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THE CANADIAN PRESS/John WoodsWinnipeg Jets’ Kevin Hayes.
Friday night face-off: The Jets host the St. Louis Blues in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series at 8:30 p.m. Mike McIntyre says the Jets need more from late-season acquisition Kevin Hayes. READ MORE
Key performers: The Hoosli Ukrainian men’s choir, who are performing the national anthems at tonight’s game, might bring the home team some luck. Geralyn Wichers reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Periods of light snow this morning, then cloudy with a high of 4 C and wind from the north at 40 km/h gusting to 60 starting in the late afternoon.
What’s happening today
Hydro hearing: Manitoba Hydro and a group of impacted communities will testify before a Senate committee travelling across Canada to listen to concerns about energy-reform Bill C-69.
Cash for ‘community hub’: At a news conference later this morning, three levels of government will announce $19.5 million in funding to build a new multi-use facility in Niverville next to the local high school.
In case you missed it
Former U.K. Independence Party (UKIP) leader and member of the European Parliament Nigel Farage holds a U.K. flag during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, March 13, 2019. British lawmakers rejected May’s Brexit deal in a 391-242 vote on Tuesday night. Parliament will vote Wednesday on whether to leave the EU without a deal. (AP Photo/Jean Francois Badias)
Brand-new Brexit party: Nigel Farage, the former leader of the U.K. Independence Party, launched a new pro-Brexit party in Coventry, England this morning. The Brexit Party will field candidates in next month’s European Parliament elections. READ MORE
Deadly attack: At least 20 are dead after a suicide bombing at a market in the city of Quetta in southwestern Pakistan. READ MORE
On this date
On April 12, 2006: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the city threw an all-day party to honour Olympic gold-medal athletes Clara Hughes, Sami Jo Small, Shannon Rempel, Cindy Klassen and Jennifer Botterill; mayor Sam Katz was criticized for remarking, after sharing the stage with the Olympians, that he “felt like Hugh Hefner.” Take Pride Winnipeg rated St. Boniface the cleanest neighbourhood, and Fort Rouge, Lindenwoods and Fort Garry were deemed the dirtiest.
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