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A mix of sun and cloud. Wind from the southwest at 30 km/h gusting to 50. High 11 C. UV index 5 or moderate.
What’s happening today
✒️ Hosted by author Kristian Enright, the shindig for the “Manitoba Kitchen Party” issue of Prairie Fire takes place tonight at 7 p.m. at McNally Robinson’s Grant Park location and will feature readings by, among others, Zilla Jones, Katherine Bitney, Di Brandt, Bob Armstrong, Angeline Schellenberg and Linda Trinh.
🖼️ Starting today, the annual spring exhibition showcasing the diverse and dynamic work of graduating honours students from the University of Manitoba’s School of Art features 27 emerging artists whose pieces — which span photography, sculpture, ceramics, installation, video and design — will take over all four floors of the ARTlab building, 180 Dafoe Rd. Opening reception is today from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and the exhibition runs until May 8. Admission is free.
The annual spring exhibition showcasing the work of graduating honours students from the U of M School of Art opens today. (Supplied)
Today’s must-read
The steady rhythm of people filling sandbags by shovel and hand, until each one weighed 35 to 40 pounds, continued without pause Thursday in the parking lot of a derelict school on the main drag in this Interlake community.
Among the dozens filling sandbags was 71-year-old Marilyn Spence, who knelt as she cinched each bag closed. Her husband, Melvin, 72, and grandson Dalton Hobden handed volunteers bag after bag.
“It’s almost normal for us,” she said, smiling. “But we’ve never gotten help like this before. We used to do it all on our own. People have to come together, and they are.”
The mood in the community of roughly 3,800 was upbeat despite the looming threat of flooding on the Fisher River. Scott Billeck has the story.
Marilyn Spence works at the sandbag-making operation in Peguis on Thursday. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press)
On the bright side
A Manitoba man says he’s honoured to have been able to help rescue a moose stranded in the ice in Nopiming Provincial Park.
Tuesday’s dramatic rescue was captured on video and Russ Popp, one of the first people to try to help the stranded animal, said it was a team effort that got the animal to safety. Morgan Modjeski has more here.
Russ Popp and three conversation officers work to rescue a moose stranded in the ice in the Nopiming Provincial Park on Tuesday. (Supplied)
On this date
On April 24, 1972: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the Apollo 16 spacecraft, laden with a record haul of 245 pounds of lunar rocks and soil, swung around the moon as the three astronauts aboard began their return to Earth. In Canada, polls indicated lower numbers for the federal Liberals than previously, indicating a minority government could be in the cards in the next election.
Today’s front page
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