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Doting on Dylan: Bob Dylan, who plays in Winnipeg on Wednesday, has plenty of fans, but few bigger than Alan Small, the Free Press entertainment assignment editor. He’s seen 34 Dylan concerts. “Most people think I’m nuts. I realize how difficult it is to explain my fascination with the 76-year-old’s sometimes indecipherable singing ‘style’ or occasional testy relationship with the people who pay to be in the seats.” READ MORE
Your forecast: An umbrella would be an apt choice of accessory today with the forecast calling for showers with risk of a thunderstorm. Rain is expected to from 10 to 20 mm with wind from the east at 30 km/h in the morning. The high will be 20, with a humidex of 25.
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Keeping seniors at home: A new study suggests that the province and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority could be doing more to assist seniors to live in the community longer, avoiding placement in a personal care home. A study found that on average about 22 per cent of patients who entered a nursing home after an initial assessment had low-to-moderate scores on standardized tests, meaning their needs may have been met through home care. Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE
Mother abducts her kids: A Winnipeg mother has admitted to abducting her own children after a custody dispute. The 45-year-old woman, who can’t be named under a publication ban imposed Monday to protect the identity of her children, pleaded guilty to one count of abduction for taking her two children from their temporary foster placement and harbouring them from authorities for four days before they were found. Katie May reports. READ MORE
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About 500 volunteers started building 20 homes on Lyle St. Monday morning as part of the Habitat for Humanity’s 34th Jimmy & Rosalyn Carter Work Project that runs July 9-14 in cities across Canada. (Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press)
Jimmy Carter here Thursday: With a chorus of hammers and saws, Habitat for Humanity’s Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter Work Project came to life Monday morning. More than 500 volunteers — including soon-to-be-homeowners, construction workers and volunteers — began working on putting supports and plywood onto open foundations to create the main floor of each house. The former U.S. president is here Thursday. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
Free Bombers tickets: At least 160 fans will be attending Thursday’s Blue Bomber game for free, thanks to Bombers’ CEO Wade Miller’s promise of free tickets if team’s pledge to improve traffic around the stadium didn’t live up its pregame hype. Miller is still offering free tickets to people who think their drive home from Friday’s game was slower than last year. Stefanie Lasuik reports. READ MORE
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JUSTIN SAMANSKI-LANGILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSStephen Tulle (foreground) and Dave Dokovay man the operations centre on Ellice Avenue.
Fire command centre: Many people don’t know it, but the battle against forest fires anywhere in Canada, including the current blazes in B.C., is co-ordinated on Ellice Avenue in the West End — in the operations centre of the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. “We act as the resource brokers, we co-ordinate that response,” CIFFC media spokesman Dave Dokovay said in an interview Monday afternoon. READ MORE
Teen accidentally killed: Lakeside Hutterite Colony, about 16 kilometres west of Headingley, is mourning Brendan Hofer, 16, who was shot Sunday when he walked in front of young people who were taking target practice with a .22-calibre rifle. Joshua Hofer Jr., minister of the Lakeside Hutterite Colony, said: “When one did the shooting, focusing on the scope, the other walked in front of the gun unknowingly and the timing was right there for pulling the trigger.” Bill Redekop reports. READ MORE
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Donald Trump Jr.: The U.S. president’s son is in the headlines again after he admitted to meeting in 2016 with a Russian lawyer who offered damaging evidence against rival presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Furthermore, the setup for the meeting and its purpose was arranged by email, and that email has come to light, according to the New York Times, who broke the story. READ MORE
On this date
On July 11, 1963: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Queen Elizabeth II was shaken after a leftist mob in London booed the appearance of visiting monarchs, King Paul and Queen Frederika of Greece. A boy found at Kenora, Ont., was being held by RCMP for questioning in the death of a 13-year-old boy who had been hit on the head with an axe near McCreary, Man. A Commons committee heard from a senior Army commander that Soviet forces could gain a foothold in the remote areas of Canada despite Canada’s level of continental defence. READ MORE
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