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JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSHomicide detectives enter the apartment building at 1051 Taylor Ave. to investigate a homicide.
Police probe homicide: Winnipeg police responded to a disturbance on Taylor Avenue early Sunday morning, and are now investigating a death that is the city’s 14th homicide this year. Alexandra Paul reports. READ MORE
Deadly landing: At least 41 people are dead after a Russian airliner burst into flames while making an emergency landing at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport Sunday evening. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: It got off to a chilly start this morning at -2 C, but it should warm up as the day goes on, with a mix of sun and cloud and a high of 7.
In case you missed it
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSShane Dyck completes the half marathon with his girlfriend, Natalie Caister, for his mom Irene who died of cancer May 26, 2018, and was there for him in every step of his recovery. The run occurred at Assiniboine Park in Winnipeg Sunday.
Half-marathon for mom: Shane Dyck’s mother died in 2018 from leukemia and lymphoma, and this year he ran the Winnipeg Police Service Half Marathon on Sunday in her memory. Dyck completed the half-marathon in spite of a motorcycle accident six years ago that left him with a one per cent chance of walking again. READ MORE
School wins award: For the third time in 10 years a Seven Oaks School Division school has won a national award for innovation in teaching and learning. The Maples Met School has been awarded this year’s Ken Spencer Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning for its Met Innovation Centre for Entrepreneurship program. Martin Cash reports. READ MORE
On this date
On May 6, 1978: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that substances thought to cause cancer in animals had been found in Winnipeg’s drinking water, according to the city’s waterworks, waste and disposal division. In Beirut, Lebanese Muslims and Christians traded tank, mortar and bazooka fire, leaving four dead and 25 wounded. In Italy, police searched for former prime minister Aldo Moro, who had been kidnapped by members of the Red Brigade and was feared dead.
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