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WPS PHOTOChristine Wood was last seen in August 2016.
Where’s her body?: While a man has been charged with the second-degree murder of Christine Wood, 21, her remains haven’t been found. Homicide unit Sgt. John O’Donovan said although her body remains missing “there’s not a one in 20 trillion chance that she is alive… READ MORE
Your forecast: The chill in the air morning could be the result of the weather, or it could be because people fear the tough-love budget coming today from the Pallister government. We don’t yet know the contents of the budget, but we know about the weather. It will be cloudy, clearing near noon with a high of 11 C, and wind from the south at 20 km/h. There’s a 60 per cent chance of rain tonight.
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MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSManitoba Hydro recently replaced the light bulbs in the fixtures underneath the Higgins underpass in an attempt to increase the ambient light which had been very low and raised safety concerns for pedestrians.
Winnipeg’s scariest underpass: The CPR underpass on Main Street near Higgins Avenue is not a place to walk alone at night, but the dark passageway bisecting the city’s North End and downtown is being rehabilitated thanks to concerned citizens who lobbied Manitoba Hydro to install LED lighting with clear-glass covers. Resident Josh Peterson said of the underpass: “It’s an unsightly mess; it’s dark and uninviting, gloomy.” Jane Gerster reports. READ MORE
Illegal rooming houses: Councillor Janice Lukes will bring forward a motion today directing the city to look at options for residential rental licensing in the area surrounding the University of Manitoba. It’s her latest move to crack down on illegal rooming houses and unsafe rental homes near the campus. “Ultimately, it’s the landlords… it needs to be licensed.” READ MORE
Up next
WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESFinance Minister Cameron Friesen
Budget day: The Pallister government has been making considerable noise about cutbacks in government spending, including the downsizing of staff. Today, we get the bottom line. The budget will be introduced about 2:30 p.m. in the legislature. Larry Kusch tells you what to expect. READ MORE
Sharon Butala: The bestselling author of both fiction and nonfiction such as her classic, The Perfection of the Morning, is in Winnipeg today for a public conversation and signing of her new novel, Wild Rose. She’s on stage at 7 p.m. at McNally Robinson at Grant Park Shopping Centre.
Around the water cooler
“We have to improve and change offensively in terms of our thoughts on how often we generate our offence (because) it leads to a challenge for us defensively,” says Paul Maurice. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)
Jets coach speaks out: Even though his team has missed the playoffs yet again, coach Paul Maurice says he’s not trying to hide from general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff and team owner Mark Chipman. ” I’m going to be here every day for the next couple of months. If they need to find me, they know where I am.” Jason Bell reports. READ MORE
Jian Ghomeshi’s back: On Monday, a little over a year after he was acquitted of sexual assault charges, Jian Ghomeshi launched a podcast. Columnist Jen Zoratti listened to it, and she’s unimpressed. “The former CBC Radio host’s new vanity exercise is called The Ideation Project and, creator aside, it’s objectively bad.” READ MORE
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#ThorRagnarok: Trending after the trailer for the upcoming Marvel superhero film debuted on Monday, in which Thor faces the Norse goddess of the dead as well as getting into a fight with “a friend from work.”
On this date
On April 11, 1969: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Manitoba’s finance minister’s new budget showed there would be no new taxes in the coming year nor increases to existing taxes. University tuition fees in the province would increase by $50. Jordan’s King Hussein said Israel must surrender land taken in 1967. In France, president Charles de Gaulle threatened to resign if the French people did not back his plans for Senate reform and decentralization. U.S. president Richard Nixon called for the NATO member nations to ease tensions in the Cold War. READ MORE
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