78% Rent Hike Fight, T&T at Polo Park & Drug Crackdown Returns — Winnipeg Thursday

🌦️ Weather & Roads

1. Brandon research station is cleaning up after flooding that drowned crops. The Brandon agricultural research station reports crop losses after flooding, and staff are drying out facilities as they begin cleanup efforts; the report names flooding as the cause of drowned crops. The article notes ongoing recovery work at the Brandon site following the flood event.
2. Riley Laychuk published the Manitoba weather forecast for Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026. The forecast piece by Riley Laychuk covers Manitoba conditions specifically for Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, with local weather guidance for that date. The story is a dated forecast entry for Manitoba on Aug. 6, 2026.
3. Updated storm and tornado alerting system expected as early as Tuesday. Provincial reporting says a new alerting system for storms and tornadoes could be in place as early as Tuesday, with officials setting that implementation target date.

🏛️ Government & Politics

1. Manitoba repealed a Hanover school board order that would have removed older students' health-care privacy. The provincial government has repealed the Hanover school board order, restoring privacy protections for older students' health-care information per the repeal decision by Manitoba officials.
2. Churchill lodge owner is trying again to regain polar bear tour permits and wants to double them. The Churchill lodge owner filed a new application to get polar bear tour permits back and requests doubling the number of permits, according to the report on permit appeals in Churchill.

🚨 Crime & Public Safety

1. Winnipeg police will resume a citywide drug crackdown on Friday. The police service announced the enforcement operation will restart on Friday, with officers set to carry out the renewed drug crackdown across the city on that day.
2. Transit union calls for full safety shields after driver was stabbed with a syringe. The transit union is demanding installation of full safety shields following an incident in which a Winnipeg driver was stabbed with a syringe, and the union cites that stabbing as the reason for the safety demand.

💼 Economy & Business

1. T&T supermarket will open its first Winnipeg store at Polo Park mall. The full-service Asian grocery chain T&T confirmed it will set up its first Winnipeg shop at Polo Park mall, marking the chain's entry into the Winnipeg retail grocery market.
2. Winnipeg tenants are fighting a proposed 78% rent increase after mainly cosmetic upgrades. Tenants are opposing a proposed 78% rent hike that the landlord says follows 'mainly cosmetic' building upgrades, with tenants contesting the scale of the proposed increase.