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Free Press Head Start for April 2
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Good morning.
Elected officials in Victoria Beach are the latest to warn that sticker-shock will be inevitable when their neighbours — the overwhelming majority of whom are seasonal cottagers — receive their school tax bills. Maggie Macintosh reports.
A fatal attack on an inmate at Stony Mountain prison in July is believed to have been gang-related, federal corrections officials allege in Parole Board of Canada documents. Erik Pindera has the story.
— David Fuller
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Your forecast
Mainly cloudy with a 60 per cent chance of flurries or rain showers. Wind becoming northeast at 20 km/h gusting to 40 near noon. High 3 C. UV index 3 or moderate.
What’s happening today
Inuvik-born, Edmonton-based Gwichyà Gwich’in author Crystal Gail Fraser visits Whodunit Mystery Bookstore (163 Lilac St.) on Wednesday at 6 p.m. to launch her book By Strength We Are Still here: Indigenous Peoples and Indian Residential Schooling in Inuvik, Northwest Territories. The book, published in December 2024 by U of M Press, shares the experiences of Indigenous northerners from 1959 to 1982, when a comprehensive plan for educational reform was introduced.
Today’s must-read
The family of a Grade 12 student fatally shot by RCMP in Portage la Prairie two years ago is suing two officers, saying their actions were “callous and showed a flagrant disregard” for the teenager’s safety — and his life.
Conor Rae, 18, was killed in the early morning hours of May 24, 2023, at an apartment he’d recently moved into on Hazel Bay. Police had been called about a domestic disturbance at the home. While en route, RCMP officers heard that the alleged female victim was secure in a neighbour’s home, the statement of claim says.
The claim says that when the officers encountered Rae in the vicinity of his apartment, they “dangerously and recklessly” escalated the encounter by deploying their Tasers. Marsha McLeod has more here.
On this date
On April 2, 1947: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in Ottawa, the federal government lifted price caps on one-third of all goods and services still under war-imposed controls, but left in place those on necessities such as food, clothing and shelter. In Winnipeg, a proposal for a 2.5-percentage-point increase to municipal taxes to help balance the budget was before council when aldermen adjourned debate on the budget. In Iceland, huge clouds of smoke billowed from Mt. Hekla as the volcano erupted for the first time in a century. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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Federal election
Tom Brodbeck:
Liberals hope for gains in Manitoba to get foothold in Prairies
There may not be a huge amount of voter support for Liberal Leader Mark Carney to mine in Manitoba. But in a federal election that most polls now say is the Liberal party’s to lose, every single riding — including two or three the Liberals could pick up in Manitoba — have become increasingly important.
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Top news
Adam Treusch:
Some Manitoba fishing fines quadrupled
The provincial government has quadrupled fines for certain fishing offences.
The latest annual angler’s guide, released Tuesday, states that the fines for using barbed hooks or leaving a line unatt...
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Ken Wiebe:
Jets fall 4-1 to the Los Angeles Kings
LOS ANGELES — The self-inflicted wounds weren’t necessarily plentiful, but they sure were costly.
Poor puck management proved to be the undoing of the Winnipeg Jets as they fell 4-1 to the Los Ange...
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Fresh opinions
Editorial:
Decreasing number of pollinators is alarming
April at last, and spring truly can’t be far away — random acts of snowing excepted. And with spring, bright new leaves and green grass, warmer temperatures and flowers, and the arrival of the bees and all the other pollinators, making their critical visits to the cycle of fruit and seeds and next year’s flowers — and crops.
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Kyle Hiebert:
Canada short of the mark on Africa strategy
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s choice of Europe for his first trip abroad as Canada’s leader was telling. Under U.S. President Donald Trump, America — our closest ally and economic lifeline — has become a menacing and unstable force. And Ottawa is scrambling to fill the void.
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