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PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSFans flooded the street party dressed in white, of course.
Whiteout returns: Winnipeg “came alive again” as fans packed the Whiteout street party outside Bell MTS Place Wednesday. Inside, the Jets blew a third-period lead and lost on a late goal. Melissa Martin reports. READ MORE
New season, same problem: The inability to maintain a lead has plagued the Jets all season and might lead to an early playoff exit, Mike McIntyre writes. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny this morning with a mix of sun and cloud in the afternoon, a high of 5 C, wind chill of -13 this morning and wind from the northeast at 30 km/h gusting to 50.
What’s happening today
Frank Augstein / The Associated Press FilesFILE – In this Friday, May 19, 2017 file photo, Julian Assange greets supporters outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London. London police say they’ve arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy, it was reported on Thursday, April 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
Assange arrested: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested at Ecuador’s embassy in London after the nation withdrew asylum. Assange had lived at the embassy since 2012. READ MORE
Celebrating in Sudan: People were cheering in Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, after the military forced President Omar al-Bashir to step down after 30 years in power. READ MORE
School shooter’s appeal: A defence lawyer will ask the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal to sentence his client as a youth for the deadly school shooting in La Loche, or order a new hearing. READ MORE
In case you missed it
Surveillance footage of City of Winnipeg Planning, Property and Development Department employee at Value Village.
Investigation inspectors: A city committee unanimously passed a motion calling for the investigation into allegations of workplace misconduct by planning inspectors to be made public in a “full and detailed report.” Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
Korea’s abortion ban: South Korea’s top court has ordered the easing of the nation’s abortion ban, one of the strictest in the developed world. READ MORE
First phase of voting: One person was killed in violent clashes in India on the first day of its general elections, a seven-phase process that takes six weeks. READ MORE
On this date
On April 11, 1996: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Manitoba health minister Jim McCrae faced questions from a crowd of more than 500 home-care workers and clients about the Filmon government’s decision to privatize the service. A late-season box-office rush for Jets tickets and the possibility of a spot in the playoffs boded well for the team’s financial prospects. A pre-dawn raid by police on six homes and businesses failed to turn up two children believed to have been abducted by their father, who was a member of a controversial religious group in Winnipeg. READ MORE
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