COVID-19 crisis
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESs FILESPremier Brian Pallister
Pallister’s plan: Premier Brian Pallister will today announce details about the second phase of his government’s reopening plan. Starting Friday, gatherings will be limited to 25 people indoors and 50 people outdoors, instead of the 10-person maximum imposed April 1. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Federal funds: In Ottawa, the Liberal government will today announce more support to help Indigenous people living off-reserve amid the pandemic. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Talking toilets: With more people venturing outside as restrictions are lifted and businesses reopen, the pandemic shows there’s a need for more public toilets, advocates and experts say. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly sunny with a high of 28 C, humidex of 31 and wind from the south at 30 km/h gusting to 50 all day.
More on pandemic
JONATHAN HAYWARD / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILESShoppers are seen wearing protective face masks as they leave a Costco in Burnaby, B.C., last week.
Masks not for everyone: People are encouraged to use face masks, but national chief public health officer Theresa Tam has warned against judging those who can’t wear them. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
‘Programs are not really working’: Conservative MP Marty Morantz says Ottawa botched its pandemic response. ”You see the government making changes to these programs on the fly, reacting after weeks and weeks of suggestions,” Morantz told the Free Press. READ MORE
Troops still training: The Canadian Armed Forces has suspended or scaled back its operations around the world, but the Canadian-led battlegroup in Latvia continues to train. ”We put proposals back to Ottawa about what a modified mission could look like, but those were dismissed very rapidly,” said Col. Eric Laforest, the commander of the battlegroup. “Everyone realized this mission is different and we are here for the long run and we can actually sustain the operation despite this COVID-constrained environment.” The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
In other news
RYAN VAN DER HOUT PHOTOArtist Kent Monkman works on a painting in his Toronto studio. His exhibition, Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience, opens today at the Winnipeg Art Gallery.
Provocative painting: Sen. Murray Sinclair is defending local Cree artist Kent Monkman’s latest work, which suggests the sexual assault of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and an audience of Indigenous women laughing. Alan Small reports. READ MORE
Parker lands vote: The city’s property and development committee will today vote on two proposals to build residential housing on the Parker lands. In August, a judge ruled the city was in contempt of court for failing to process the developer’s application. The public service is again requesting councillors reject the proposal. READ MORE
Cohen to be released: U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, will be released from federal prison today and is expected to serve the remainder of his sentence at home, a source told The Associated Press. Prison advocates and congressional leaders have been calling for inmates to be released amid possible outbreaks of COVID-19.
On this date
On May 21, 1931: The Manitoba Free Press reported that an Elmwood woman, Lillian Walters, returned home to find her three children had been killed, and a man who had been a tenant in her house with his throat cut; the latter, who had inflicted the wound upon himself, was expected to recover from his injuries and confessed to police he had committed the killings. Walters had been struggling to support her family over the last winter, and had resisted friends’ advice to evict the lodger, as she knew he was unemployed. In Greenland, the body of explorer Alfred Wegener, missing since November, was found; he was believed to have died of heart failure, and the promoters of the expedition said the venture would continue with the leader’s brother taking over.
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