Your forecast
A mix of sun and cloud. Fog patches dissipating this morning. High 24 C. Humidex 27. UV index 7 or high.
What’s happening today
📽️ The Winnipeg Underground Film Festival is on now, unearthing the works of seminal experimental filmmakers and planting the seeds for the next generations of cinematic risk-takers. At Dave Barber Cinematheque, 100 Arthur St., until June 7. Full details available online.
Daniel Marquez’s Behind the Statues is part of WUFF. (Supplied)
Today’s must-read
A high-profile arrest of two men accused of operating a bicycle chop shop at a riverside homeless encampment last summer went nowhere in court after the Crown requested the charges be stayed.
The bust at a public park on Waterfront Drive made headlines last August, when the Winnipeg Police Service announced investigators had taken the unprecedented step of applying for a search warrant before entering the makeshift tarp structure.
Winnipeg police executed a warrant at an encampment along Waterfront Drive last August. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press files)
Police seized 50 bicycle frames, 77 tires, 53 rims and other equipment believed to be stolen. Two men were charged with possession of property obtained by crime.
A review of court records shows the Crown prosecutor leading the case stayed the charges against the accused on April 15. The decision means the charges are suspended but not dismissed, and could be reactivated within one year if new evidence comes to light. Tyler Searle has the story.
On the bright side
Earl Giesbrecht was thrilled when he checked his lottery tickets at a local grocery store and initially thought he was $46,000 richer.
The Whitemouth grandfather was stunned a few seconds later when he counted the zeroes on a display and realized the windfall was $46 million — the biggest Lotto 6/49 prize ever awarded in Manitoba.
“I was disappointed and frustrated that I never win. I went into the store (to scan tickets), and it said, ‘Not a winner,’ ‘Not a winner,’” Giesbrecht, 70, said at a news conference in Winnipeg on Thursday. “And then it said, ‘Free play,’ and the other one came up and I thought I won $46,000.
“I said, ‘Thank goodness.’ When the (employee) checked, she told me how much I won, and then I had to call my brother, who thought I was having a heart attack.” Chris Kitching has more here.
Giesbrecht became emotional when he recalled how he immediately thought of his children and his grandchildren upon learning he’d won the lottery. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press)
On this date
On June 5, 1967: The Winnipeg Free Press reported some Manitoba Medical Service subscribers could see their doctors’ bills go up as much as 30 per cent starting on July 1 if the province’s physicians all excercised their right to collect 100 per cent of the MMS fee schedule. Conflict broke out between Israel and Egypt for the third time in 20 years as heavy fighting raged in Egypt’s Sinai desert. A forest fire encircled Sioux Lookout, which had been evacuated.
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