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Winnipeg 2080: We begin the day with a view to the future… a hot, dry future. In a Free Press exclusive today, climate experts say summers in Winnipeg in the year 2080 will be as hot and dry as they are today in the Texas Panhandle if worldwide greenhouse gas emissions aren’t reduced. And our winters would be less drastic, which sounds good but really isn’t at all. The Winnipeg-based Prairie Climate Centre is having a press conference today at 10 a.m. on the effects of climate change on the Canadian Prairies. READ MORE
Your forecast: If a morning stroll is part of your regular routine, wear a couple of layers. As of 6 a.m., it was just -2 C in Winnipeg, and it’s only warming to 4 C by mid afternoon. On Saturday, expect a sunny, breezy day and a high of 10 C, while Sunday’s daytime high should hit 17 C. Environment Canada is calling for a stretch of sunny days next week, with temperatures ranging from 13 C on Monday to 24 C by Thursday.
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MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSMarney Brown, Incident Commander with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry talks to area residents who gathered at the Whitehall Community Hall in Falcon Lake for an information meeting put together by Manitoba and Ontario fire officials for those affected by the Caddy Lake fire Thursday evening.
Worst is over: Provincial forest fire officials gave residents some positive news Thursday night, maintaining the worst of the wildfires in eastern Manitoba is “likely over.” Dozens of anxious residents attended an informational meeting at the Whiteshell Community Club in Falcon Lake, as officials outlined their efforts to control a fire north of Caddy Lake that spanned past the Ontario border. READ MORE
Giant donation: Evelyn and Ernest Rady made the largest donation to the University of Manitoba in the institution’s history Thursday – a $30-million gift in honour of Ernest’s parents, Rose and Maxwell Rady. The money will bolster programs at the U of M’s faculty of health sciences – to be renamed the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences — at the Bannatyne campus. READ MORE
PM to tour Fort McMurray: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will get a first-hand look at the wildfire devastation in Fort McMurray, Alta., today. He is expected to tour areas which sustained severe damage and left the city’s residents homeless for an indefinite period. Trudeau also plans to travel to Edmonton to meet with Premier Rachel Notley. READ MORE
Up next
David Lipnowski / Winnipeg Free PressA toilet sits on a front lawn Saturday as part of the city’s fall Curbside Giveaway Weekend.
Giveaway weekend: It’s sometimes said that one person’s junk is another person’s treasure. That’s the underlying theme of the curbside giveaway weekend. Saturday and Sunday are the first such giveaway days of the year, when unwanted household items can be place at the curb, labelled with a “free” sticker.
Pass the pasta: A total of 6,780 boxes of pasta will be delivered to Winnipeg Harvest today, part of a campaign by Catelli Foods to donate one million servings of pasta to hungry people across Canada.
Military matters: Should Canadian troops be deployed in Afghanistan? MP James Bezan wants to hear your opinion on this and any other military issues today at 1 p.m. at a Legion Hall at 1613 Logan Ave. Bezan is the opposition’s national defence critic and is seeking public input.
Around the water cooler
PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSBrianna Wu, a video game developer targeted in the Gamergate online harassment campaign, is speaking in Winnipeg tonight and Friday.
Beyond GamerGate: American game developer Brianna Wu is in Winnipeg this week for Spur Winnipeg 2016, the annual festival devoted to idea exchange. As a target of online abuse, mainly for being an outspoken woman in a male-dominated field, Wu says it’s not just having to file 3,000 harassment, rape, death threat and doxing reports in the last year that wears her down, it’s the fact that the toxic culture is driving women out of the field in droves. READ MORE
After the PSB: What should be the fate of the site where the Public Safety Building now stands, after its demolition? Given its historic role as a public space, including a long-running open market, what should take the place of the Tyndall-stone-clad structure, and the attached parking garage? READ MORE
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Postmedia News FilesChelsea (Willa Ford) discovers Jason (Derek Mears) watching her from the shores of Crystal Lake in ‘Friday the 13th.’
#Fridaythe13th: Beware, you suspicious ones. It’s May 13, 2016 and it’s a Friday, so try and get through it the best you can knowing you won’t have to face another Friday the 13th until 2017. But just to be safe, maybe stay away from anyone named Jason today.
#Sharks: The San Jose Sharks pounded the Nashville Predators 5-0 Thursday night to take Game 7 of the clubs’ best-of-seven NHL playoff series. The Sharks wade into the Western Conference final for the first time in five years when they battle the St. Louis Blues, starting Sunday in St. Louis.
On this date
On May 13, 1947: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that food shortages in Germany had reached a critical point and that aid was sought from the United States in order to avoid a catastrophe. At the United Nations, the Arab states’ motion to consider the independence of Palestine had been defeated twice and the Arab states threatened to walk out of the U.N. In Winnipeg, Trans-Canada air lines had laid off 300 workers in recent months and company president H.J. Symington would not rule out further job losses. Winnipeg police were working with a shoe expert to identify a badly decomposed woman’s leg that had been found hanging in a tree along the Red River.
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