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Struggling with aftermath: A 23-year-old woman says she’s plagued by nightmares three weeks after being viciously attacked and beaten while working at a Selkirk treatment centre for youths. Jackie Healey, a Red River College intern, was working at the Behavioural Health Foundation on the evening of May 29 when she and a female staff member were jumped by two teenage boys, who are accused of using baseball bats and pool balls shoved in socks to beat the women. Every time Healey closes her eyes, she relives the terror of that night. Free Press reporter Alexandra Paul visited with Healey on Tuesday and has her story. READ MORE
Your forecast: The city dodged the overnight rain but there’s likely no way to slip around it this morning. Environment Canada is calling for a 70 per cent chance of showers in Winnipeg before noon, although the clouds will drift away late in the day. The daytime high is expected to hit 23 C. Prepare to enjoy plenty of sunshine and warm temperatures Thursday and Friday, with highs of 29 C and 28 C, respectively. Unfortunately, the weather gurus are calling for rain Saturday.
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JOHN WOODS / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILESManitoba Premier Brian Pallister
Gender-neutral bathrooms: Premier Brian Pallister is open to providing equal access to washrooms at the Manitoba Legislature, saying he is considering a request to have a gender-neutral public washroom in the building. “There’s lots of space in this beautiful legislature, and if that’s an important issue, then it should be addressed,” Pallister said. “If we can do a better job of accommodating individual needs within the construct of what we have here, we should take a look at it.” READ MORE
Cold case: Winnipeg police hope advances in DNA will help solve the 1979 slaying of real estate agent Irene Pearson. Homicide investigator Sgt. John O’Donovan said police want to speak with construction workers who helped build the home where Pearson’s body was found. “Since Pearson’s death there have been significant advances in DNA technology,” O’Donovan said. “Investigators would like to hear from anyone that may have worked on the construction of the home.” READ MORE
Chevy geared up for draft: Winnipeg Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff met with members of the media Tuesday and discussed a number of topics, as a very busy NHL offseason begins. Cheveldayoff wasn’t revealing names but suggested the team’s brass knows exactly who to take with the second overall pick in next week’s NHL draft in Buffalo. Most expect the Toronto Maple Leafs will use the first overall pick to choose centre Auston Matthews, leaving the Jets a choice between two elite Finnish prospects, Patrik Laine and Jesse Puljujarvi. The Jets boss also touched on trade rumours surrounding defenceman Jacob Trouba and on free agent contract negotiations. READ MORE
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Plenty of buzz: The City of Winnipeg is looking at expanding opportunities for urban beekeeping and is inviting people to provide feedback in a series of events on the topic. The first meeting is slated for today at Kildonan Place Shopping Centre, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Another meeting is planned for Thursday, (4-7 p.m.) at Grant Park Shopping Centre, while a third is set for Saturday (11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.) at The Forks. Beekeeping is currently permitted in downtown Winnipeg and in agricultural and institutionally zoned areas through conditional use and a public hearing, but is prohibited in residential, commercial and industrial areas.
The road to reconciliation: Speakers and thinkers will gather in Winnipeg for a national conference, “Pathways to Reconciliation,” today through Saturday at the University of Winnipeg — one year after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission issued its report documenting the heart–wrenching testimony of more than 6,000 Indigenous residential school survivors. The conference features more than 30 workshops, panels and keynote speakers dedicated to the issue of reconciliation. Details are available at www.pathwaysconference.ca.
Farewell to a Mr. Hockey: The funeral for hockey legend Gordie Howe will be held today at Detroit’s Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament. The public is invited to the funeral, just as it was for Tuesday’s 12-hour visitation at Joe Louis Arena. A steady stream of fans and well-wishers shuffled slowly down a red carpet towards Howe’s coffin for the chance to say goodbye to the man many consider to be the greatest player ever. Howe died last Friday at the age of 88. The funeral service can be seen on TSN3 at 9 a.m. CDT.
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JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSPeople comfort each other at a vigil for Orlando shooting victims at the Manitoba legislature Monday evening.
No place for hatred: Some Christians espouse a philosophy of “love the sinner, hate the sin” when it comes to homosexuality, but as Michael Coren writes, that’s just a way of continuing to judge others — and disdain them — for their sexuality. In the wake of the mass killing in Orlando, it’s clear that homophobia can have horrific consequences. READ MORE
Trouble in the water: Drinking-water distribution systems on First Nations may be endangering the health of residents even in communities with a proper treatment plant, according to Ayush Kumar and Annemieke Farenhorst, who found bacteria resistant to antibiotics in household drinking water from a Manitoba community with a perfectly good water-treatment plant. With more than 100 reserves under a drinking-water advisory, they ask how and why some Canadians don’t have the basic human right of access to safe and clean water. READ MORE
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MATT SAYLES / INVISION / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILESTickets go on sale Saturday for Kanye West’s performance at the MTS Centre on Oct. 12.
Kanye: Kanye West, the multiple Grammy Award winning hip-hop superstar and husband of Kim Kardashian, announced the dates for his “Saint Pablo” tour Tuesday, and Winnipeg is on the list. He plays the MTS Centre on Oct. 12.
Disney World: A two-year-old boy is missing and presumed dead after being dragged by an alligator into a lagoon at a Disney hotel near Orlando on Tuesday. The toddler, his parents, and an older sister, all from Nebraska, were on a small beach clearly marked off as a “no swimming” area when the alligator, believed to be nearly two metres long, attacked, media reports say.
On this date
On June 15, 1914: The Manitoba Free Press reported that in Kinderseley, Sask., following R.A. Hardy’s acquittal of the murder of Lee Yuen, a man of Chinese background, Lew Hun Ching, assistant to the consul for China for western Canada, said: “I have been in Canada for some time and have travelled many parts of America, but to have a brass band awaiting the announcement of a verdict of the jury at a murder trial is something new to me, and I sincerely hope for the sake of your future generations it will never happen again. To look upon justice lightly one must remember the harm is all on the injured party, but it is like sowing wild oats in your field.”
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