What’s happening today
Irina Zubchenko walks with her dog Max amid the destruction caused after shelling of a shopping center, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 21, 2022. (AP Photo/ (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
No surrender for city: Ukraine has rejected a Russian demand that their forces in Mariupol surrender today in exchange for safe passage out of the besieged city. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Plane crash in China: A China Eastern flight with 132 people on board has crashed in the southern province of Guangxi. There was no immediate word on the numbers of dead and injured. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Report to be released: The Newcomer Education Coalition is releasing a report that proposes solutions to increase the representation of immigrant, refugee and newcomer teachers in Manitoba. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
Railway work stoppage: The Canadian Pacific Railway lockout continues. The work stoppage, which began Sunday, will likely be discussed today in the House of Commons, which resumes sitting after a two-week break. Katie May reports. READ MORE
Confirmation hearings commence: A U.S. Senate committee will begin confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who would be the first Black woman on the country’s Supreme Court. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Daniel CrumpPeople sit and enjoy the warm weather at The Forks on Saturday afternoon. (Daniel Crump / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Your forecast: Rain beginning later this morning, about 5 to 10 mm, changing to wet snow tonight, with a high of 5 C and wind from the east at 30 km/h. A special weather statement is in effect for Winnipeg and other parts of Manitoba. A risk of freezing drizzle beginning early Tuesday.
In sports
Jason Franson / The Canadian PressMason Appleton in a Stanley Cup playoff game in May, during his first stint with the Jets. (Jason Franson / The Canadian Press files)
NHL trade deadline: The National Hockey League’s trade deadline is at 2 p.m. CT. At least two Winnipeg Jets forwards are the subject of trade rumours, while the team re-acquired forward Mason Appleton from the Seattle Kraken for a fourth-round draft pick last night. Here is a Jeff Hamilton article on the trade deadline from before the Appleton move. READ MORE
Win in Windy City: The Jets beat the Blackhawks in Chicago last night. Jeff Hamilton reports on the team’s slim playoff chances. READ MORE
Curling continues: Kerri Einarson’s Gimli team will face Denmark in the women’s world curling championship in Prince George, B.C., this afternoon. Canada is 2-2 after the tournament’s opening weekend. READ MORE
In case you missed it
Under the Criminal Code, court-ordered criminal responsibility assessments are required to be completed within 30 days, plus a 30-day extension, if necessary. (John Woods / The Canadian Press Files)
Pandemic tickets unpaid: Most COVID-19 tickets still haven’t been paid. More than $3.6 million in tickets were issued for COVID-19 violations before the province dropped restrictions and enforcement last week. Katie May reports. READ MORE
Psychiatrist shortage: Defence lawyers say long wait times for psychiatric assessments are bogging down the criminal court system. Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
Opinion
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESFort Whyte PC candidate Obby Khan
‘Precarious moment’ for PCs: The latest Free Press editorial is on Tuesday’s provincial byelection in Fort Whyte. READ MORE
Real apology needed: Niigaan Sinclair says the Pope’s expression of “sorrow” to visiting Indigenous leaders in 2009 now looks like “an insult.” READ MORE
Heart-warming movement: Here is Shelley Cook’s latest column. READ MORE
On this date
On March 21, 1923: The Manitoba Free Press reported that a search for two young boys, one five years old and the other six months younger, ended in tragedy when their bodies were found in the Assiniboine River near the foot of Ruby Street. In British Parliament, a motion by Philip Snowden denounced the capitalistic system as a failure and advocated an industrial and social order based on public ownership and democratic control of production. Germany’s deficit was now being measured in trillions of marks. READ MORE
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