Today
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSIt’s Premier Heather Stefanson’s fourth absence from the house since the spring session officially began March 2.
Stefanson to skip QP: Premier Heather Stefanson is scheduled to miss question period to take part in a news conference in Assiniboine Park. It will be her fourth absence from the house since the spring session officially started last month. NDP house leader Nahanni Fontaine said such events shouldn’t conflict with Stefanson’s duties in the house. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Money for mines: Environment, Climate and Parks Minister Jeff Wharton is scheduled to hold a morning news conference on “investing in cleaning up Manitoba mines.”
Trial to resume: The manslaughter trial of Kyle Pietz for the killing of Eduardo Balaquit is set to resume. READ MORE
First flight: Lynx Air’s first flight to Winnipeg will arrive from Calgary this morning. CEO Merren McArthur will take part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Meeting in Manhattan: The Winnipeg Jets will face Andrew Copp for the first time since sending the forward to the New York Rangers at the NHL trade deadline. Puck drop is at 6 p.m. CT. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
Weather
Chester Madayag, his partner, Justine, and their son, Yayce, check out the high water levels on the Assiniboine River at The Forks on Monday. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)
Your forecast: Increasingly cloudy with a high of 2 C, wind chill as low as -19 and wind from the southeast at 10 km/h increasing to 20 km/h. Wet snow mixed with rain beginning this evening. This could end up being the second-snowiest fall-winter-spring on record in Winnipeg. Katlyn Streilein reports. READ MORE
COVID-19
A paramedic loads his stretcher back into the ambulance after bringing a patient to the emergency room at a hospital in Montreal, Thursday, April 14, 2022. Latest data from the Public Health Agency of Canada shows hospitalizations due to COVID-19 rose about 18 per cent across Canada between April 4 and April 11 — to 6,020 people needing beds from 5,109. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
More patients: Hospitals across Canada are facing a resurgence of COVID-19 patients. Hospitalizations because of the virus increased about 18 per cent across Canada between April 4 and April 11. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Pandemic poll: Nearly one in four Canadians say they have contracted COVID-19. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
PM and partygate: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was set to face British lawmakers today for the first time since being fined for attending a birthday party in his office that violated lockdown rules. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
In case you missed it
The City of Winnipeg’s planning, property and development offices. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Grievance resolved: An arbitration hearing for one of the planning, property and development inspectors who were terminated after a probe concluded some wasted work time on extended breaks and personal chores was scheduled to begin Monday. The hearing was cancelled after a last-minute resolution. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE
Funds used to ordinary ends: Millions of dollars earmarked by the province for cutting surgical and diagnostic wait times were spent on routine tests and trips to the doctor last year. Danielle Da Silva reports. READ MORE
Lawyer reprimanded: A Brandon defence lawyer will be allowed to return to work after pleading guilty to professional misconduct and conduct unbecoming of a lawyer. He admitted to repeatedly texting five women “unwanted communications of a sexual nature.” Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
Toronto down 2-0: The Philadelphia 76ers beat the Toronto Raptors to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round, best-of-seven NBA playoff series. READ MORE
On this date
On April 19, 1937: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the legislature created a dairy control board with unlimited power to regulate production, distribution and sale of milk in all parts of Manitoba. It was one of 10 bills rushed through and given assent before the lieutenant-governor prorogued the legislature. The spiritual leader of Canada’s Doukhobor population left Vancouver to return to his followers in south-central British Columbia, saying he feared an assassination attempt. READ MORE
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