This morning
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSElder Betty Solomon tears up as she hears the apology from Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett on behalf of the federal government in Tadoule Lake Tuesday.
Unbearable loss: Indigenous and Northern Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett visited the remote northern Manitoba community of Tadoule Lake Tuesday to apologize on behalf of Canadians for the forced relocation of the Sayisi Dene 60 years ago. “It is unbearable to consider what you lost in those years in Churchill,” she said, adding nothing can restore the loss of life that occurred. READ MORE
Your forecast: It’s looking like a sunny day with a few clouds in the afternoon. Expect a high of 29. Wind will be south 20 km/h this afternoon. Tonight there is a 60 per cent chance of showers and a risk of thunderstorms. The low will be 18. On Thursday, a few showers will end in the morning followed by partly sunny skies. There is a risk of a thunderstorm Thursday morning. High 25.
In case you missed it
Canada’s Derek Drouin competes in the men’s high jump during the 2016 Olympic Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Golden for Canada: Derek Drouin, 26, of Corunna, Ont., became the first Canadian male to win an Olympic gold medal in high jump since 1932 on Tuesday. He leaped 2.38 metres. Canada has so far won 14 medals — three gold, two silver and nine bronze — tied for 10th among countries in overall podium finishes. READ MORE
Comments questioned: The lawyer who represents Brian Sinclair’s family is firing back at comments this week by the province’s former chief medical examiner that racism was not a factor in Sinclair’s 2008 death. Vilko Zbogar says the one assumption that wasn’t made when Sinclair died after spending 34 hours in Health Sciences Centre’s emergency waiting room was that he needed urgent medical care. It is believed that Sinclair, 45, a wheelchair-bound double-amputee, may have been dead for up to seven hours before this fact was discovered by hospital staff. READ MORE
Fish marketing: The monopoly that has controlled the sale of fish in Manitoba since 1969 will soon be cast aside by the Pallister government. Making good on a campaign promise to give fishers more options when it comes selling their products, the government announced Tuesday it will be withdrawing its participation in the federal Crown corporation, Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation. READ MORE
Up next
JUSTIN TANG / THE CANADIAN PRESSIndigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett.
Third apology: Indigenous and Northern Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett will deliver a national apology for a third time this morning at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights to the Sayisi Dene for their forced relocation 60 years ago.
At the Olympics: Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., competes in the women’s golf tournament, while Canada will take on Russia in the men’s volleyball quarter-finals.
Around the water cooler
DARREN CALABRESE / THE CANADIAN PRESS
Cheques in limbo: Thousands of provincial government cheques — including ones for employment and income assistance, Manitoba Housing and pharmacare — are sitting in limbo amidst fears they could get stuck in the mail if Canada Post workers go on strike or are locked out. The provincially issued cheques have all been sitting in offices in Winnipeg and across the province waiting to be picked up since June. READ MORE
City “unsafe”: Winnipeg hasn’t been Canada’s homicide capital for years, but its former title will take a long time to live down. A recent national poll says Canadians believe Winnipeg is the country’s least-safe city, but an expert on the fear of crime challenges that view. READ MORE
Hearing test available: Hearing tests for newborns are now available across the province, Manitoba’s health minister has announced. The tests are quick and non-invasive. READ MORE
Trending now
#ThingsIdLikeToStealFromCanada: Americans are having fun with this hashtag, with such items on the list as “A handful of toques,” “health care,” “Justin Trudeau,” and “moose” — but some Canadians are chiming in with messages that you don’t have to steal, just ask and we’ll probably share a beer with you as well.
On this date
On Aug. 17, 1944: The WInnipeg Free Press reported that the 1st Canadian Army had launched an attack east from its position in northwest France and troops had crossed the Dives River. Meanwhile, U.S. forces had captured Orleans from the Germans, and Allied troops made gains in the south of France.
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