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Tax credit in crosshairs: The $700 homeowners education property tax credit is under review by the provincial government. Senior staff acknowledged last week the Progressive Conservatives set a precedent in the spring budget for imposing income-testing on the seniors school property tax rebate and capping benefits. Now they’re not ruling out that they could potentially do something similar with the education property tax credit for homeowners, which cost the province $201.2 million last year. READ MORE
Your forecast: Mainly sunny. The wind will become northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning then light this afternoon. High 22 C. The low will be 7. On Tuesday, it will be sunny with a high of 24. And for the rest of the week? Nothing but sunny skies in the forecast.
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JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSAmber Balcaen, a Winnipegger who just made NASCAR history by becoming the first Canadian woman to win a NASCAR race, is welcomed back by her parents Kim and Mike, along with friends at Winnipeg airport Sunday evening.
Historic victory: Winnipegger Amber Balcaen made history by becoming the first Canadian woman to win a NASCAR race on the weekend, taking her No. 10 Lee Pulliam Performance car from third on the grid to the checkered flag at the Motor Mile in Radford, Va. READ MORE
Improved mental health: More than 150 Winnipeggers gathered Sunday in a show of support and a call to action on mental health in Manitoba. Organized by Bonnie Bricker, who lost her son Reid Bricker to suicide last year, and Naomi Sommer, who guided her son through depression, the event at the Legislative Building called for such initiatives as the establishment of a peer support system that would bring those recovering from mental health problems into contact with people who are beginning to access care. READ MORE
Newcomers attacked: Newcomers to Canada taking orientation classes downtown have been attacked in broad daylight by an armed robber. Winnipeg police have a suspect in custody after a man and a woman were slashed by a knife-wielding robber outside the Entry Program in the 300 block of Portage Avenue on Thursday. The married couple — he is 38, and she is 34 — are both students at the Entry Program, a four-week course in survival for immigrants and refugees who have recently arrived in Canada. READ MORE
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MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESAndrea Giesbrecht, 42, pictured in April leaving the Winnipeg law courts.
Trial resumes: The trial of Andrea Giesbrecht, charged with six counts of concealing a child’s body, resumes today in a Winnipeg court.
Trudeau in China: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lands in China today for his first official visit to the economic superpower. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSThere are graves for 16 men at the Headingley Goal cemetery. Each marker has the deceased’s name and date of execution.
Laid to rest: At the Headingley Gaol Cemetery, it’s a struggle to feel the sympathy and respect one usually has at a burial ground, Bill Redekop writes. The men there are all buried for a single reason: they murdered and were executed for their crimes. Executions began at the facility in 1932 and ended in 1952. Sixteen were laid to rest in total. READ MORE
The city’s population density is lower today than it has ever been — and it continues to drop, writes Brent Bellamy. Sprawling growth is at the root of almost everything we complain about: taxes, city services, potholes and traffic. If structured effectively, proposed growth development fees could be a powerful tool to improve population density, guiding the location and form of new development, he writes. READ MORE
KFC’s secret: Has Colonel Sanders’ nephew inadvertently revealed to the world the secret blend of 11 herbs and spices behind KFC’s fried chicken empire? The company says the recipe published in a Chicago newspaper is not authentic. But that hasn’t stopped rampant online speculation that one of the most legendary and closely guarded secrets in the history of fast food has been exposed. READ MORE
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#IDoNotTrustAnyoneWho: “pours the milk before the cereal,” “says ‘Trust me’,” “my dog didn’t like,” or “constantly uses ‘air quotes’.”
Anthony Weiner: The U.S. Congressman who stepped down after pursuing women on Twitter and sending racy photographs of himself is embroiled in another sexting scandal. Weiner has been allegedly sexting with another woman while his wife, Huma Abedin, is campaigning for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
On this date
On Aug. 29, 1964: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a police dragnet had begun after a convicted murderer escaped Stony Mountain Penitentiary; the convict had left a dummy in his place in his cell bed. In Cyprus, President Makarios made overtures to Egyptian President Nasser for support in his ongoing conflict with Turkey. In Great Britain, small stuffed dolls called “Gonks” were all the rage. The satellite Nimbus I, launched by the United States, took photos of the Earth that surpassed in quality any previously taken of the planet from space. READ MORE
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