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JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSElise Page of Fête Ice Cream & Coffee said the store has seen ‘a slight improvement’ in daily sales in recent weeks. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press)
Downtown data: The number of daily average visits to downtown increased from 87,661 for the week ending Jan. 9 to 124,573 for the week ending April 3, data gathered by the Downtown Winnipeg Business Improvement Zone found. Twenty-eight per cent of people who worked downtown before the COVID-19 pandemic have returned there full-time. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE
Missile strikes kill 7: At least seven people are dead after Russian missiles hit Lviv in western Ukraine. Military analysts say Moscow is increasing its strikes on weapons factories, railways and other infrastructure targets to wear down Ukraine’s ability to resist a major offensive in the Donbas. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Suspicious death: Winnipeg police are investigating a “suspicious death” Sunday night. READ MORE
Weather
Daniel CrumpA runner on Wellington Crescent passes an inflatable Easter bunny in a front yard on Saturday afternoon. (Daniel Crump / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Your daytime forecast: Sunny for most of the day, with a high of 1 C, wind chill as low as -13 and peak winds at 20 km/h from the north this morning.
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The study’s purpose is to look at the levels of immunity in the population, figure out when the pandemic will end, and finding a safe way for the world to open up, said Dr. Catherine Hankins, a McGill University public health professor. (Taimy Alvarez / The Associated Press files)
Finger-prick packages: Thousands of Manitobans will receive packages containing finger-prick tests to help scientists studying the spread of COVID-19. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Opinion
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSFather Sam Argenziano greets his parishioners as they participate in Easter mass at Holy Rosary Church on River Avenue on Easter Sunday.
Praying dead ‘at peace’: As parishioners attended the first Easter services in Winnipeg since the pandemic started, reporter Ryan Thorpe said he was “thinking of all those Manitobans lost.” READ MORE
Recent budgets revealing: Dan Lett’s latest column is on federal and provincial budgets shorting lower levels of government. READ MORE
Training not enough: Niigaan Sinclair says diversity at “all levels” is the only solution to racism in a workplace. READ MORE
‘Clear path forward’ needed: The latest Free Press editorial is on a proposal to continue the City of Winnipeg’s “open streets” program through this summer and beyond. READ MORE
On this date
On April 18, 1927: The Manitoba Free Press reported a Canadian missionary from Toronto and his daughter had been murdered in China by bandits; others in their party were feared to be in grave danger. Canada closed a deal to purchase a building for $470,000 in Washington, D.C., to be used for diplomatic purposes. In Hackensack, N.J., three airmen were injured in a plane crash that set back their plans for a non-stop trans-Atlantic flight. READ MORE
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