COVID-19 crisis
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walks up the front stairs of Ridea Cottage following a news conference in Ottawa, Thursday June 4, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Federal funds: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to offer premiers billions of dollars during a weekly conference call today. The funds are intended to help provinces and territories reopen their economies without triggering a second wave of the coronavirus. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Set to release stats: Statistics Canada will release its jobs numbers for May this morning. The average estimate is for the loss of 500,000 jobs in May and for the unemployment rate to rise to 15 per cent, The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Production amid pandemic: Film sets were shut down in Manitoba in mid-March, but production continued on two animated features. Randall King spoke with Ken Zorniak, president and CEO of Tangent Animation. READ MORE
Cabaret, old chum: The Pyramid Cabaret is set to reopen at half its capacity, with live music, on June 13. Alan Small reports. READ MORE
Afternoon update: Provincial health officials will give their regular update on the pandemic situation at 1 p.m. Meanwhile, advocates say the province must look out for the health and safety of farm labourers after four temporary foreign workers tested positive for COVID-19. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: A mix of sun and cloud, becoming sunny in the late afternoon, with a high of 22 C and wind from the northwest at 15 km/h increasing to 30 km/h later this morning.
Protests after police killing
Craig Mitchelldyer / The Associated PressDemonstrators hold their hands up in Portland, Ore., during a protest over the death of George Floyd, who died May 25 after being restrained by police in Minneapolis.
Ready for rally: A Black Lives Matter protest in response to the killing of George Floyd and other deaths across Canada and the U.S. is taking place at the legislature at 6 p.m. Meanwhile, several local organizations made up of black people are urging Winnipeggers to call out racist violence, Malak Abas reports. READ MORE
Call for body cameras: In a column, Carl DeGurse says Winnipeg police should wear body cameras to record all dealings with the public. READ MORE
Anger has ‘been boiling’: Grand Chief Arlen Dumas of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs said First Nations are more than empathic with people decrying police brutality. “The black and Indigenous anger over police brutality, as well as with the court system, has been boiling for decades in this country and indeed around the world,” he said. READ MORE
Ugly incident in Buffalo: Video of police officers pushing an elderly protester who stumbled, fell and cracked his head in downtown Buffalo, N.Y., drew widespread condemnation Thursday. READ MORE
A call for ‘compassion’: Maine Gov. Janet Mills is urging U.S. President Donald Trump to “check the rhetoric at the door and abandon the divisive words” when he visits a company that makes swabs for COVID-19 testing today. The sheriff of the state’s most rural county is urging Trump’s opponents and supporters to behave as demonstrations continue over Floyd’s killing. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
In case you missed it
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSMPI president and CEO Ben Graham (left) accompanied by MPI board chairman Mike Sullivan and senior staff, spent nearly three hours before a legislature committee hearing Thursday, fielding questions about online services.
Changing gears: Manitoba Public Insurance’s CEO told a legislature committee hearing its computer systems are “antiquated” and that $85 million will be needed to provide a full suite of online services to motorists. Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE
Emergency measures bylaw eyed: City council will consider a new emergency management bylaw that would allow its chief administrative officer to take immediate emergency actions during a disaster. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE
Not so sexy: In his latest column, Doug Speirs opines on Winnipeg being named the 18th-sexiest city in Canada based on sales of adult novelty products. READ MORE
On this date
On June 5, 1962: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Winnipeg was set to become the terminus of a 580-mile, six-inch pipeline from Empress, Alta., which would carry propane, butanes and gasoline, part of a $27-million project announced by Pacific Petroleum Ltd. and Trans Canada Pipe Lines Ltd. in Calgary. U.S. president John F. Kennedy’s administration planned to present Congress with a plan for broad “top-to-bottom” reductions in income tax rates. Saskatchewan’s attorney general said doctors faced prosecution under the Criminal Code on charges of criminal conspiracy if they broke an implied contract with patients; at issue was when a doctor abandoned a patient without giving them the opportunity to retain the services of another physician.
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