COVID-19 crisis
A screen grab taken from a video issued by Britain’s Oxford University shows a person being injected as part of the first human trials in the United Kingdom to test a potential coronavirus vaccine, by Oxford University in England, Thursday April 23, 2020. While researchers across the planet race to find a vaccine for COVID-19, a new poll suggests Canadians are divided over whether getting it should be mandatory or voluntary. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-AP-Oxford University Pool via AP
Majority want vaccine mandatory: Sixty per cent of Canadians say people should be required to get a vaccine for COVID-19 if one is developed, a new poll found. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Disease data: The federal government will hold a briefing today on data and modelling “informing public health action on coronavirus disease.” Meanwhile, the Tories will question the Liberal government on its handling of the pandemic in a modified special committee meeting in the House of Commons today. READ MORE
Care homes column: Prof. Jim Silver says for-profit companies should no longer be allowed to run personal care homes after multiple COVID-19 deaths in Canada. READ MORE
Daily details: Provincial health officials will give their regular update on the COVID-19 situation at 1 p.m. The chief public health officer, Dr. Brent Roussin, was asked repeatedly Monday about Manitoba’s plan to reopen for business. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Primary amid pandemic: Ohio is holding its vote-by-mail presidential primary today. The vote is being watched as a lesson on how to proceed with elections in the U.S. if the pandemic stays put. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly cloudy with a 60 per cent chance of showers, a high of 17 C and wind from the southeast at 15 km/h decreasing to 10 km/h from the southwest in the early afternoon.
In other news
Ben Harris was riding his bike on Aug. 10, 2018 when he was struck and killed by Justin Little, who was driving a stolen truck. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Set for sentencing: Justin Little is scheduled to be sentenced today after pleading guilty to impaired driving causing death for a hit-and-run collision. Ben Harris, 15, was struck and killed while riding his bike in St. Andrews in August 2018. READ MORE
Trudeau’s mother in hospital: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s mother, Margaret Trudeau, was taken to hospital after suffering smoke inhalation during a fire at her Montreal apartment building Monday night, CTV and CBC are reporting.
Emissions increase: Manitoba’s greenhouse gas emissions have increased by 8.3 per cent since 2005, the third-highest increase among Canada’s provinces. Sarah Lawrynuik reports. READ MORE
Profile on prospect: The Bombers are a potential landing spot for safety Stavros Katsantonis in the CFL draft on Thursday, Mike Sawatzky reports. READ MORE
Added to abuse registry: A Manitoba judge ordered a mother’s name be added to the national child abuse registry for ignoring signs her daughter was being sexually abused. Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
On this date
On April 28, 1969: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that in France, president Charles de Gaulle had announced his resignation, following a stinging personal defeat in a national referendum on senate reform and regionalization. In Manitoba, hundreds of thousands of tons of wind-blown ice ground over the shore at Lake Dauphin, destroying several cottages and damaging many others. Air Canada’s 108-plane fleet remained grounded as an eight-day strike showed no signs of ending. Terence O’Neill resigned as prime minister of Northern Ireland after seven years in office.
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