Provincial budget
Finance Minister Cameron Friesen at a pre-budget event on Monday. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)
Set to reveal spending plan: Finance Minister Cameron Friesen will introduce the provincial budget in the legislature this afternoon. Manitobans should expect “an overall loosening of the purse strings,” a political expert said. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
‘Stay tuned’ on immigration: Friesen declined to answer questions from journalists on Monday about how much additional funding immigration and settlement service providers could see in the budget. Danielle Da Silva reports. READ MORE
Failure to expand employment: The latest Free Press editorial says the provincial budget is “a chance to bring this province back into the mainstream of Canadian employment growth.” READ MORE
What’s happening today
Kyle Pietz is accused of killing Eduardo Balaquit during a course of a robbery. (Winnipeg Free Press files)
Murder trial might resume: The trial of a man charged with manslaughter in the killing of Eduardo Balaquit is scheduled to resume, if there are no new COVID-19 cases among the jurors. The trial was put on hold last week after two more jurors tested positive, for a total of three. READ MORE
‘An absolute tragedy’: RCMP said Monday they expect to release more information today about three “suspicious” deaths in a Portage la Prairie home this weekend. Chris Kitching reports. READ MORE
PM promotes federal budget: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is doing a live interview on Good Morning Philippines, a radio show on Winnipeg’s 92.7 CKJS, at 8:45 a.m. CT before making an announcement in Edmonton that highlights tax cuts for small businesses. He will later meet with members of that city’s Ukrainian and Afghan communities. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
JOE BRYKSA / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESThis week’s projections will remind many of Winnipeg’s April 1997 blizzard, in which 48 cm of snow shut down the city for a weekend.
Your forecast: Increasingly cloudy this morning with a high of 1 C, wind chill as low as -15 and peak winds from the northeast at 40 km/h gusting to 60 tonight. A low chance of snow tonight, with snow beginning to fall no later than early Wednesday morning.
War in Ukraine
Victoria Akimkina (right), a 30-year-old pregnant refugee from Ukraine, knows she is safe with Winnipeg host Tina Wiebe-Carl, but the sound of a small plane overhead still triggers her terror. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)
‘I was very afraid’: The Free Press spoke with three Ukrainian women now living in Winnipeg about their harrowing escapes from the war. Malak Abas, Isabel Buckmaster and Danielle Da Silva report. READ MORE
Not backing down: Russian President Vladimir Putin insists his country’s military will achieve its goals in Ukraine. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
In case you missed it
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSSlipknot lead vocalist Corey Taylor leads the band through their set at Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg Monday.
Slipknot show: Arts reporter Eva Wasney has a review of Monday night’s Slipknot concert at Canada Life Centre. READ MORE
Clash in Quebec: The Winnipeg Jets beat the Montreal Canadiens on Monday night. The team’s very faint playoff hopes are still alive after their second consecutive win. Jeff Hamilton reports. READ MORE
‘Feels like I’m unimportant’: A man who recently had parts of both of his legs amputated is frustrated with delays in services offered to Manitobans with disabilities. Erik Pindera reports. READ MORE
Committee approves coops: A city council committee has approved a pilot project on urban chicken coops, which may still be amended. The issue still faces a final council vote. Isabel Buckmaster reports. READ MORE
Recall over salmonella risk: A recall has been announced for a brand of poppy seeds sold in Manitoba and elsewhere in Canada because of possible salmonella contamination. READ MORE
On this date
On April 12, 1946: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that members of all federal parties, except for one MP, voted to approve Canada’s giant loan of $1.25 billion to Britain. In Winnipeg, a pre-dawn visit by a dishevelled woman to a dairy farm on the same morning a taxi driver was murdered, coupled with the deductions of a dairy operator familiar with the area the man was killed, led to police detaining people. Veterans living in housing in downtown Winnipeg said it was little different from their life in a Hong Kong prison camp. READ MORE
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