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Good morning.
Most Manitoba students are returning to school today. The provincial government has not revealed how it will announce and manage the spread of COVID-19 within schools. The province also has yet to release details on how it will monitor unvaccinated employees at schools.
Main Street is expected to be closed to northbound traffic between Higgins and Euclid avenues through the morning rush hour after a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle, the Winnipeg Police Service said shortly after 7 a.m. The woman was hit at about 12:20 a.m. There was no word on her condition this morning.
Provincial Health Minister Audrey Gordon and Cathy Cox, the provincial minister responsible for the status of women, will make an announcement about “women’s heart health” this morning.
At least 41 inmates are dead and 80 injured after a fire in a prison near Jakarta. Most of the dead were Indonesians serving sentences for drug offences.
— Adam Treusch, assignment editor
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What’s happening today
A composite image of five photographs show, from left to right, Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 1, 2021; Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole in St. John’s, N.L. on Monday, July 26, 2021; Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau in Montreal, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021; NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, and Green Leader Annamie Paul in Toronto on Monday, July 19, 2021. Five federal party leaders will face off in the first of two official election debates tonight in what may well be their best chance to sway voters before election day on Sept. 20. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick, Paul Daly, Graham Hughes, Chris Young
Five to debate in French: Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Green party Leader Annamie Paul will meet for a two-hour debate in Gatineau at 7 p.m. CT. Paul was not invited to last week’s TVA debate, which was also in French. All five of the leaders will debate — in Quebec, again — in English on Thursday. READ MORE
Statue set for removal: One of the largest remaining monuments to the Confederacy, a statue of Robert E. Lee, will be removed in Richmond, Va., today. The statue was the site of protests in the summer of 2020 after a Black man, George Floyd, was killed by a Minneapolis police officer, sparking anger across the U.S. and around the world. Richmond was the capital of the Confederacy for most of the American Civil War. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Terror attack trial: The trial of 20 men for the Islamic State group’s terror attacks that killed 130 people at multiple sites in Paris in 2015 began today. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny this morning with a mix of sun and cloud this afternoon, a high of 23 C, and wind from the northwest at 20 km/h increasing to 30 km/h and gusting to 50 this morning.
In case you missed it
CPLawyers will be expected to introduce themselves as well as their clients or witnesses using a title such as Mr., Ms., Counsel or Mx. (pronounced “mix”), with the latter referring to people who don’t fit the gender binary. (John Woods / The Canadian Press files)
Alleged abuser: Robert Dawson, a lawyer charged with sexually abusing two teenage hockey players between 1993 and 1995, can continue to practise law. “We are looking at everything closely and will do everything to protect the public while respecting the fact he has just been charged and not convicted of anything,” Leah Kosokowsky, chief executive officer for the Law Society of Manitoba, said. Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
Mad dash to election day: Elections Canada has finalized its Manitoba polling stations. “They’ve had to turn around, basically on a dime, and reorganize and replan — and then replan again,” a regional spokeswoman for the agency said. The provincial government has prohibited polling stations in schools because of the pandemic. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
New head of Harvest Manitoba: The Free Press spoke with Vince Barletta, who will become Harvest Manitoba’s CEO later this month.
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On this date
On Sept. 8, 1928: The Manitoba Free Press reported that the general public and newspapers in Britain were convinced the Anglo-French naval pact had been abandoned, though no official word had been given; U.S. opposition to the agreement was said to be a factor. Western Canada’s wheat yield was expected to exceed 500 million bushels. As Prohibition continued in the U.S., organized crime violence escalated in Chicago, with the bombing of a police captain’s home and the killing of a former henchman of Al Capone.
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