What’s happening today
The CN Tower stands tall over the Toronto Blue Jays and Detroit Tigers MLB game in Toronto, Saturday, May 7, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Blue Jays are back: The Toronto Blue Jays will play their first game at the Rogers Centre since Sept. 29, 2019. The team has played its “home” games in Buffalo, N.Y., Florida, and on the road since then. READ MORE
Set to release stats: Statistics Canada will announce how the economy fared amid the pandemic in May and give an early estimate on the second financial quarter of the year. The Canadian Press reports.
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Sentenced under security law: A pro-democracy protester has been sentenced to nine years in prison after the first prosecution under Hong Kong’s national security law. China’s Communist government imposed the law last year after protests erupted in 2019. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Cuts after Bombers camp: The Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished their training camp Thursday. They will have to cut their 80-man roster to 45 and assign 10 players to their practice roster and five to their taxi squad today. The Bomber kick off the CFL season at home Thursday. They won the Grey Cup in 2019, and last year’s season was cancelled because of the pandemic. Jeff Hamilton reports. READ MORE
Going to Gimli: Íslendingadagurinn — the Icelandic Festival of Manitoba — begins in Gimli, with a mix of virtual and in-person events.
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Weather
Your forecast: A mix of sun and cloud with a 30 per cent chance of showers and risk of a thunderstorm in the late afternoon and this evening, a high of 30 C, humidex of 34 and wind at 20 km/h from the southwest and later the northwest. Environment Canada has issued a special air-quality statement for Winnipeg. READ MORE
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CEO Isha Khan said the issue has opened room for a conversation about human rights during the pandemic.
‘Doesn’t make sense’: The CEO of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights says backlash against its reopening only to fully vaccinated people this week has at least led to an opportunity for a conversation about human rights during the pandemic. Julia-Simone Rutgers reports. READ MORE
Pallister hired PI, sources say: Sources say Premier Brian Pallister ordered senior political staff members to hire a private investigator to look into NDP Leader Wab Kinew, violating guidelines preventing partisan activities from intruding on the business of government. Dan Lett reports. READ MORE
Crime up, Manitoba Mounties say: Manitoba RCMP say all criminal offences except for break-and-enters increased in June compared with the same month in 2020. READ MORE
On this date
On July 30, 1952: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that in Toronto, the International Committee of the Red Cross struck back against Soviet attempts to make the committee’s conference a platform for propagandistic charges against the United Nations in Korea. In Manitoba, the newly recommissioned vessel Bradbury sailed back into service on Lake Winnipeg. In Enid, Okla., a terrified salesman told police he had nearly been swept off the highway by a huge “flying saucer” that swooped low at him at terrific speed.
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