What’s happening today
Patrons dine at the Polo Park food court in February. (Mike Sudoma / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Revised restrictions: This is the final day before new pandemic restrictions take effect in Manitoba. The public health orders prohibit indoor and outdoor household visits but allow one designated visitor for people who live alone. They also require food courts in shopping malls to close and for churchgoers to wear masks. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
PM on pandemic: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and public health officials will give an update on the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa this morning. READ MORE
India’s record streak ends: India announced 323,144 new cases of the virus, ending a five-day streak of recording the largest single-day increases in any country throughout the pandemic. The decline likely reflects lower weekend testing. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Updated mask guidelines for U.S.: In Washington, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to announce new guidelines on outdoor mask-wearing for unvaccinated people before U.S. President Joe Biden gives a speech later today. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny with a high of 19 C and wind from the south — and later the west — at 10 km/h.
In case you missed it
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSMolly Kirchen with her three-year-old, Elizabeth, who live in West Broadway in Winnipeg is now eligible for COVID-19 vaccination.
Posters inform of eligibility: The Free Press spoke with people in West Broadway who didn’t know they were newly eligible for COVID-vaccination until they saw posters. Cody Sellar reports. READ MORE
Embarrassed by Edmonton: In the wake of one of the ugliest Jets losses in recent memory, columnist Mike McIntyre says “the worst may still be yet to come.” READ MORE
‘Schools aren’t immune’: Infection rates among children and teens are increasing, but the province intends to keep schools open. The superintendent of Louis Riel School Division said the situation at École Marie-Anne Gaboury in St. Vital was simply “untenable.” Katie May reports. READ MORE
On this date
On April 27, 1986: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that according to a local churchman, the requirement that priests remain celibate was one reason for a manpower shortage in the Roman Catholic Church. A Winnipeg peace activist said his meetings in the city with a suspected KGB agent led to his being tailed and interviewed by CSIS agents. The president of the provincial energy minister’s Transcona riding association said members were deeply concerned about the MLA’s recent tax avoidance disclosure.
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