Good morning!
Your forecast: There’s a chance you’ll need an umbrella over the next several days. Today, there will be a mix of sun and cloud with a 30 per cent chance of showers this afternoon. The high will be 23 C. On Thursday, there’s a 60 per cent chance of showers during the day and a risk of a thunderstorm. On Friday, there’s a 30 per cent chance of showers. Temperatures will be close to normal, which is 26 for this time of year. The best part of the forecast is that the weather improves on the weekend – a mix of sun and cloud with a high of 23 C on Saturday and sunny and 25 C on Sunday.
In case you missed it
WINSLOW TOWNSON / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSNew Orleans Saints defensive tackle David Onyemata looks on during a joint training camp practice with the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., Tuesday.
With the Saints: Former Manitoba Bison David Onyemata is looking to land a spot on the defensive line with the New Orleans Saints. The 6-4, 300-pounder was a fourth round pick in the 2016 NFL draft. The Free Press caught up with him in Foxborough, Mass. READ MORE
Mountie’s gun: The RCMP-issued gun used to shoot a Winnipeg teen last fall was stolen after thieves broke into the police officer’s home in the middle of the night, according to court documents. Canada’s attorney general, on behalf of the RCMP and the Mountie involved, has fired back at a lawsuit seeking damages for Calli Vanderaa and her single father, Corey Vanderaa, after the teen was shot in the early morning hours of Oct. 24, 2015. READ MORE
Storm cleanup: Residents in western Manitoba were cleaning up Tuesday after a wild storm that saw at least two tornadoes touch down between Russell and Binscarth and in Waywayseecappo First Nation on Monday. READ MORE
Up next
Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press filesResearchers use a seine net to catch fish on Lake No. 239, part of the Experimental Lakes Area in northwestern Ontario. Ottawa discontinued funding for the ELA in 2013.
Money for the ELA: The federal government will formally announce this afternoon that it is getting back to funding research in the Experimental Lakes Area in northwestern Ontario. READ MORE
At the Olympics: Santo Condorelli of Kenora races in the men’s 100-metre freestyle final in swimming, while the Canadian women compete in the 4 x 200 freestyle relay. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
Donald Trump
Trump raises eyebrows: Donald Trump may be trailing Hillary Clinton in the polls but he keeps getting the most media attention for his comments. The latest came Tuesday when he made a remark about armed citizens stopping his political opponent. It began with Trump lamenting to supporters about what might happen if Clinton won and reshaped the U.S. Supreme Court with liberal judges, who would undo constitutional gun rights: “If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks.” He then suggested there was one possible way to stop her: “(With) the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don’t know.” READ MORE
Paying down debt: Manitobans have lately been more diligent at paying down their non-mortgage debt, but the average delinquency rate in the province remains well above the national average, according to a new report. READ MORE
Trending now
Matt Slocum / The Associated PressUnited States’ Michael Phelps celebrates winning the gold medal in the men’s 200-meter butterfly.
Michael Phelps: U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps won his 20th and 21st Olympic gold medals last night in the 200-metre butterfly. READ MORE
#TragicallyHipDay: John Tory, the mayor of Toronto, proclaims Aug. 10 The Tragically Hip Day. READ MORE
On this date
On Aug. 10, 1944: The Second World War is top news of the day with reports of Allied forces slashing their way through German lines on their way to Paris. Violent storms, with a record-high 71 mile per hour wind (114 km/h), ripped through Manitoba and a Lorette milkman is killed by lightning. In lighter news, a Colombian man became a father for the 47th time with the birth of quadruplets. READ MORE
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