Your forecast
Showers with thunderstorms ending early this morning, then clearing. High 24 C, Humidex 31, UV index 3 or moderate.
What’s happening today
Statistics Canada is set to release its August consumer price index report this morning. The Canadian Press has more here.
The Winnipeg Goldeyes host the Kane County Cougars at Blue Cross Park, starting at 6:30 p.m. Mike McIntyre has more here on the stakes for the Goldeyes as they need to win three straight elimination contests starting tonight.
Winnipeg starter Landen Bourassa (Jenna Spanola / Kane County Cougars)
Today’s must-read
Fort Garry MLA Mark Wasyliw, a lawyer, was fired up and ready to take aim at Premier Wab Kinew after being abruptly turfed from the NDP caucus Monday because his business associate represents convicted sex-offender Peter Nygard.
“(Kinew) will bully people instead of trying to build consensus,” Wasyliw said after being removed. “He is very demeaning to staff and MLAs when he talks to them. He will run them down — very disrespectful. The man couldn’t pass a respectful workplace review.”
Earlier, the party issued a news release in which caucus chairman Mike Moyes said the decision to oust Wasyliw took effect immediately. Kevin Rollason has the story.
MLA Mark Wasyliw walks out of the Legislative Building with boxes Monday afternoon after being removed from the NDP caucus. (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press)
On the bright side
Protected Green and Loggerhead turtles are making a big comeback on the beaches of two British military bases in Cyprus, with the number of nests surpassing last year’s record count by nearly 25 per cent, environmentalists said Tuesday.
There were 382 sea turtle nests recorded this year on all sandy beaches inside the bases — 100 more than last year’s count.
Bases Environmental and Police Officer Alexia Perdiou said a decades-long commitment by base authorities to safeguard nests is paying off. The Associated Press has more here.
On this date
On Sept. 17, 1949: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in Toronto harbour, the worst ship fire in 102 years of Great Lakes history took the lives of at least 192 people aboard the cruise ship S.S. Noronic. Some survivors said firefighting equipment aboard the ship failed to work when they tried to use it. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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