What’s happening today
CPPolicemen outside a courthouse in Beijing today. (Andy Wong / The Associated Press)
Second trial starts: The second of two Canadian men detained in China in apparent retaliation for the arrest of a Huawei executive in Vancouver was put on trial today. Michael Kovrig’s trial on espionage charges follows a Friday hearing in the case of Michael Spavor. Both hearings were held behind closed doors because of alleged national security concerns. It wasn’t clear how long Kovrig’s trial would last or when a verdict would be announced. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Response to Boushie review: Relatives of Colten Boushie, the young Indigenous man shot and killed on a Saskatchewan farm in 2016, will address findings by the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP at a news conference. The review found officers treated Boushie’s mother so insensitively when they told her of his death that it amounted to discrimination. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Site set to open: Manitoba’s fifth mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic opens at the Access Event Centre in Morden. READ MORE
Clash with Canucks: The Winnipeg Jets will face the Canucks at 9 p.m. CT in the first of two consecutive games in Vancouver. The teams play again Wednesday before the Jets head to Calgary for three games. Mike McIntyre has a column on how some teams are gaining on the Jets, who have lost their last two games. It’s the first time the team has lost consecutive games in regulation time this season. READ MORE
‘Historic’ railway deal: Canadian Pacific Railway’s deal to buy Kansas City Southern and create the first single-owner rail network linking Canada, the U.S. and Mexico is expected to raise stock prices for both companies today. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny with a high of 9 C, wind chill as low as -10 this morning and peak winds from the southeast at 20 km/h beginning this afternoon.
In case you missed it
Ken Miller’s wife of 42 years, Cheryl, suffers from secondary progressive multiple sclerosis as well as Type 2 diabetes, making her immunocompromised. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press)
‘She’s the love of my life’: Sarah Lawrynuik reports on an Oakbank man who is frustrated that his wife, who is 65 and has secondary progressive multiple sclerosis and Type 2 diabetes, has fallen through the cracks of eligibility for COVID-19 vaccination. The province has prioritized people who are under 65 with some health conditions to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine, while vaccine eligibility for the general population is age 67 and older. READ MORE
Safe space: A new 24/7 safe haven for women opened on Sherbrook Street last week. Julia-Simone Rutgers reports. READ MORE
‘Sometimes we get sad’: In her latest column, Shelley Cook says living through a pandemic is tough, and “sadness comes in surges.” READ MORE
Putting price tag on trees: A group called Trees Please Winnipeg is hoping that viewing urban forests as financial assets will build an economic argument for preserving them. Sarah Lawrynuik reports. READ MORE
On this date
On March 22, 1924: The Manitoba Free Press reported that Selkirk’s Fishermen hockey team beat Bellevue, advancing to represent Western Canada in the Allan Cup competition, and would head to Toronto to face either the Soo or the Sons of Ireland for national honours. In Toronto, a judge declared that “interlopers” who had seized control of the Prosvita Society of Ukrainians at Fort William had connections to foreign Bolsheviks who posed a threat to Canadian society. A Ukrainian group in Winnipeg was also named by the judge as connected with said interlopers. Methods of operating wheat pools in Canada were to be investigated by the Royal Grain Inquiry Commission.
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