Your forecast
Cloudy, becoming a mix of sun and cloud this afternoon. Wind from the northwest at 20 km/h becoming light early this morning. High 3 C, wind chill -7 this morning. UV index 3 or moderate.
What’s happening today
Voters head to the polls today in three federal byelections widely expected to grant Prime Minister Mark Carney a majority government.
Two are Liberal strongholds in Toronto, while the third is a tight race in the Montreal suburb of Terrebonne between the Bloc Québécois and the governing party. The Canadian Press reports.
(Ethan Cairns / The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority argues it can’t be held responsible after a senior died in hospital days after she fell at a city care home.
Bruce King, the son of 92-year-old Hazel King, filed a lawsuit last summer on behalf of her estate against care home operator Extendicare, and the WRHA.
The claim filed in the Court of King’s Bench alleges the care home and health authority — which oversees care homes — breached their duty to ensure King’s well-being and safety. Erik Pindera has the story.
A recent lawsuit alleges a 92-year-old Winnipeg care home resident wasn’t examined for injuries after she fell at the Charleswood facility. She later died. (John Woods / Free Press files)
On the bright side
Tucked in a quiet corner on the fourth floor of Winnipeg’s law courts building is a spacious room filled with vibrant toys, children’s books and leather couches.
It’s a stark contrast to the cold marble and ornate, wooden fixtures that make up the rest of the building.
It’s where four-legged Glossy spends a lot of her working days comforting children going through the judicial system.
The five-year-old Labrador retriever with milk chocolate-coloured eyes and a shiny black coat to match her name, is one of two accredited facility dogs that support victims of crime or their families by lending a sympathetic paw. The Canadian Press has more here.
Victim service workers Carla Deeley, left, and Deanna Shaw, with their accredited facility dogs Bagel (blond) and Glossy (black) in the child victim family room at the Manitoba Law Courts. (John Woods / The Canadian Press files)
On this date
On April 13, 1921: The Manitoba Free Press reported in Washington, D.C., U.S. president Warren G. Harding rejected the Versailles Covenant of the League of Nations in a pronouncement on U.S. foreign policy. At an upcoming governmental conference in London in June, the matter of the Imperial navy was added to the agenda items, and Canada’s and Australia’s views on the treaty with Japan would have bearing on the outcome.
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