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Campaign fabrications may contribute to voter apathy.
Provincial election: Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew will make an announcement at a personal care home in Transcona later this morning. Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May will be in Winnipeg stumping for provincial election candidates. Meanwhile, the campaign has barely begun but has already seen attack ads that contain “complete fabrications,” our editorial states. READ MORE
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Your forecast: Mainly sunny this morning with mix of sun and cloud this afternoon, a 30 per cent chance of showers and risk of a thunderstorm, a high of 26 C, humidex 29 and peak winds from the west at 20 km/h starting later this morning.
What’s happening today
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B.C. Lions’ Lemar Durant reaches for a pass over Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ Adam Bighill.
Thursday night football: The Bombers host the B.C. Lions, who have lost four consecutive games, at 7:30 p.m. Jeff Hamilton has five storylines to keep an eye on. READ MORE
Iranian oil tanker: The U.S. is seeking to halt the release of an Iranian tanker being held in Gibraltar for breaching international sanctions, The Associated Press reports. The move will likely exacerbate tensions in the Persian Gulf. READ MORE
Candidate quitting: Former Colorado governor John Hickenlooper will announce he’s dropping out of the Democratic presidential primary, a source told The Associated Press. The political moderate has struggled with fundraising and low polling numbers. READ MORE
In case you missed it
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Amanda Emms (from left), Kathy Knight, Mary Lobson, Ellie Caslake, Nell Perry and Eva Fisher are involved in Up For Debate.
Up for debate: A political leaders’ debate focused on gender equality is scheduled for next week. Organizers hope it will prompt provincial parties to make the issue part of their platforms, Katie May reports. READ MORE
Answers may never come: The brother of an American woman who was slain in British Columbia says his family might never know why it happened. The two suspects in her killing were found dead in northern Manitoba last week. READ MORE
Six cops shot: Six police officers were wounded when a gunman opened fire during a drug raid in Philadelphia on Wednesday. A suspect was arrested late last night after a standoff. READ MORE
On this date
On Aug. 15, 1935: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that prime minister R.B. Bennett had reorganized his cabinet ministers, dissolved Parliament and called a general election for Oct. 14. Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie mobilized forces to strengthen his country’s northern borders against the Italian threat. In Winnipeg, a cyclist was struck by a car on Main Street and thrown from his bicycle, suffering a fracture of the left shoulder and abrasions to his head; he was taken to hospital by police. READ MORE
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