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Landing in Winnipeg: A new discount airline wants to set up a crew hub and airplane-maintenance centre in Winnipeg, but it won’t happen unless Ottawa agrees to exempt the company from a 25 per cent limit on foreign investment in airlines. Canada Jetlines Ltd., based in Richmond, B.C., hopes to establish itself as an ultra-low-cost carrier in Canada, flying up to 64 domestic and international routes within eight years. READ MORE
Your forecast: Showers ending this morning then clearing. High 25 C. It will be windy, becoming northwest 20 km/h, gusting to 40 early this afternoon. Low tonight 13. On Friday, expect a mainly cloudy day with a 30 per cent chance of showers. High 19. Outlook for Saturday and Sunday is sunny, with highs of 20 and 25 respectively.
In case you missed it
Martin Meissner / The Associated PressJamaica’s Usain Bolt and Canada’s Andre De Grasse, left, compete in a men’s 200-meter semifinal during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday.
Budding bromance: Canada’s Andre De Grasse and Jamaica’s Usain Bolt continued to joke with each other Wednesday as they easily qualified for tonight’s 200-metre final at the Olympic Games. De Grasse broke a Canadian record in the semifinal with a 19.80-second finish as he and Bolt coasted to the finish line grinning at one another. READ MORE
False alarm: A false alarm over a possible drowning kept hundreds of would-be swimmers out of the lake at Birds Hill Provincial Park on Wednesday while the water was searched for more than three hours. A provincial government spokesman said the search, which began at about 12:30 p.m., was considered precautionary because no one had actually been reported missing. It was called off at about 4 p.m. READ MORE
Population growth: Winnipeg’s strong population growth over the next 25 years justifies a new fee on the development industry to cover the needed infrastructure, Mayor Brian Bowman said. He said that while the city has a variety of revenue sources available to it to help pay for infrastructure, Winnipeg doesn’t have the one tool that every other municipality uses to finance costs associated with a community’s growth. A forecast released Wednesday predicts Winnipeg’s population growth over the next 25 years is expected to average 8,200 annually. READ MORE
Up next
At the Olympics: In addition to the Bolt-De Grasse matchup in the 200-metre final this evening, Damian Warner of London, Ont., will shoot for a medal in the second and final day of the decathlon. Warner ranked third after five events on Wednesday. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESDavid Mclaughlin during Brian Pallister’s acceptance speech at Canad Inns Polo Park after his party won a majority of seats in the Manitoba Legislature.
Trusted adviser: Premier Brian Pallister has hired Conservative political heavyweight David McLaughlin as his senior adviser for climate change. McLaughlin, who guided Pallister’s successful election campaign earlier this year, will make about $10,000 a month and is slated to stay on until March 31, 2017. His first order of business is to prepare Pallister for the upcoming First Ministers’ meeting this fall and to develop a “made-in-Manitoba” climate action plan. READ MORE
Daycare intruder: An out-of-control SUV rammed through the front window of a city day care Wednesday, landing inside the facility’s infant/toddler room and smashing a crib. Fortunately, the tots at Gramma Marie’s Children’s Centre on Chevrier Boulevard were out of the room at the time. READ MORE
New downtown eatery: Hockey fans and concertgoers will have another place to hang out before or after their events when a new restaurant/bar opens early next year across the street from the MTS Centre. The new 7,000-square-foot Browns Socialhouse — the chain’s third in the city and largest in Canada — is expected to open next January or February on the main floor of the Centrepoint office/retail/hotel complex on the northwest corner of Portage Avenue and Donald Street. READ MORE
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On this date
On Aug. 18, 2002: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a horrific crash east of Kenora in which a family of four was killed prompted calls for improvements to be made to that stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway. In Winnipeg, a mother was sent to hospital with serious injuries and her adult son was in jail after she was beaten for two hours for changing the TV channel. READ MORE
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