Good morning!
Your forecast: The morning sunshine in Winnipeg will be overtaken by cloud cover by noon today and, with the high humidity, we’ll likely get a few thunderstorms in the afternoon and into the evening. The high temperature is 28 C. Environment Canada has issued a thunderstorm watch for much of southwestern Manitoba, including Dauphin, Minnedosa, Brandon, Virden. Killarney and Boissevain. Conditions are favourable in those areas for the development of storms that could produce heavy rain, strong wind gusts and hail. On Tuesday in the Winnipeg region, the clouds begin to clear in the afternoon and the high is 25 C. Expect a terrific Wednesday, with plenty of sunshine a comfortable temperature of 23 C.
In case you missed it
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free PressCrews cover the cockpit of the small plane that crashed near Deacon’s Corner Friday morning after it took off from Lyncrest Airport.
Tragic plane crash: Capt. Bradley Ashcroft and Capt. Zachary Cloutier-Gill died in a plane crash outside of Winnipeg near Deacon’s Corner around 9:30 a.m. on Canada Day. Both were members of the Royal Canadian Air Force and were stationed at the 1 Canadian Air Division and NORAD headquarters in Winnipeg. The cause of the crash is unknown and the Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating. READ MORE
Convicted killer found dead: A man convicted of killing his wife in B.C. in 2014, and then subsequently charged and convicted with the murder of a Winnipeg woman eight years earlier, has died in a Saskatchewan psychiatric facility. Traigo Ehkid Andretti, 40, was found unresponsive in his room Saturday and, according to the Regional Psychiatric Centre, he could not be revived. Andretti pleaded guilty in 2014 to first-degree murder and indignity to human remains in the killing and dismemberment of his wife, Jennifer McPherson. Andretti was subsequently charged with second degree murder in the 2006 slaying of Myrna Letandre in Manitoba, for which he later plead guilty. READ MORE
Trudeau marches with Pride: Canada’s largest Pride parade marked another milestone Sunday as a sitting prime minister marched for the first time in Toronto’s colourful celebration that was tempered by last month’s shooting massacre in Orlando. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau drew a boisterous reaction from those who lined the parade route — he has taken part in the parade before, including last summer, but this was his first as prime minister. Other politicians who marched in the parade included Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, Toronto Mayor John Tory, Green Party leader Elizabeth May and Rona Ambrose, interim leader of the federal Conservatives. READ MORE
Up next
Some game action: Winnipeg Jets prospects ran through drills Sunday and again this morning, but they’ll participate in an intrasquad game at 6 p.m. on Tuesday night on the Canadian Tire Rink at the MTS Iceplex. General admission tickets for 1,000 will be $10, with net proceeds going to the Winnipeg Jets Hockey Academy. Tickets are available at all Jets Gear outlets.
Around the water cooler
Martin Meissner / The Associated PressFrance’s Antoine Griezmann, left, escapes with the ball during the Euro 2016 quarterfinal soccer match between France and Iceland, at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, France, Sunday.
Tiny country, big loss: After a surprising and triumphant breakthrough into the world soccer scene, Iceland lost to France, 5-2, in Sunday’s UEFA Euro quarterfinal match. With a population of nearly 330,000, Iceland took the world by surprise by beating England 2-1 last Monday. READ MORE
Jets start development camp: The Winnipeg Jets kicked off their annual development camp at the MTS Iceplex on Sunday. Newcomer Patrik Laine, just recently drafted and signed by the Jets, was at the Iceplex on Sunday signing autographs for eager fans, but isn’t participating in on-ice sessions as he recovers from minor knee surgery. The camp continues this morning at 9:30 a.m. READ MORE
Obama a cheerleader: U.S. President Barack Obama is preparing to enter the 2016 U.S. presidential race, but in a supporting role. Obama will appear at his first rally Tuesday with his would-be successor Hillary Clinton. READ MORE
Trending now
Michael Dwyer / The Associated PressFireworks shoot from the Hatch Shell during rehearsal for the annual Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular on the Esplanade in Boston, Sunday.
Happy 4th of July: It’s a rare long weekend where Canadians can celebrate Canada Day on one end of it and Americans Independence Day on the other. This is one such occurrence. Happy 4th of July from the Head Start crew to all our U.S. friends out there.
#MyCurrentMoodIn2Words: It’s Monday, and unless you have the day off, perhaps two words are all you can spare to self-diagnose. Users on Twitter offer up these emotional snapshots: “Need coffee,” “Cautiously optimistic,” “Not amused” and “Unhappily awake.”
On this date
On July 4, 1990: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Autopac was planning to raise rates as much as 13 per cent. Medical professionals in Manitoba warned that eye clinics, which charged up to $1,000 for cataract surgery, were creating a two-tier health care system. In Tirana, scores of Albanians scaled the walls of an embassy and rammed its gates with trucks in an effort to seek asylum from their government, the last hard-line communist government in Eastern Europe.
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