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MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Portage Place, as seen from the Manitoba Hydro building in Winnipeg on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. Winnipeg Free Press 2018.
Mall on the market: Portage Place’s owner has been trying to sell the downtown mall for more than a year. The property’s complicated ownership structure makes it difficult to market, Martin Cash reports. READ MORE
A taste of Winnipeg: Free Press staff spent 24 hours last month collecting food-focused stories, one for each hour of the day, on what was happening around kitchen tables, late-night hangouts, early morning bakeries, truck stops and street parties. READ MORE
What’s happening today
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Winnipeg Blue Bombers running back and CFL rushing leader Andrew Harris carries the mail during the team’s walk-through Thursday ahead of tonight’s tilt against the Ottawa Redblacks at Investors Group Field.
Friday night football: The Blue Bombers will try to win their fourth consecutive game when they host the Ottawa Redblacks. Jeff Hamilton has five game-day storylines to keep in mind for the 7:30 p.m. game. READ MORE
Fontaine feast: The family of Tina Fontaine, the teen whose 2014 homicide made national headlines, is holding a feast to mark the fourth anniversary since her body was pulled from the Red River. The potluck event is happening at the Indigenous Family Centre at 5:30 p.m.
Weather
The smoke from wildfires in Western Canada made for a hazy sky in Winnipeg Thursday.(MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS)
Your forecast: Today will be sunny, becoming a mix of sun and cloud in the afternoon, with a high of 28 C, humidex of 31, and wind from the southeast at 10 km/h this morning and from the south this afternoon. A special air quality statement remains in effect because of hazy skies caused by smoke from forest fires, which bathed the city in a yellow hue Thursday. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
In case you missed it
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Councillor Russ Wyatt walks into a committee meeting at City Hall in Winnipeg on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018.
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Wyatt returns: Russ Wyatt made his second appearance at a council committee meeting Thursday since he was charged with sexual assault. The Transcona councillor, who was recently treated for substance abuse, wouldn’t say whether he will seek reelection. “Whatever I decide to do, whether I’m running or not, will be based on my recovery,” he said. Aldo Santin reports. READ MORE
Coalition collects cash: A coalition advocating reopening Portage and Main to pedestrians is seeking to raise at least $100,000 in a bid to influence this fall’s referendum. Coalition spokesman Adam Dooley says the group would consider donating leftover funds to the Winnipeg Foundation or perhaps putting the money toward construction costs. Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Aug. 17, 1949: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the Winnipeg Electric company might seek a straight 10-cent streetcar fare, in part as a reaction to recent wage increases sought by its employees. Hot weather preceded a game between the Blue Bombers and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats set to take place in Winnipeg’s Civic Stadium. In Hamburg, Germany, a German rocket expert said Soviet Russia was aiming rocket-propelled bombs at Western Europe.
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