What’s happening today
CPPeople line up to receive face masks and soap in Jammu, India. (Channi Anand / The Associated Press)
India reports world record: India reported a global record of 314,835 new COVID-19 infections as Ottawa considers whether to limit travel from the world’s second-most populous country. The government has said 35 flights from India have arrived in Canada in the last two weeks. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Match vs. Maple Leafs: The Jets face the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first of two consecutive home games at 6 p.m. The teams play again Saturday. Jason Bell reports on the success of the Jets’ penalty-kill unit. READ MORE
Court to rule on killer: A judge is British Columbia is set to rule on whether a man convicted of fatally stabbing a 13-year-old girl and wounding another in a rotunda linking their school and a public library is not criminally responsible because he had a mental disorder. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Family prepares for funeral: A funeral will be held for 20-year-old Daunte Wright, who was fatally shot by a police officer in Brooklyn Center, a suburb adjacent to Minneapolis. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Set to vote on statehood: The House of Representatives will vote on whether to turn most of Washington, D.C., into a new state. An identical bill passed the House in 2020 but died in the Republican-controlled Senate. The Democrats now have control of both chambers of Congress and the White House. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny with a high of 19 C and wind from the southwest at 20 km/h increasing to 30 km/h and gusting to 50 this afternoon.
In case you missed it
Police arrested 26 people and laid more than 100 criminal charges against 14 people. Investigators seized drugs, a loaded firearm and ammunition, jewelry, a 2016 BMW X5 and a skid steer. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)
More on Project Matriarch: Dean Pritchard reports on the woman accused of leading a crack cocaine ring that gripped Point Douglas for 17 years. READ MORE
Pope strips priesthood: A St. Boniface priest has been stripped of his ordination by the Pope after allegations he sexually abused young men he was counselling. Brenda Suderman reports. READ MORE
N.D. governor vetoes bill: North Dakota’s Republican governor vetoed legislation restricting transgender students from participating in public elementary and secondary school sports. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
On this date
On April 22, 1946: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Chinese communists said they had been strafed by U.S. warplanes and shot one down in central Manchuria, where Chinese government troops were attacking communist forces along a 30-mile front. In Japan, the country’s premier and his entire cabinet resigned, after being in office for only six months; in a statement, the chief cabinet secretary said the decision was made to help stabilize the political situation and assist in meeting an acute food crisis. Noted economist John Maynard Keynes died. In Winnipeg, thieves made off with $2,000 over Easter after cracking the safe at Broadway Florists on the corner of Smith Street and Portage Avenue.
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