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President Donald Trump holds up the executive order he signed to end family separations at the border on Wednesday.
Talking ‘tough’: U.S. President Donald Trump defended his immigration policies at a rally in Duluth, Minn., Wednesday night, hours after he signed an executive order to stop separating migrant parents from their children. “We’re going to keep families together, and the border is going to be just as tough as it’s been,” he told the cheering crowd. Trump narrowly lost Minnesota to Hillary Clinton in 2016, and this was his first rally in a blue state since taking office. READ MORE
Compromise bill before Congress: The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote today on two immigration bills, one a compromise that’s the product of negotiations between conservative and moderate Republicans, and another favoured by hardline GOP members. The former is considered a long shot to pass, while the latter is expected to fail.
Weather
Your forecast: Today is the first day of summer, and it will be sunny this morning, followed by a mix of sun and cloud later in the morning. The high is 31 C.
What’s happening today
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Final formality: A bill legalizing cannabis is expected to receive royal assent today, although it won’t take effect for nearly four months. Federal Crown attorneys will continue to prosecute possession charges until then. Solomon Israel reports. READ MORE
Peoples party: Today is National Indigenous Peoples Day, and there are events happening at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and the University of Manitoba. The day was proclaimed in 1996. READ MORE
Daughter down under: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gave birth to a daughter today, becoming the second elected world leader to give birth while in office. Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto gave birth in 1990. READ MORE
In case you missed it
Rebecca Fentum-Jones has not regained consciousness since being thrown from a horse Sunday and landing on her head. (BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES)
Hurt riding horse: A young Winnipeg woman is in a coma after a weekend horse-riding accident near Ste. Anne. “I’ve given myself a window in which I’m not allowed to fall apart until she wakes up,” Alison Fentum said of her daughter, Rebecca Fentum-Jones. Bill Redekop reports. READ MORE
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Denmark: The Scandinavian country is trending after Christian Eriksen got his first goal of the 2018 World Cup in Denmark’s match against Australia.
On this date
On June 21, 1945: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the American 10th Army had won the Battle of Okinawa after 82 days. The Free Press correspondent at British headquarters in Germany reported that Adolf Hitler, Eva Braun and Joseph Goebbels were believed to have died by injection of poison, in the bunker where they had sheltered from Russian bombardment. In Winnipeg, city police searched for the person or persons believed responsible for damaging 112 rubber tires and tubes on the wheels of 80 milk trucks. READ MORE
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