What’s happening today
ERIK PINDERA / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSA forensics investigator, a uniformed officer and a plainclothes officer outside of a home on the 900 block of Manitoba Avenue, where neighbours said a body was found Thursday.
Body found: The Winnipeg Police Service is expected to release more information about a body found on Manitoba Avenue on Thursday. Erik Pindera reports. READ MORE
Update on wait: Doctors Manitoba plans to release its updated backlog estimate on surgeries, procedures and tests. On Thursday, the province put a new person in charge of tackling the massive backlog without explaining why. Danielle Da Silva reports. READ MORE
Wastewater data: The federal government will release its updated wastewater data on COVID-19 for Winnipeg and other cities.
Venture capital: Premier Heather Stefanson and Economic Development, Investment and Trade Minister Cliff Cullen are holding a news conference on “venture capital fund” at Torque Brewing this morning.
Standup shows: Neurohilarity, featuring seven neurodiverse comics, is happening at the Handsome Daughter tonight. READ MORE
Weather
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESCars drive through water on Sherbrook St. last Sunday. Forecasters are estimating another Colorado low could bring up to 40 millimetres of rain to parts of Manitoba this weekend.
Wet weekend: A Colorado low is expected to bring up to 40 millimetres of rain to parts of Manitoba this weekend, beginning tonight. Katlyn Streilein reports. READ MORE
Your forecast: Increasingly cloudy with a high of 12 C, wind chill as low as -7 and peak winds at 20 km/h from the northeast beginning this afternoon. A low chance of rain this afternoon, with sometimes-heavy rain tonight and continuing Saturday.
‘This is very unusual’: Chris Kitching reports on how a wet spring could shorten the heavy-construction season. READ MORE
‘Can’t just leave it’: City hall reporter Joyanne Pursaga reports on a city council motion to fund an emergency pothole-repair plan. The motion suggests the repairs could be partly funded by “correcting the well-documented (alleged) inefficiencies occurring within the Traffic Signals Branch of the public works department,” referring to a recent Free Press series. READ MORE
Weekend sports
Jets defenceman Brenden Dillon checks Calgary Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau during a game in Calgary in February. (Jeff McIntosh / The Canadian Press files)
Regular season wraps: The Winnipeg Jets will be playing hockey in May, but not the postseason kind. The team’s regular season was scheduled to end with a home game against the Calgary Flames tonight, but a game against the Seattle Kraken was rescheduled to Sunday because of a blizzard earlier this month. Jeff Hamilton spoke to Jets play-by-play broadcaster Dennis Beyak, who is stepping down after Sunday’s game. READ MORE
Friday night faceoff: The Winnipeg Ice can clinch their WHL playoff series with a home win against the Prince Albert Raiders in Game 5 tonight. The Ice lead the first-round series 3-1. Game 6, if necessary, would be played Sunday. READ MORE
Moose matinee: The Manitoba Moose will play their final game of the American Hockey League regular season at home on Saturday afternoon. They beat the Abbotsford Canucks 7-1 on Thursday night. READ MORE
Set for soccer: Valour FC will play their home opener of the Canadian Premier League season on Sunday. Taylor Allen reports. READ MORE
Picking players: The second round of the NFL draft is happening in Las Vegas (not Indianapolis. as was incorrectly stated in Thursday’s bulletin) this evening. READ MORE
In case you missed it
SHANNON VANRAES/WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESAs of Thursday afternoon, four different medical units at Health Sciences Centre had active COVID-19 outbreaks.
Policy shift affects patients: Patients who don’t have COVID-19 are being admitted to hospital units that have active outbreaks under a policy change made in January that has received little public attention. Katie May reports. READ MORE
Fare warning: Limiting the number of pass options is among the changes being considered for Winnipeg Transit. Tyler Searle reports. READ MORE
Vote on Dumas cancelled: A scheduled vote on whether to reinstate Arlen Dumas as grand chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs has been cancelled until a probe into allegations of harassment and sexual assault has ended. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
‘We need to proceed’: Mayor Brian Bowman is renewing calls for the province to provide funds or infrastructure upgrades after 60 million litres of sewage was spilled into the Red River. READ MORE
On this date
On April 29, 1968: The Winnipeg Free Press reported federal Conservative leader Robert Stanfield planned to kick off his election campaign tour in Western Canada, starting in Winnipeg; prime minister Pierre Trudeau was also facing pressure from Liberal insiders to get out on the trail. Former Manitoba premier Duff Roblin was expected to announce a bid for a federal seat in Winnipeg South Centre. A former Winnipegger who died of a car crash in Ottawa was an organ donor whose kidneys went to two local recipients. READ MORE
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