COVID-19 crisis
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during his daily press conference on COVID-19, in front of his residence at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, on Sunday, April 19, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
No Commons solution: Parliament is set to resume sitting today after the Conservatives rejected a proposal for 32 MPs to meet each Wednesday, with up to two virtual sessions. READ MORE
Afternoon update: Health officials will give their daily update on Manitoba’s COVID-19 situation at 1 p.m. The province announced no new cases of the virus Sunday, the third time that happened in seven days. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
Investigating infection: The Free Press spoke to two local doctors conducting COVID-19 studies. Danielle Da Sllva reports. READ MORE
Surges in India, Singapore: India and Singapore both announced their biggest single-day increases in coronavirus cases today, with 1,553 and 1,426, respectively.
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Coronavirus questions: Kevin Rollason has the latest instalment of answers to your COVID-19 questions. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: A 60 per cent chance of flurries or rain showers all day, with a high of 4 C, and wind from the northwest at 15 km/h increasing to 30 km/h and gusting to 60 later this morning.
In other news
Probe into killings continues: Police in Nova Scotia are investigating one of the deadliest mass killings in Canadian history after a 51-year-old man went on a rampage this weekend. Sixteen people, and the man identified by RCMP as the gunman, are dead. READ MORE
‘Altercation’ under investigation: Police have blocked off part of Flora Avenue as they investigate “an altercation” involving several people this morning. Flora is closed between Salter and Andrews streets, and police are expected to be at the scene for a while.
Manitoba a hoops hotbed: A dozen basketball players with ties to this province suited up for teams across the globe this season — the most ever, Basketball Manitoba said. Taylor Allen reports on how they fared. READ MORE
‘He loved work’: Louie Tolaini, the founder of the TransX Group of Companies, died of cancer Sunday at age 83. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
More on pandemic
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSFor the Front Steps Project, local photographer Kristen Sawatzky (with her dog Otto) took pictures of local families in exchange for donations to charity.
Good deeds going viral: An online movement where people offer good deeds to help one another is growing. Sabrina Carnevale reports. READ MORE
Office space: The future office needs of many companies are up in the air amid the pandemic, Ben Waldman reports in our weekly real estate feature.
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Pedestrians in parks: A temporary ban on motor vehicles in city parks would help people enjoy the outdoors while keeping their distance, Carl DeGurse writes in his latest column. READ MORE
Talking tests: Antibody tests are an essential tool but not a silver-bullet solution for reopening the economy, today’s editorial states. READ MORE
On this date
On April 20, 1909: The Manitoba Free Press reported that in Turkey, the Sultan had abdicated, with conflicting reports that he had taken refuge in the British embassy or fled in a warship, hoping to escape the approaching army as rival factions clashed in what would later be called the Ottoman countercoup. In New York, a U.S. Army officer was put on trial for the killing of a New York magazine editor. In Manitoba, farmers in the Brandon area began seeding under what were described as ideal conditions. In Portage la Prairie, the recent good weather had put farmers in “fine sprits.”
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