Your forecast
Fog patches dissipating this morning, with the wind chill -7. A mix of sun and cloud this afternoon with a high of 15C. Low tonight of zero.
What’s happening today
David McLeod’s new play at RMTC takes place almost entirely inside an elevator, where two men are forced into a conversation the playwright says needed to happen. Ben Waldman spoke with McLeod, a longtime broadcaster and booster for Indigenous art, about his first professional play.
Today’s must-read
Mourners in Winnipeg remember the late Pope’s humility, acceptance at a special mass for Pope Francis last night at St. Mary’s Cathedral. The pope died Monday after suffering a stroke and heart failure at age 88.
Rev. Darren Gurr of St. Gianna Beretta Molla Roman Catholic Church lights a candle that bears the coat of arms of Pope Francis at a memorial mass for the late pontiff at St. Mary’s Cathedral Wednesday. (Brook Jones / Free Press)
On the bright side
A free-to-use bicycle registry is being credited with helping the city steer more stolen bikes back to their rightful owners. Joyanne Pursaga has the story.
On this date
On April 24, 1950: The Winnipeg Free Press reported homeowners in most flood-besieged suburbs of the city were fighting a losing battle against rising waters even as workers rushed diking operations aroun the business section of the dity centre and a record crest on the Red River was expected in five days. More than 1,000 people were evacuated from their farm homes within a five-mile radius of Emerson as the Red spread in all directions. In Ottawa, six of the 10 provinces signed agreements with the federal government to cooperate on the construction of a two-lane trans-Canada highway. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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