What you need to know
THE CANADIAN PRESS / OmniTraxA portion of the Hudson Bay Railway to Churchill in 2017.
Railway rescue: An agreement in principle has been reached that would make Churchill’s railway and port locally owned. A northern Manitoba consortium and a Toronto financial firm are seeking to buy both assets from Omnitrax and restore railway service to Churchill before this winter. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
CMHR overlooked, audit says: An audit presented in Parliament documents a series of concerns about the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, including “funding uncertainties” from Ottawa, the display of inaccurate information at the museum and employees being given “unsustainable amounts of work.” Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: It will be cloudy this morning, with a high of 24 C and a mix of sun and cloud in the afternoon.
What’s happening today
Madoka Ikegami / Kyodo News / The Associated PressKim Yong Chol, foreground, is North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s top official on inter-Korean relations.
Saving summit: American and North Korean officials are meeting today in New York to try to salvage a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. It’s the highest-level official North Korean visit to the U.S. in nearly 20 years, The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Stefanson speaks: Provincial Justice Minister Heather Stefanson will speak at a Manitoba Chambers of Commerce breakfast about the impacts the legalization of marijuana will have on businesses and residents. Cannabis reporter Solomon Israel will be there.
Around the water cooler
Ryan Thorpe / Winnipeg Free PressTerry Johnsen, 57, worked on a piece of scrap metal with an unnamed friend at All Saints Anglican Church days before a tent city was dismantled.
Camp comes down: A tent community on the grounds of All Saints’ Anglican Church was taken down yesterday, as homeless campers were asked to leave so the area can be cleaned up for a wedding. Rev. Brent Neumann was near tears. “It’s on all of us,” he said. “And simply saying, ‘Get the hell out of here,’ is not a solution.” Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
Here we go again: The Golden State Warriors host the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 1 of the NBA finals tonight. It’s the first time in any major North American sports league the same teams have met four consecutive times in the championship round. READ MORE
Trending
John Locher / The Associated PressWashington Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby, right, makes a stick save on shot by Vegas Golden Knights right wing Alex Tuch during Game 2.
The internet is abuzz over Washington Capitals goalie Braden Holtby’s jaw-dropping save with less than two minutes left in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup final. Holtby stopped Vegas Golden Knights forward Alex Tuch’s point-blank shot with his stick as the Caps won 3-2 to even the series 1-1. READ MORE
On this date
On May 31, 1993: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the Christmas Cheer Board of Greater Winnipeg planned to use some of its surplus money to fund a pilot school breakfast program in the inner city. More than half of $21.5-million raised to build a downtown hotel was disbursed to the Lakeview Group of Companies as overhead and profit, according to an audit. The federal and Manitoba governments were studying a $50-million city proposal that would employ up to 2,000 welfare recipients on construction projects to renew deteriorating infrastructure. READ MORE
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