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MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESDr. Brent Roussin, chief provincial public health officer during a provincial COVID-19 update.

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Dr. Brent Roussin, chief provincial public health officer during a provincial COVID-19 update.

Low count continues: Coronavirus? What coronavirus? Manitobans learned Monday there have been no new cases for 13 days, and there is only one active case. Yet, Dr. Brent Roussin, chief provincial public health officer, urged Manitobans not to be complacent. Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE

Jets start training: The Winnipeg Jets skated as a team on Monday for the first time in 124 days and, as sportswriter Mike McIntyre explains, it was the most unusual training camp in club history, including mandatory nasal swabs up the noses of all Jets players. “Welcome to pro sports in the middle of a global pandemic, where the next couple weeks are going to be critical in determining whether the Stanley Cup playoffs can begin on Aug. 1.” READ MORE

Your forecast

It’s expected to be sunny in the morning and early in the afternoon then a mix of sun and cloud with 30 percent chance of showers in the evening. The high will be 24 C.

In case you missed it:

MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSThe city and the Winnipeg Goldeyes can't agree on a lease for Shaw Park.

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The city and the Winnipeg Goldeyes can’t agree on a lease for Shaw Park.

Game over for Goldeyes: The city and the Winnipeg Goldeyes can’t agree on a lease for Shaw Park, and the team is warning if a deal isn’t struck soon, the Goldeyes may fold. Council Brian Mayes said: “If the Goldeyes leave, to be blunt, no one is coming to replace them. It is a much harder situation than it might have been 10 or 20 years ago.” Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE

Quarry swim fatal: A 21-year-old man from Ste. Anne drowned Sunday afternoon at a former quarry that spans the Winnipeg River about 25 kilometres north of Lac du Bonnet. As reporter Danielle DaSilva describes, the unserviced and unsupervised swimming hole attracts people with its clear, blue waters, and is a popular spot for rock jumping and camping throughout the summer. READ MORE

Jury trials resuming: Manitoba is preparing to become one of the first provinces to resume hearing jury trials in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, realizing some citizens called to serve will fear that sitting on a jury could expose them to a grave health risk. As Court of Queen’s Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal told reporter Dean Pritchard: “We are probably going to have to be all the more empathetic and attentive to those psychological concerns.” READ MORE

On this date

On July 14, 1995: Thousands of Muslim refugees streamed into in northern Bosnia following the Bosnian Serb conquest of the “safe haven” of Srebrenica; the Hawks, a Mosquito C team sponsored by the Indian and Metis Friendship Centre, were proud champions of Mosquito C baseball; and a group of Manitoba bands filed a lawsuit against Louisiana-Pacific’s Swan River plant.

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