Free Press Head Start for July 15, 2025

Winnipeg Free Press

15-07-2025

Cloudy with a 60 per cent chance of showers this morning. Becoming a mix of sun and cloud this afternoon. Wind becoming northeast at 30 km/h gusting to 50 this morning. High 20 C. UV index 8 or very high.
Special air-quality statements caused by wildfire smoke remain in effect for many areas of the country, and in some places, people are also handling stifling heat and humidity as well as the haze.
Much of Central Canada, Manitoba and Saskatchewan were placed under special air quality statements or warnings on Monday due to smoke from wildfires on the Prairies and northern Ontario, as Environment Canada advised residents to limit time outdoors and watch for smoke exposure symptoms. The Canadian Press reports.
Tourists pose for a photo against a city view of Toronto obscured by wildfire smoke on Monday. (Chris Young / The Canadian Press) What's happening today
Prime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to convene the Incident Response Group in Ottawa today to discuss the ongoing wildfire situation across the country. The Canadian Press reports.
Prime Minister Mark Carney (Spencer Colby / The Canadian Press files) Today's must-read
Manitoba officials say they're confident Thompson will be spared from a nearby wildfire that forced the municipal government to put residents on notice to evacuate late last week.
'We've had some pretty decent weather to assist us in the firefighting effort. So, we're quite confident in the protections that we've put in place between the fire and the city of Thompson,' said Kristin Hayward, assistant deputy minister of the Manitoba Wildfire Service, at a news conference Monday.
Cooler temperatures have assisted in the fight against the fire, which has consumed 163,000 hectares. Nicole Buffie has the story.
Kristin Hayward, assistant deputy minister of the Manitoba Wildfire Service, said officials are confident in their wildfire protection efforts inThompson. (Mike Deal / Free Press files) On this date
On July 15, 1932: The Winnipeg Free Press reported RCMP officers from the northwestern section of Manitoba assembled in Rossburn for an intensive manhunt for the killer or killers of Lawrence Lees, forest ranger in Riding Mountain National Park, and the assailant of his wife of five weeks, who remained in hospital in Shoal Lake 'hovering between life and death.' Premier John Bracken was re-elected in The Pas. In Boissevain, 50,000 people from the U.S. and Canada attended the opening ceremonies of the International Peace Garden. Read the rest of this day's paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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