury Avenue. (Supplied)
On the bright side
In Toronto, a First Nation legislator addressed Queen’s Park in his own language Tuesday, marking the first time a language other than English and French has officially been allowed in Ontario’s legislative chamber.
New Democrat Sol Mamakwa spoke for 10 minutes in Anishininiimowin, or Oji-Cree, to the Ontario legislature. The Canadian Press reports.
NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa brandishes an eagle feather towards the government benches as he stands in the Ontario Legislature on Tuesday. (Chris Young / The Canadian Press)
On this date
On May 29, 1944: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in Naples, British Fifth Army troops stormed toward Rome-line strongholds, thrusting one wedge within 17 miles of the Eternal Ciy. Allied airmen, including Canadians, who escaped from the Stalag Luft 3 prison camp in Silesia in March did so through a 430-foot tunnel that took 15 months of secret digging, it was revelaed. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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