What you need to know
(AP Photo/Matt Marton)Winnipeg Jets left wing Kyle Connor fights for the puck against Chicago Blackhawks Brendan Perlini and Connor Murphy during the first period Monday in Chicago.
Blackhawks downed: The Jets blew a lead late in the third period but won in overtime Monday night to end a three-game losing streak. The Jets face the Wild in Minnesota at 7 p.m. tonight. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
Pump prices: Winnipeggers fuelling their vehicles on the first day of a carbon tax imposed by Ottawa said they don’t think it will result in people driving less. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: There will be a mix of sun and cloud with a 60 per cent chance of flurries all day, a high of 1 C and wind from the northwest at 40 km/h gusting to 60 starting late this morning.
What’s happening today
Silent protest: A “read-in” protesting security measures at the Millennium Library is scheduled for 4:30 p.m., when a meeting of the Winnipeg Public Library board is taking place.
Human rights hearing: A hearing ordered by the Manitoba Human Rights Commission for a complaint about having to declare yourself as either male or female on birth certificates continues today. Alexandra Paul reports. READ MORE
Seven killed in Kashmir: Indian and Pakistani troops traded fire in the latest flare-up between the two nuclear states in the disputed Himalayan region. READ MORE
In case you missed it
HANDOUT PHOTOGater Browne, 40, was charged on Dec. 1, 2017 with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and failing to stop at an accident involving death.
Already behind bars: Police announced Monday a man was charged in December 2017 in a fatal hit-and-run on Marion Street that took place months earlier. He’s now serving time for crimes committed in Regina shortly after the collision. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
Always on watch: Former flood forecaster Alf Warkentin is battling cancer but still keeping an eye on conditions. Bill Redekop reports. READ MORE
On this date
On April 2, 1926: The Manitoba Free Press reported that legislation would likely be introduced in the Manitoba Legislature in the coming week to allow for the speedy construction of a rail line to Flin Flon. Twenty-six people were injured at the Starland Theatre when part of the ceiling under the balcony collapsed. The oil boom in Calgary, Alta., was said to dwarf the one seen in the area at the outbreak of the First World War. The U.S. Midwest was battered by a new blizzard.
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