Overview

• Janitzio Caravantes and Ovila Bourque have been charged with impaired-driving-related offences in separate fatal collisions and are awaiting trial under strict bail conditions.
• Manitoba’s provincewide state of emergency remains in effect as over 12,600 residents have been displaced by wildfires burning more than one million hectares.
• Winnipeg’s North End has seen three house fires on Boyd Avenue this week, leaving at least one resident hospitalized and investigations ongoing.
• Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 35 per cent tariff on non-CUSMA-compliant Canadian goods has been narrowed by White House officials but continues to unsettle exporters ahead of an August 1 deadline.
• Premier Wab Kinew has refused to demand Minister Nahanni Fontaine’s resignation despite public criticism of her recorded disparaging remarks about a sign interpreter.