What you need to know
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Martine Bouchard, president and CEO of St. Boniface Hospital.
Frequent flyer: St. Boniface Hospital’s CEO, Martine Bouchard, commutes home to Montreal on weekends and sometimes works four days a week, the Free Press has learned. On Wednesday, an internal memo said the number of emergency department patients at the hospital had reached “critical and unsafe levels.” Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE
Set to take stand: Brenda Schuff is expected to testify this morning at her second-degree murder trial. She’s accused of killing neighbour Judy Kenny in Wolseley in 2017. On Monday, Schuff’s lawyer argued she acted in self-defence. Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: A mix of sun and cloud for much of the day, with a 30 per cent chance of showers and risk of a thunderstorm in the late afternoon, a high of 24 C and wind from the south — and later southwest — at 10 km/h.
What’s happening today
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday June 12, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Re-election rally: U.S. President Donald Trump will formally announce his re-election bid at a rally in Orlando tonight. Despite two years in the White House, he’ll again cast himself as an outsider candidate, The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Grits to green-light pipeline: The Liberal government’s cabinet is expected to approve the Trans Mountain expansion project a second time today, nine months after construction stopped because of a decision by the Federal Court of Appeal. READ MORE
Ex-slugger speaks: Former New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez is the speaker at the 47th annual Rady Jewish Community Centre Ken Kronson Sports Dinner at the RBC Convention Centre tonight.
In case you missed it
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Approximately 75 people gathered at a vigil at Sherbrook Street and Sara Avenue Monday evening in memory of Robert Christian Donaldson, 51, who was fatally stabbed at the intersection on June 7.
Remembering victim slain at random: Dozens gathered Monday evening at the scene of a fatal stabbing earlier this month to remember Robert Christian Donaldson. Caitlyn Gowriluk reports. READ MORE
Trouba trade: Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff spoke Monday night about trading defenceman Jacob Trouba to the New York Rangers for defenceman Neal Pionk and a first-round pick in this weekend’s NHL draft. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
On this date
On June 18, 1921: The Manitoba Free Press reported that in Calgary, a national council of women condemned “extreme” styles of women’s dress; at the meeting, the double-standard of a man being legally permitted to marry the sibling of his deceased spouse was also debated, since that right was not afforded a woman in the same situation. In Portage la Prairie, Thomas Wishart of Portage Plains was judged the champion tractor plowman of Manitoba. READ MORE
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