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Your forecast: Does today’s weather forecast really matter to city, provincial or federal government workers? Easter Monday means a day off for most of those folks, and, if Head Start crew members had that luxury, we’d stay in bed until noon and then sit around in our pajamas all day watching Hawaii Life reruns on the HGTV network. But if you’re out and about today, expect plenty of sunshine and a high of 7 C, while Tuesday’s high is expected to be 10 C under a partly sunny sky. Wednesday and Thursday are projected to be 7 C and 6 C, respectively.
In case you missed it
TREVOR HAGAN / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSHenry Peters, an elder at the Evangelical Fellowship in Austin, Man., participates in Easter service Sunday.
Honouring a little boy: On Easter Sunday morning, a congregation of about 200 people at Austin Evangelical Fellowship prayed for little Chase Martens and his family. The two-year-old boy, missing for more than four days, was found dead in a creek about a half a kilometres from his rural home near Austin on Saturday. On Sunday evening, the toddler’s parents, Thomas Martens and Destiny Turner, together with a few dozen family members and friends, gathered near Pine Creek for a vigil for the little boy whose disappearance drew hundreds of volunteer searchers. READ MORE
Colourful celebration: Hundreds of people celebrated the Festival of Colours on Sunday at a city Hindu temple.The Holi festival, also known as the Festival of Colours, is celebrated in India as a harvest festival to welcome the arrival of spring. It is held either in February or March each year, and is known to Hindus as the month of phalgun. About 500 people gathered at the Dr. Raj Pandey Hindu Temple on St. Anne’s Road for the event. READ MORE
His time to stand tall: Next week, the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences will induct Winnipeg’s favourite son, Burton Cummings, into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. He’s already in as a member of the legendary rock group the Guess Who (1987) but now he’s going in because of his work as a solo recording artist and performer. READ MORE
Up next
Chris Young / The Canadian Press filesToronto Mayor Rob Ford’s antics both in council and among the people of Toronto provided author Robyn Doolittle with plenty of fodder.
Mourning a former mayor: Supporters of Rob Ford can pay their final respects as the former Toronto mayor’s body will lie in repose for the next two days. The city says the rare honour has not been granted to a former mayor in decades. The public will have a chance to pay their respects today and Tuesday before Wednesday’s funeral services.
Playing out the string: The Winnipeg Jets, officially eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoff race over the weekend, play their final three homes games of the 2015-16 NHL season this week. Tonight, the Jets are in Philadelphia to take on the Flyers but return home for a game Wednesday against the Ottawa Senators at the MTS Centre and then host the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night and the Minnesota Wild on Sunday.
Election campaign trail: With just over three weeks until the April 19 provincial election, expect some heavy-duty campaigning this week. PC leader Brian Pallister outlines the Tories’ plans to invest in post-secondary education at 10 a.m. at the University of Manitoba. Premier Greg Selinger is slated to make a health care announcement today in Winnipeg at 10:30 a.m. and then attend the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair in Brandon this afternoon. Rana Bokhari, the leader of the Manitoba Liberals, will release the party’s fiscal plan for Manitoba today at her headquarters on Osborne Street at 11:30 a.m.
Around the water cooler
Costly curling loss: It’s usually difficult for a curling team to rebound from a tough loss and get re-energized for a bronze-medal game, but Canada had a lot to play for Sunday at the world women’s curling championship in Swift Current, Sask. Unfortunately, Manitoba native Chelsea Carey and her Alberta team couldn’t pull it off, losing 9-8 to Russia. That means that with no medal, the Scotties Tournament of Champions national winners do not get an automatic berth into next year’s Olympic qualifying tournament. Switzerland beat Japan to win the world title Sunday. READ MORE
Times a changin’: It looks like the Times Change(d) High and Lonesome Club is going to be part of a major restoration project for the block of buildings at the corner of Main Street and St. Mary Avenue. A Facebook post says buildings on the Fortune Block “will be undergoing a major restoration, including a very cool and much-needed expansion of the club.” READ MORE
Trending now
K.M. CHAUDARY / THE ASSOCIATED PRESSPakistani Christian women mourn the death of Sharmoon who was killed in a bombing attack, in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday. The death toll from a massive suicide bombing targeting Christians gathered on Easter in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore rose on Monday as the country started observing a three-day mourning period following the attack.
#Pakistan: As of this morning, the death toll from the massive suicide bombing on Easter Sunday in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore was at 70, although that number is expected to rise as hundreds more are being treated for serious injuries. READ MORE
#HappyBirthdayLadyGaga: That’s right, it’s the 30th birthday of Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, better known in the pop music world as Lady Gaga. So, what does one get for a woman with a net worth of about US$275 million?
On this date
On March 28, 1974: The WInnipeg Free Press reported that CP Rail planned to push more than 200 million bushels of grain from Winnipeg to Vancouver and Thunder Bay by July 31. Famine threatened areas in Brazil after torrential rains led to massive flooding in seven states. Gasoline and heating oil prices in western markets were expected to jump seven cents a gallon in the coming month.
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