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More indigenous graduates: Winnipeg post-secondary institutions are graduating a growing number of indigenous graduates. The University of Manitoba celebrated 430 indigenous grads at the Fort Garry campus on Saturday. Last spring, 358 graduated. And the University of Winnipeg and Red River College have also seen increases. Alexandra Paul reports. READ MORE
Your forecast: Whether you are happy to know today begins with light rain depends on whether you are a pedestrian who forgot to bring an umbrella, or whether you’re a fledgling flower that just popped up through the earth and appreciates a drink. There is a high of 22 C today, with wind from the southeast at 30 km/h
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TREVOR HAGAN / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSGord Mackintosh’s new memoir tackles his childhood, upbringing and life as a man who filled many roles for Manitoba’s NDP.
Gord Mackintosh tells all: In his just-published autobiography, Gord Mackintosh says he was like “the Forrest Gump of Manitoba politics,” referring to the movie character who coincidentally witnesses many historic events. Mackintosh writes about the French-language debate of the 1980s, the Meech Lake Accord crisis, the 1997 Flood of Century and the NDP rebellion against leader and former premier Greg Selinger. Randy Turner reports. READ MORE
Running for a reason: While many Winnipeggers were still snoozing Sunday morning, 2,900 of this city’s fittest citizens were in Assiniboine Park at the starting line of the Winnipeg Police Service half-marathon. This year’s event raised between $180,000 and $190,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society. Randy Turner reports. READ MORE
Up next
JOHN WOODS / THE CANADIAN PRESSFormer Canadian ambassador to the United States, Gary Doer
Doer on Trump: One of Manitoba’s most popular politicians ever will this evening discuss one of the planet’s least popular politicians ever. Gary Doer will talk about Donald Trump at 7:30 p.m. at Shaarey Zedek 561 Wellington Crescent. Doer, a recent Canadian ambassador to the U.S. and former premier of Manitoba, will also take questions on his presentation, which it titled Style & Substance: The New Washington’s Impact on Canada and Israel.
A safe place to sing: Now for the singalong portion of today’s Head Start, feel free to join in: “Life is a cabaret, old chum, come to the cabaret!” Okay, maybe we can’t belt it out like Liza Minnelli in the Broadway musical Cabaret, but it’s a good warm-up to attend this evening’s third Winnipeg’s Big Broadway Sing-along Extravaganza, 8 p.m., Gas Station Art Centre. The audience can join musical theatre enthusiasts to sing live performances of songs from Chicago, Hairspray, Jesus Christ Superstar and a whole bunch of Disney.
Around the water cooler
Former leader Jon Gerrard is considering another run at the Liberal leadership.
Jon Gerrard may run: Manitoba Liberal MLA Jon Gerrard is considering running for the party’s leadership. The Liberals held their annual general meeting in Brandon on the weekend. Gerrard served as the party’s leader from 1998 to 2013. Rana Bokhari took over the party reins for Gerrard but stepped down after losing the 2016 Manitoba election. READ MORE
Pro soccer in Winnipeg?: Winnipeg Football Club president and CEO Wade Miller said Winnipeg would consider being part of a proposed Canadian professional soccer league. Ownership groups in cities across the country are being sought by the Canadian Premier League, which would kick off in 2018. Winnipeg Football Club president and CEO Wade Miller said the Manitoba capital wants in. READ MORE
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THIBAULT CAMUS / THE ASSOCIATED PRESSFrench President-elect Emmanuel Macron
Macron: The second round of voting in the French presidential election took place Sunday, with the centrist La Republique En Marche leader Emmanuel Macron defeating the far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen. READ MORE
On this date
On May 8, 1993: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that teachers at a Flin Flon school knew an abducted 13-year-old girl had been subject to stalking by her former boyfriend, 18, and had let her use the back door to escape him; the missing teen and her ex-boyfriend were the subjects of a police search in the northern bush country. READ MORE
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