COVID-19 crisis
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSCommunity Service Park Ambassadors Krys Cole, right, and Corey Lefko walk together (while maintaining social distance) around Assiniboine Park reminding visitors to social distance when near people not from their household.
Pandemic poll: Most Canadians want to stay at home until the pandemic is all but over, a new poll found. Twenty-nine per cent of respondents said major restrictions should remain in place until Canada has been free of any new cases for at least two weeks. Twenty-five per cent said restrictions should ease when only sporadic cases of COVID-19 are being announced. More than 20 per cent think we should self-isolate until a vaccine is available. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Daily details: Health officials will hold their regular news conference on Manitoba’s COVID-19 situation at 1 p.m. Four new cases were announced Monday, increasing the total to 246. Carol Sanders and Larry Kusch report. READ MORE
Hundreds die in care homes: Official statistics that include deaths in nursing homes, and cases where COVID-19 was suspected but not tested for, show the toll in England is 15 per cent higher than the number announced by the National Health Service for the same period. READ MORE
Weather
High water in the Marsh River near Aubigny in the municipality of Montcalm on Monday. The RM has had to evacuate eight homes so far. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press).
Your forecast: Fresh snow from Monday remains on the streets, and there might be more on the way. Today will be mainly cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of flurries starting later this morning, a high of -3 C, wind from the north at 20 km/h gusting to 40 for much of the day, and wind chill as low as -18. Meanwhile, Ben Waldman has the latest on the flood outlook. READ MORE
More on pandemic
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSJen Zoratti walks her dog Samson in River Heights.
Perils of walking pooch: In her latest column, Jen Zoratti says she has long practised physical distancing while walking her small dog, who has no interest in making furry friends. READ MORE
From bad to worse: A report released last week gives a bleak summary of poverty in this province. In his latest column, Niigaan Sinclair says things will get even worse because of the COVID-19 crisis. READ MORE
Lockdown extended in India: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ordered most of the country’s 1.3 billion people to stay home till May 3. READ MORE
In case you missed it
JOE BRYKSA / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESWinnipeg Jets forward Mark Scheifele, right, misses the jocularity that jumbo teammate Dustin Byfuglien, left, would bring to the game.
Stars put on spot: Jets forward Mark Scheifele was among the NHL players who gave their thoughts on the opponents they most admire during a video conference Monday. Jason Bell reports. READ MORE
Missiles crash off coast: North Korea fired missiles from the ground and fighter jets into waters off its east coast. The launches happened one day before the isolated country marks the birthday of its late founder, and a day before South Korea’s parliamentary elections. READ MORE
On this date
On April 14, 1978: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the premiers of the four western provinces called the federal government’s move to reduce provincial sales taxes “unilateral and intrusive.” The city of Winnipeg would provide flood-fighting material as well as technical assistance to homeowners threatened by flooding south of the Red River Floodway inlet in St. Norbert and Fort Garry. Manitoba’s ombudsman said a junior employee of the Manitoba Health Services Commission in 1975 gave some medical records to a private investigator working for the Manitoba Public Insurance Commission, without authorization.
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