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Your forecast: Another day, another heat warning. By now you are pretty familiar with the sweltering details. So get ready for heat and humidity as we head to a 32 C high. The UV index is 8, which is very high. And as we had Sunday night, expect some thunderstorms this evening.
In case you missed it
Deadly training exercise at Shilo: A 25-year-old soldier died during basic infantry training at CFB Shilo. Pte. Kirby Tott, a reservist from Prince George, B.C., was lauded by Prime Minister Stephen Harper in a statement that said “his service will always be honoured and remembered.”
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Record medal haul: The Pan Am Games wrapped up Sunday with Canada winning 217 medals (78 gold, 69 silver and 70 bronze,), surpassing the previous record at the 1999 games in Winnipeg.
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HIV breeding grounds: Advocates for prisoners are calling for needle-exchange programs to help save lives in jail. The John Howard Society said the Harper government is putting ideology over safety by ignoring ways to stop the spread of hepatitis C and HIV among inmates.
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Drew Willy has been injured twice this season and on both occasions the referees missed the offending hit. Jason Franson / The Canadian Press files
Willy or won’t he? Bomber fans might want to brace for more bad news after that 32-3 spanking courtesy of the Eskimos in Edmonton Saturday night. Head coach Mike O’Shea is expected to give an update at 2 p.m. on the status of starting quarterback Drew Willy who was knocked out of the game. Here’s an ugly stat to consider if Willy is unable to play this week when the team hosts the B. C. Lions: In the two games the Bombers have played when Willy has been sidelined by injury, they have been outscored by a combined total of 70-19.
Lest we forget: Korea War veterans will gather this afternoon at Brookside Cemetery for a candlelight service. The Korean War ended on this day in 1953 with a ceasefire.
Around the water cooler
Kanye West’s microphone: The Pan Am Games went out with a bang as did the microphone for American rapper Kanye West who was performing in the closing ceremonies. As West was about to close his career-spanning collection of hits, he was done in by a faulty microphone. Somewhere, Taylor Swift is smiling.
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The drive to be big: If you are looking to buy a Mercedez-Benz today, you will notice the end of an era in Winnipeg. The relocation to a fancy new dealership on Kenaston Boulevard from the former home of Birchwood Motors on Portage at Moray means the days of neighbourhood showrooms are all but over.
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Trending now
#PanAm2015: The fireworks are over, but not the chatter on social media as Toronto’s games still echo far and wide.
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On this date
On July 27, 1950: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that former prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King had been buried beside his parents in Toronto. Young Manitobans were creating one of the largest recruiting bottlenecks since the Second World War in their eagerness to enlist to fight in Korea. Steel workers at two firms in the city were to get a pay raise under a new collective agreement: starting pay rate was 90 cents an hour, to rise to 93 cents an hour after 30 days.
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