COVID-19 crisis
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses Canadians on the COVID-19 pandemic from Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 21, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Federal funds: Ottawa is expected to announce today new financial measures to help students and other young people who are struggling amid the pandemic but don’t qualify for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
‘Huge transformation’: Committing to e-commerce before the pandemic might be the difference between some business surviving and others failing, Martin Cash reports. READ MORE
Daily details: Provincial officials will give their regular update on the COVID-19 situation at 1 p.m. Meanwhile, the province is still refusing to release its long-term projections of the pandemic’s impact, Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Earth Day editorial: Today’s editorial says the acceptance of restrictions during the pandemic offers hope people will accept changes to mitigate climate change. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly sunny with a high of 14 C, wind from the southeast at 15 km/h increasing to 20 km/h, and wind chill of -16 this morning.
In case you missed it
Elizabeth Joanne Thomas and John Zahl (back row) are seen with their grandchildren Riley Zahl (from left), Emily O’Neil and Justin Zahl in an undated photo. (Justin Zahl / The Associated Press)
Local connection to killings: A woman who grew up in Winnipeg is presumed to be among the victims of last weekend’s shooting rampage in Nova Scotia. Sarah Lawrynuik reports. READ MORE
More accusations against Nygard: Thirty-six more women — including some Winnipeggers — have joined a class-action lawsuit in the U.S. against former fashion mogul Peter Nygard, accusing him of rape and other sex crimes. Jay Prober, one of Nygard’s lawyers, characterized the lawsuit as a fantasy. Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
On this date
On April 22, 1929: The Manitoba Free Press reported that in San Diego, Calif., eight people died when a U.S. Army aircraft suddenly lost altitude and collided with a passenger plane at an elevation of 2,000 feet, minutes after the latter aircraft had taken flight. In St. James, vandals drank beer in Parkview United Church, smashed the organ and piano and started a fire that caused between $2,000 and $3,000 worth of damage. The late Sir Clifford Sifton, former Manitoba lawyer and prominent Liberal politician who promoted settlement in the Canadian West, was buried.
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