Your forecast
Mainly sunny. Widespread smoke this morning. Wind from the north at 30 km/h gusting to 50. High 19 C. UV index 6 or high.
What’s happening today
The Winnipeg Jets host the Dallas Stars at Canada Life Centre in Game 2 of a second-round Stanley Cup playoff series, starting at 8:30 p.m. Ken Wiebe reports on how the Jets plan to bounce back from Wednesday’s loss in Game 1.
Winnipeg Jets players crowd the net around Dallas Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger trying to score in the last minutes of the third period on Wednesday. (Fred Greenslade / The Canadian Press files)
Singer Mari Padeanu is one of a few young stars in Park Alley’s revolving cast of jazz musicians, and will be performing tonight, 730 Osborne St., 9:30 p.m.
Mari Padeanu (Supplied)
Today’s must-read
The spike in online sextortion cases in Winnipeg has alarmed police and augmented advocates’ calls for Canada to begin regulating social media platforms to help protect children from predators.
The typical child victim is in their teens, but investigators from the Winnipeg Police Service have met victims probably as young as 10 years old, Det. Sgt. Mike Olson told the Free Press.
“The frequency (of sextortion) has increased substantially,” said Olson, who has spent 12 years with the force’s internet child exploitation unit in two separate stints. “I’ve noticed in my time with ICE the point where far back enough it wasn’t a thing to the point now where it’s extremely prevalent.” Chris Kitching has the story.
Jacques Marcoux, with the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, says the Winnipeg Police Service’s online exploitation stats are not surprising, as this type of crime is rampant. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press)
On the bright side
The first rule of the Jets Whiteout parties is obvious: wear white.
After that, it seems, anything goes. Winnipeg’s National Hockey League team resumed its playoff journey Wednesday with Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinal series against the Dallas Stars.
The Free Press checked in with some fans to see how their “white” vision came to light. Read the full story by Massimo De Luca-Taronno here.
Winnipeg Jets fan Derek Morley (Massimo De Luca-Taronno / Free Press)
On this date
On May 9, 1972: The Winnipeg Free Press reported U.S. president Richard Nixon risked a direct naval clash with the Soviet Union and the collapse of coming talks with Moscow with his decision to mine North Vietnamese ports and choke off Soviet war supplies to Hanoi. In Ottawa, highlights of finance minister John Turner’s pre-election budget included tax cuts for certain coporations and aid for the elderly and post-secondary students. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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