What’s happening today
A syringe is loaded with COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic run by Vancouver Coastal Health, in Richmond, B.C., Saturday, April 10, 2021. Ontario is expected to lower the age of COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to 40 across the province this week as it continues to expand its rollout. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Lowering age limit: The provincial government is set to lower the minimum age for any Manitoban to receive the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to 18. Danielle Da Silva reports. READ MORE
Students make switch: Most students in Winnipeg and Brandon will begin learning remotely until at least May 30 amid a spike in COVID-19 cases. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
COVID-19 case numbers: Manitoba health officials will announce the latest coronavirus case numbers. The province announced 329 new cases and no deaths Tuesday after five consecutive days with more than 475 cases. READ MORE
GOP to oust Cheney: Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are expected to remove Rep. Liz Cheney from her third-ranking post in the caucus for rebuking former president Donald Trump. Cheney faced a vote for the same issue in February and kept her post. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly sunny with a high of 23 C and peak winds from the southwest at 20 km/h beginning this afternoon.
In case you missed it
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSWinnipeg Jets’ Blake Wheeler (26), Mark Scheifele (55), Jordie Benn (40), Kyle Connor (81) and Logan Stanley (64) celebrate Scheifele’s goal against the Vancouver Canucks during the second period.
Series with Oilers set: The Winnipeg Jets beat the Vancouver Canucks, clinching the third seed in their division and a first-round playoff series with the Edmonton Oilers. It was only the second win in 11 games for the Jets, who had been held to fewer than two goals in six of their previous 10 games. Jeff Hamilton reports. READ MORE
Torture trial: A woman testified in court earlier this week about being beaten and confined to her bathtub over a drug debt. Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
Mideast violence escalates: Forty-three people in Gaza and six people in Israel have been killed by rocket attacks in the worst outbreak of violence in the area since the 2014 Gaza war. READ MORE
On this date
On May 12, 1987: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a city councillor said city officials should be fired if they could not come up with a good explanation why a massage parlour bylaw was not enforced after it was upheld by the Supreme Court. Four Fit Stop locations in Winnipeg closed abruptly, shutting out members. Prime minister Brian Mulroney won opposition parties’ support for a tentative deal with the provinces on the Constitution.
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