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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 12, 2024, Winnipeg, Manitoba WAWANESA Family Day Bouncy Castle, Face Painting and Kids Zone SATURDAY AUGUST 24TH SOUTHWOOD GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB PRESENTED BY ALL NET PROCEEDS IN SUPPORT OF INFORMATION AND TICKETS WWW.MANITOBAOPEN.COM General Admission tickets are $10.00 16 and under are free SERVING MANITOBA SINCE 1872. FOREVER WITH YOUR SUPPORT. MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 2024 TODAY’S WEATHER SUNNY. HIGH 28 — LOW 14 CITY FIRST NATION MAKES CLAIM ON THE FORKS / B1 Francophone school division to limit screen time MANITOBA’S francophone teachers have received marching orders to further limit screen time in their class- rooms this fall and unplug whenever possible in favour of pen-and-paper assignments. The Division scolaire franco-man- itobaine announced it was banning the daytime use of cellphones in its 24 schools this time last year. A new pilot, that will take effect after Labour Day, props up that policy. Elementary and middle years teach- ers are not to allow for more than one hour of computer time on any given instructional day. There is no formal cap for Grade 9 to 12 student use, but employees have been asked to be mindful of allowing teenagers to use laptops during class — especially at the tail end of a period when there is often free time. “The isolation of the computer is re- ally, to me, what’s the principal factor,” said Alain Laberge, superintendent of the division that’s responsible for teaching approximately 6,000 students. “We need to get back to basics. School is an environment where we socialize and socializing is part of growing and it’s part of learning.” Students who require a personal de- vice as part of an individual education plan are exempt from the directive that was recently finalized by the DSFM administration. It will not apply to virtual school attendees, either. The two-page directive bans the screening of “reward films” that are not directly connected to academic units and cartoons during indoor recesses. It suggests students spend formal breaks and other down time reading, participating in clubs and playing board games. Laberge said DSFM is prepared to buy schools more hands-on games to keep students off screens as part of the 2024-25 pilot. School staff are responsible for ensuring minimal exposure to screens and that they are used solely for ped- agogical reasons, per the document. They will also be required to teach about the dangers of excessive screen time. MAGGIE MACINTOSH Russia hits back at Ukraine incursion, missile kills two near Kyiv UKRAINIAN President Volody- myr Zelenskyy urged allies to allow Ukraine to strike deep into Russian territory as his troops continue to hold ground gained in a surprise cross-bor- der incursion last week and a missile attack killed two near Kyiv. Russia’s defence ministry said its troops fired on Ukrainian soldiers in the western Kursk region in a bid to repel the first foreign incursion on its territory since the Second World War. The ministry said Sunday it downed four missiles and 35 drones over Kursk and neighbouring regions overnight. Moscow said earlier it was bring- ing in reinforcements to help quell Ukraine’s surprise cross-border attack — the biggest assault within Russia since President Vladimir Putin ordered a supposedly quick “special military operation” against Ukraine in 2022 that’s now well in its third year. Officials in Kyiv have been tight- lipped about their goals as they were during counteroffensives in 2022 and 2023. Zelenskyy said in his nightly address on Saturday that Army Com- mander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi was keeping him informed about “our actions to push the war out into the aggressor‘s territory” without offering more details. Zelenskyy thanked his forces for creating “the kind of pressure that is needed — pressure on the aggressor.” Russia struck several regions of Ukraine overnight with four North Korean ballistic missiles and 57 Shahed drones, Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk said on Telegram. Explosions were heard from the nation’s west to east. The KN-23 missiles were fired from the Voronezh region of Russia, Olesh- chuk said, adding that Ukraine shot down 53 drones. The U.S. and South Korea have ac- cused North Korea of sending millions of rounds of munitions and scores of ballistic missiles to Russia to aid in the invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow and Pyongyang have denied despite ev- idence showing arms shipments taking place. DARYNA KRASNOLUTSKA Gold medallists McIntosh, Katzberg carry Canada’s flag as Paris Olympic Games close ‘It is such an honour’ P ARIS — The Paris Olympics are over. And so is a historic Games for Canada. Summer McIntosh and Ethan Katzberg carried the Canadian flag into the closing ceremony of the Par- is Games on Sunday after headlining Canada’s record-breaking medal haul at the Olympics. Hundreds of other Canadian athletes poured in minutes after the duo, leading two groups into the 80,000-capacity Stade de France. McIntosh, the 17-year-old swim- mer from Toronto, won four medals in the pool and became Canada’s first triple gold-medallist, while also adding a silver. She set two Olympic records in Paris — in the women’s 200-metre butterfly (2:03.03) and the women’s 200 individual medley (2:06.56). The 22-year-old Katzberg, of Nanaimo, B.C., claimed Canada’s first gold in men’s hammer throw with the largest margin of victory in the event since Antwerp 1920. “I think the main thing that’s going to take the longest to sink in is being flag-bearer,” McIntosh said after her historic Games. “It is such an honour and once-in-a-lifetime (experience).” Canada’s nine gold medals and 27 total medals were both records for the country at a non-boycotted Sum- mer Olympics, surpassing previous highs set in Tokyo three years ago and in the 1992 Barcelona Games. Canada also finished with seven silver medals and 11 bronze. It was ranked 11th in both number of gold medals and overall total among 84 countries that took home hardware. Canadian Olympic Committee chief executive officer David Shoe- maker said the performances of Ca- nadian athletes helped turn around a turbulent start to the Games, which were initially rocked by a drone spy- ing scandal in women’s soccer. “I felt that it was a tarnish at the beginning of the Games for us and now I can sit here nearly three weeks later and feel that the athletes on the field of play have done an enormous amount of good to remedy that situation (including) the soccer players themselves,” he said at a press conference at Canada Olympic House. The final day of competition saw Malindi Elmore of Kelowna, B.C., running a season’s best 2:31:08 in the women’s marathon to finish 35th overall. Elmore, 44, debuted back at the 2004 Athens Games as a track athlete, before converting to a long-distance runner later in her career. YURI GRIPAS / ABACA PRESS / TNS FILES U.S. President Joe Biden (left) with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who thanked his forces for creating ‘the kind of pressure that is needed — pressure on the aggressor.’ DITA ALANGKARA / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Canadian flag bearers Ethan Katzberg and Summer McIntosh parade during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France Sunday in Saint-Denis, France. ● COMPUTERS, CONTINUED ON A2 ● RUSSIA, CONTINUED ON A2 ● OLYMPICS, CONTINUED ON A2 ● OLYMPICS COVERAGE ON C1-3 ;