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In his Winnipeg home, Monday, July 27, 2015 Brad Mastervick is happy a new drug Harvoni – Ledipasvir/Sofosbuvir, which is being covered by Pharmacare, is showing signs of a potential cure for his Hep C virus. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press)
Your forecast: There’s a 60 per cent chance of showers or thunderstorms in Winnipeg today, so picnickers are warned their watermelon could get excessively watery. The high will be 25, with wind from the south at 30 km/h, gusting to 60. Tonight’s low is 15.
In case you missed it
Conquering Hep C: Winnipeg`s Brad Mastervick battled hepatitis C for seven years, to no avail. Until this year, when a new medicine has left him disease-free. Doctors are hailing two new drugs as `miraculous`. READ MORE
Whale watching: Two ways to see beluga whales: 1) go to Churchill and pay for a seat in a boat that will try to spot the mammoth mammals; 2) Watch a new Beluga live-cam that has been initiated by Explore.org, the group behind the annual polar bear live cam in Churchill. One camera is underwater, while a second one is on the deck of the boat. READ MORE
History shuttered, sold: Canada’s first Royal Canadian Legion, which was located on Sargent Avenue for nearly 100 years, is closed, sold and will be dismantled today. READ MORE
Up next
Price of happiness: Leave it to the Fraser Institute to crunch the numbers behind the cliché “money doesn’t buy happiness”. The conservative think-tank will release today a new essay exploring the relationship between a country’s level of economic freedom and its population’s level of life satisfaction.
Woes of Willy: When the Blue Bombers practice today, all eyes will be the right leg of quarterback Drew Willy. It was thought Willy would miss Thursday’s home game against the B.C. Lions because his knee was injured and he limped off the field during the team’s 32-3 humiliation in Edmonton on Saturday. But Coach Mike O’Shea offered hope on Monday. He said Willy could practice as early as today and might yet start Thursday against the B.C. Lions.
Around the water cooler
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Transgender Celebrity: A new E! television series, I Am Cait, purports to look inside the life of Caitlyn (formerly Bruce) Jenner. Free Press TV critic Brad Oswald is not immediately sold. He writes: “Is this happily reborn Caitlyn actually trying to help, or merely trying to maintain a celebrity lifestyle by assuming a popular and politically correct posture?”
Metal music: Two A-list metal concerts coming to Winnipeg were announced on Monday. On Oct. 14, the mask-wearing outfit Slipknot will play the MTS Centre, along with Suicidal Tendencies and Beartooth. Then, on Nov. 1, it’s Judas Priest.
Trending now
#mbstorm: Environment Canada confirmed a tornado touched down on a farmstead near Tilston at about 8:30 p.m. Monday and another northeast of Virden. Do you have photographs or information about the last night’s extreme weather in Manitoba? Please send to city.desk@freepress.mb.ca.
On this date
On July 28, 2001: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that 16-year-old Lyle Thomas died in his father’s arms after being injured on the job, when a piece equipment collapsed on Provencher Bridge and struck him. Ian Ross’s award-winning play fareWel was heading to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Canada’s national volleyball team squared off against the U.S. for a spot at the World Championships.
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