What’s happening today
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The scene of the assault Wednesday afternoon. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press)
Details on daytime assault: Winnipeg police will release more information about an assault in the area of Main Street and Dufferin Avenue on Wednesday afternoon. A man was transported to hospital with serious injuries. READ MORE
COVID-19 crisis: Provincial health officials will release the latest COVID-19 numbers after announcing seven deaths on Wednesday. The Canadian Press reports on how the rush to get a first dose of a vaccine appears to be slowing down in the Prairies. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny with a high of 28 C and wind from the west at 15 km/h increasing to 30 km/h and gusting to 50 this afternoon.
In case you missed it
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The National Microbiology Lab on Arlington Street (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Call for rare rebuke: The Conservatives have filed a motion calling for the Public Health Agency of Canada to be found in contempt of Parliament for refusing to hand over unredacted documents about the firing of two scientists from Winnipeg’s National Microbiology Lab. The procedural option hasn’t been used against a private citizen since 1913. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
‘Sanctioning the abuse’: The city’s executive policy committee voted to drop recommended changes to the bylaw on body rub parlours and escort agencies after the executive director of the Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre said licensing such businesses is profiting from exploitation. “Simply put, in the way that I see this… City of Winnipeg, you’re being a pimp right now,” Diane Redsky said. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE
School division’s deficit: The Louis Riel School Division is projecting a deficit of $7.6 million. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
Arrival at space station: A Chinese spaceship has docked with the country’s new space station to begin a three-month mission, state-run media reported. READ MORE
On this date
On June 17, 1960: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Chinese Communists opened up a bombardment of Nationalist-held offshore islands as U.S. president Dwight Eisenhower sailed towards Formosa on his far eastern tour. Soviet premier Nikita Kruschev was planning a major tour of uncommitted nations in Africa, including Ghana, Guinea, Ethiopia, Liberia and the United Arab Republic. In Winnipeg, as some 30 denturists hurried to get out of their illegal trade, at least one denturist aimed to increase business, placing an ad in the Free Press.
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