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Becoming cloudy this morning then snow, about 10 cm. A snowfall warning is in effect. Wind becoming east 30 km/h gusting to 50 near noon. High 0 C, wind chill -23 this morning.
What’s happening today
Manitoba MLAs return to the house today with the governing New Democrats vowing to keep their election promises while getting a grip on the $1.6-billion deficit, retaining $1 billion in Tory tax relief and balancing the budget in their first term. Carol Sanders has the story.
Government house leader Nahanni Fontaine (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press files)
Today’s must-read
A 17-year-old girl feared for her safety and wanted to “get out” of the home she shared with a Carman man now accused of killing her, his partner and his three children, audio recordings and text messages show.
Myah-Lee Gratton sent voice notes to friends that alleged Ryan Manoakeesick was prone to violent outbursts, after dishes were thrown at her, he screamed in her face, and he kicked and threatened to kill his common-law wife in the weeks before the mass slaying.
“I literally had to go outside and scream. I screamed so loud,” Myah-Lee’s mother, Juliette Hastings, said tearfully, while describing the anguish she felt when she first listened to her daughter’s recordings. “The pain I heard (in her voice), and just what she had to go through.” Chris Kitching has the story.
Juliette Hastings is overwhelmed with grief as she talks about her 17-year-old daughter, Myah-Lee Gratton, who was among the five people killed in a mass slaying in southern Manitoba last month. (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press)
On the bright side
Manitoba’s heritage ministry is poised to raise the public profile of Lee Williams, a late civil and labour rights activist, in response to a teacher’s request to have all local students learn about the Black icon’s influence on his home province and country.
Seven Oaks teacher Syd Korsunsky said he wants to see photos of Williams — his former neighbour who died in 2002 — included in every school’s annual display for Black History Month, starting in 2025. “We’ve got a real great Black hero who lived in Winnipeg for almost his entire life, and I would love for kids to know the role he played.” Maggie Macintosh has the story.
Lee Williams was a human rights advocate who fought for the fair treatment of Black employees at the Canadian National Railway, now known as Via Rail. (Wayne Glowacki / Free Press files)
On this date
On March 6, 1952: The Winnipeg Free Press reported prime minister Louis St. Laurent and federal external affairs minister Lester B. Pearson had been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. In London, Labor party leaders called for a full meeting of their parliamentary group to consider action against 57 of their members who defied their chiefs and voted against the government’s arms plan in a defence debate. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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