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Apartment building crackdown: The owners of as many as 325 apartment buildings in Winnipeg have been notified their properties might not comply with a 30-year-old fire safety bylaw. A spokesman for the property managers said: “The landlords feel it was a cash grab because nobody was given a warning.” Aldo Santin reports. READ MORE
Your forecast: It will be warm but cloudy today, with a high of 20 C. Expect rain on Tuesday.
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DAVID LIPNOWSKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESWorkers at the Winnipeg Free Press agreed to a deal that would see them take a wage cut if the company’s financial position changes and it can’t pay all of its bills.
Made-in-Manitoba labor pact: The Free Press focuses on reporting the news, not making the news, but a labour agreement reached between the company and its workers on the weekend is noteworthy because it’s unique, publisher Bob Cox says in an opinion column. ” I know of no other newspaper company in Canada that has taken this kind of approach. It’s a brave step — some might say foolish.” READ MORE
Portage and Main: The latest plan for a 40-storey apartment tower planned for the intersection of Portage and Main is to add a daycare and fitness club, joining a restaurant and grocery store that were already planned for the development that should be completed in the spring of 2020. Work on the 400-unit, $165-million apartment tower is expected to get underway this summer or fall. Murray McNeill reports. READ MORE
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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Serena Ryder performs onstage at Interstellar Rodeo at the Forks Friday evening to a packed crowd. See Erin Lebar’s story. Aug 12 / 2016
Serena Ryder to open Summer Games: For many spectators, a highlight of the upcoming Canada Summer Games in Winnipeg will be the opening and closing ceremonies. A press release early today announced musical acts for the opening ceremonies will include Serena Ryder, Québec’s Coeur de Pirate, and Winnipeg’s own Juno-award winning Brothers’ Landreth, who will perform with a youth chorus from Studio Works and young dancers in a special collaboration with Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Log in, look out: An unprecedented “ransomware” cyberattack that has already hit tens of thousands of victims in 150 countries could wreak greater havoc as more malicious variations appear and people return to their desks today and power up computers at the start of the work week. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
Un-Googleable question: As part of a Free Press feature that answers questions about Manitoba that are not easily answered on Google, we dig into the history of the Old Exhibition Grounds. How large was it originally? What were the exhibitions like? What was the park’s original name? READ MORE
The point of Point Douglas: Columnist Dan Lett will closely watch the result of a byelection called for June 13 in Point Douglas, a historically strong NDP riding. “An NDP loss in Point Douglas would very much represent the insult to the injury suffered in last year’s general election, when it was driven from power by the Tories in convincing fashion.” READ MORE
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Powers Boothe: The Emmy-winning actor, known for his roles in “Deadwood,” “Sin City” and “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” has died at the age of 68.
On this date
On May 15, 1971: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a representative of the 20,000-member United Trnasportation Union said the Canadian transport commission was aiding and abetting the two national railways in eliminating certain passenger train services. In Cairo, Egpytian president Anwar Sadat jailed cabinet members and top party officials after an attempted coup. In Ottawa, a woman who had been expelled from the House of Commons public gallery for wearing hotpants was allowed to re-enter after retrieving her jacket from the cloakroom. READ MORE
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