COVID-19 crisis
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference at Rideau Cottage during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa on Thursday, May 7, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Jobless numbers: Statistics Canada will today release the jobless numbers for April, the first full month of the pandemic shutdown. March was a record-breaking month, with the unemployment rate increasing 2.2 points to 7.8 per cent. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Sanctions over suppression: Federal Tory leadership hopeful Peter MacKay says Chinese officials should be sanctioned if it can be shown they suppressed information about the outbreak. The Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act allows for sanctions against foreign nationals “responsible for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights.’’ The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Coronavirus time capsules: Local teachers are encouraging students to make time capsules as a way to keep them engaged and create a lasting record of the pandemic. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
The Bay is back: This city’s three Hudson’s Bay stores will be the first in Canada to reopen on Monday. Eva Wasney reports. READ MORE
Daily details: Provincial health officials will give their regular update on the COVID-19 situation at 1 p.m. On Thursday, the chief provincial public health officer revealed officials had, for the first time, tested a group of asymptomatic people to try to contain a workplace outbreak. Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny with a high of 9 C, wind from the north at 10 km/h increasing to 15 km/h in the early afternoon, and wind chill as low as -10 this morning.
In other news
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Frank Augstein / The Associated PressThe statue of Britain’s wartime prime minister Winston Churchill stands in an almost empty Parliament Square in London, Friday, on the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe.
VE Day: Celebrations marking today’s 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe have been muted because of pandemic restrictions. READ MORE
Showing strength: Melissa Martin’s latest column is on two of the women who were demeaned in a series of private messages between local hockey players, including Brendan Leipsic of the Washington Capitals. READ MORE
Making a splash: Taylor Allen spoke to University of Manitoba swimmer Kelsey Wog after she was named Canada West female athlete of the year. READ MORE
On this date
On May 8, 1970: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that with thousands of anti-war protesters heading for a demonstration in Washington, D.C., U.S. president Richard Nixon moved to ease the crisis over the use of U.S. troops in Cambodia. Nixon told a group of university presidents that comments against college students from members of his administration, including vice-president Spiro Agnew, would cease. In New York, thousands surrounded the funeral cortege for Jeffrey Miller, one of four students who was killed during the disturbance at Kent State University. In Winnipeg, a second major Manitoba lottery, worth $175,000, would be held in the form of a sweepstake on the Grey Cup football championship. MLA Larry Desjardins, a potential key vote on whether Manitoba would get a compulsory government-operated automobile insurance plan or face another election, gave no indication on the stand he would take.
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