Your forecast
Cloudy, becoming a mix of sun and cloud with a 30 per cent chance of showers late this afternoon and risk of a thunderstorm. Wind from the south at 20 km/h becoming west 20 gusting to 40 this morning. High 17 C, UV index 4 or moderate.
What’s happening today
Opening statements in Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial are set to begin this morning, setting the stage for weeks of unsavoury and salacious testimony about the former president’s personal life and placing his legal troubles at the centre of his closely contested campaign against President Joe Biden.
A panel of New Yorkers — 12 jurors and six alternates — was sworn in last Friday after four days of jury selection and will hear what is the first-ever criminal trial against a former U.S. commander-in-chief.
Trump is accused of falsifying internal business records as part of an alleged scheme to bury stories that he thought might hurt his presidential campaign in 2016. The Associated Press reports.
Former U.S. president Donald Trump arrives at his trial Friday at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York. (Sarah Yenesel / Pool / The Associated Press)
Today’s must-read
The city’s downtown erupted with roars, chanting and cheers Sunday evening with the Winnipeg Jets’ first Whiteout party of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
As the team opened its best-of-seven first-round series against the Colorado Avalanche inside Canada Life Centre, thousands of fans were gathered outside in the streets for the post-season party that has become a Winnipeg tradition.
A sea of fans — nearly all dressed in white — clamoured amongst one another, growing so dense by the time the puck dropped at 6 p.m. that it was difficult to move through the press of bodies. Two CF-18 Hornet fighter jets from the Royal Canadian Air Force screamed over the arena and the outdoor crowd minutes before the game began, adding to the cacophony. Tyler Searle has the story.
Jets fans react at the Winnipeg Jets Whiteout Party on Sunday. (John Woods / Free Press)
On the bright side
Solange Lagassé has always tried to help people. Her latest volunteer effort comes via Dashin Expos, an annual series of craft and trade shows she organizes at St. Norbert Arena (3450 Pembina Hwy.). This year’s expos take place Sunday and on May 26 and June 23, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
All of the money Lagassé makes from renting tables to the participating artisans, bakers, crafters and vendors will be donated to Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Support Group. Aaron Epp has more here.
Solange Lagassé (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press)
On this date
On April 22, 1929: The Manitoba Free Press reported in San Diego, Calif., eight people died when a U.S. Army aircraft suddenly lost altitude and collided mid-air with a passenger liner that had just taken off and was headed for Phoenix. Vandals drank beer, smashed the organ and set fire in a St. James church, causing between $2,000 and $3,000 worth of damage. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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