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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 26, 2015, Winnipeg, Manitoba C M Y K PAGE 2 The people in these photos are of interest to police and may be able to provide investigators with information about the offences. These images are released for identification purposes only. The people pictured may or may not be responsible for the crimes indicated. If you are able to identify any of them, call Winnipeg Crime Stoppers at 204- 786- TIPS ( 204- 786- 8477), text TIP170 and your message to CRIMES ( 274637), or send a secure tip online at winnipegcrimestoppers. org. CLICK . SCIENCE ONCE OVER Drive- in flicks downtown This Saturday, you can see a drive- in movie in a unique location. Starting this Saturday and running every Saturday night through August, the Downtown Drive- In is taking place at the Cityplace parking lot. Featuring sci- fi films all month, this week's feature is Back to the Future Part II . Admission is free for pedestrians and cyclists and $ 10 to reserve a space for your DeLorean ( or other make of car). Food trucks will be parked nearby for any craving. Movies start at sundown. Go to downtownwinnipegbiz. com for more info. 2 3 4 5 6 7 Comedy at the casino Fresh off his performance at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal, comedian Chris D'Elia is at the Club Regent Casino tonight. Star of the NBC series Undateable and the Netflix standup comedy special Incorrigible , D'Elia is also known for his participation in the Comedy Central roast of Justin Bieber. He's in town for one night; tickets start at $ 35. Go to casinosofwinnipeg. com for details. Camp spots still available There are still weekly day- camp programs available this summer. Gymkyds Gymnastics Centre is offering camps until the end of August. Monday to Friday, from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m., kids can participate in themed camps that involve gymnastics, exploration, education and other sport components. There is also the option to do half- days. The cost is $ 200 for the week and $ 120 for half- day camps. Go to gymkyds. com for more information. Extreme poutine Free poutine. ' Nuff said. This Tuesday between noon and 1: 30 p. m., stop by Smoke's Poutinerie at 855 Regent Ave. W. for Smoke's Poutinerie World Famous Great Canadian Cross Country Plaid Gravy Train Fries Curd & Gravy Weird Wild and Wacky Poutine Eating Tour 2015 ( seriously, that's the name). There's free poutine and Smoke's swag, and you can enter an amateur speedeating competition for the chance to compete in the annual World Poutine Eating Championships in Toronto. Toe- tapping Tuesdays Make Tuesdays less tedious. Go to Small Talk Tuesdays at the Good Will Social Club for some dancing and freestyle socializing. There's no cover, and happy hour lasts all night. The music is mix- tape- style, so there will be a bit of everything. Go to thegoodwill. ca for more info. Bikes and bites If you're into eating and exercise, then this event will make your week. Moveable Feast - the tour where you cycle about town, stopping to sample eats from restaurants - is this Wednesday. This week's tour includes stops at the Era Bistro, the Clay Oven and Carbone. The tour is $ 40 and starts at 5 p. m. Go to downtownwinnipegbiz. com for tickets. Dancing in the park Grab a lawn chair and bug spray and head to Assiniboine Park for Ballet in the Park. This Wednesday through Friday, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet presents selected performances by company dancers and RWB students. An excerpt from the powerful Going Home Star - Truth and Reconciliation will be performed. Performances are free and begin at 7: 30 p. m. at the Lyric Stage. Go to rwb. org for more info. A2 SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2015 winnipegfreepress. com BY TAMMY SCHUSTER INCIDENT 518 When: May 31 Where: 3400 block of Portage Avenue A customer at a gas bar tried to pay for a pack of cigarettes with a debit card, but the transaction was declined. He allegedly walked out with the cigarettes and assaulted the clerk when he was confronted. INCIDENT 517 When: June 11 Where: Real Canadian Superstore, 2132 McPhillips St. Police say two women filled a hand- held basket with items, then emptied the contents into a reusable bag they had brought with them and walked out of the store without paying. They dropped the bag and fled to a nearby waiting van when they were confronted by security. C APE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Scientists have identified a " close cousin" to Earth that's orbiting a sun- like star and might harbour life. The researchers announced their discovery Thursday based on observations from NASA's Kepler space telescope. " It is the closest thing that we have to another place that somebody else might call home," said Jon Jenkins, the lead data analyst from NASA's Ames Research Center in California. This older, bigger cousin to Earth is called Kepler- 452b. What makes this planet remarkable is it orbits its star at about the same distance Earth orbits the sun. What's more, its home star looks to be similar to our sun. Based on what scientists know today, Jenkins added, " This is the closest thing we have to another Earth- sun twin system." John Grunsfeld, NASA's science mission chief, said the exoplanet system " as far as we can tell, is a pretty good close cousin to the Earth and our sun." The planet itself is " the closest twin, so to speak, to Earth 2.0" yet found in the Kepler data. " This is about the closest so far," Grunsfeld said, " and I really emphasize the ' so far.' " One unanswered question is whether the planet is rocky. Scientists believe there's a better- than- even chance it is. As for age and size, the planet is about six billion years old - 1.5 billion years older than Earth - and 60 per cent larger in diameter than our home planet. Its star, Kepler- 452, is also older and bigger, as well as brighter than our sun. Planet 452b takes 385 days to orbit its star, just a little more than Earth takes for a one- year lap. It's just a bit farther from its star than Earth is from our sun. The planet is in a solar system 1,400 light years from our own, located in the Constellation Cygnus, or swan. " So pack your bags - it's a long trip," joked Jenkins. Planet 452b is among more than 500 new entries listed in the Kepler team's latest catalogue of exoplanet candidates released Thursday. Kepler was launched in 2009 to hunt for exoplanets - worlds beyond our solar system. Of those 500- plus new potential planets, 12 are less than twice Earth's diameter and also orbiting in the so- called habitable zone of their star, also known as the just- right Goldilocks zone. Kepler- 452b is the first of those 12 to be confirmed as a true planet, thanks to ground observations. Altogether, the catalogue now includes 4,661 exoplanet candidates. Slightly more than 1,000 of them are confirmed to be planets. - The Associated Press By Marcia Dunn Exoplanet is Earth's closest ' cousin' 1 THINGS TO DO NASA / AMES / JPL- CALTECH / T. PYLE / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS This artist's rendering from NASA shows a comparison between the Earth ( left) and the planet Kepler- 452b. WINNIPEG FREE PRESS SUNDAY 1355 Mountain Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba, R2X 3B6 PHOTO REPRINTS SWITCHBOARD ADVERTISING FP. Advertising@ freepress. mb. ca EDITORIAL NEWSROOM 204- 697- 7301 HOW TO REACH US Winnipeg Free Press est 1872 / Winnipeg Tribune est 1890 VOL. 143 NO. 253 2015 Winnipeg Free Press, a division of FP Canadian Newspapers Limited Partnership. Published seven days a week at 1355 Mountain Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R2X 3B6, PH: 204- 697- 7000 A member of the Manitoba Press Council 204- 697- 7063 204- 697- 7000 204- 697- 7122 LOTTERIES INSIDE Lottery numbers were not available at press time due to a change in policy by Western Canada Lottery Corp. to extend lotto- ticket sales by 90 minutes. Local news A 3- 4 World A 5- 7 This City A 8- 9 Opinion A 10 Entertainment A 11,12,14,16 Movies A 13 Miss Lonelyhearts A 15 Wired A 15 Sports B 1 Comics B 13 Diversions B 14 Horoscope B 15 Television B 15 THE hunt continues for a suspect in an early- morning sexual assault that happened in River Heights on Friday. Police were called to the area of Niagara Street and Kingsway Avenue just before 2: 30 a. m. A 19- year- old woman told Winnipeg police she had just been dropped off when an unknown man ran up to her and sexually assaulted her. He then fled on a bicycle. Police released a sketch of the man Saturday. He is described as Caucasian, 25 to 35 years old, 5- 4, with pale skin and a thin to medium build. He had thin lips, a pointy nose and chin, dark blond or strawberry blond facial hair and possibly a goatee. The bike is described as small, dark- coloured and BMX- style. Police are asking anyone with information regarding the incident to call investigators at 204- 986- 2877 or Crime Stoppers at 204- 786- 8477. Sketch released of sex- attack suspect A_ 02_ Jul- 26- 15_ FP_ 01. indd A2 7/ 25/ 15 8: 20: 24 PM ;