What’s happening today
John Woods / The Canadian Press FilesDelores Daniels holds a photo of her daughter Serena McKay who was murdered in Sagkeeng.
Homicide sentencing hearing: A sentencing hearing continues today for an 18-year-old woman who has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. The victim, Serena McKay, died of hypothermia after being badly beaten on Sagkeeng First Nation in April 2017. Melissa Martin reports. READ MORE
Airport report: The Winnipeg Airports Authority will release its annual report at a public meeting this morning. The meeting will also shed some light on the WAA’s plans for this year and beyond. Martin Cash will be there.
Your forecast
Weather: It will be an unusually warm Wednesday, with a high of 24 C. Today will be sunny with increasing cloudiness this afternoon and wind from the southwest at 40 km/h gusting to 60.
In case you missed it
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSTony Siwicki’s family has owned the Silver Heights Restaurant for 61 years. ‘We’re busier than we have ever been,’ he says. ‘It’s a great ride we’re on.’
Bump in business: Bars and restaurants across the city are ringing up record receipts because of Jets fans enjoying the team’s playoff run. Tony Siwicki, whose family has owned the Silver Heights Restaurant for more than 60 years, says it has been busier than ever. Martin Cash reports. READ MORE
Playing Predators: The Jets will face the Predators in Nashville in Game 1 of their second-round playoff series Friday at 7 p.m., it was announced Tuesday. The full series schedule will likely be released sometime today or tonight, possibly after Game 7 between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins. Meanwhile, Jets defenceman Toby Enstrom, who has missed more than a month because of a lower-body injury, was a full participant in practice Tuesday. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
David Lipnowski / The Canadian Press FilesManitoba is the only province in Canada that does not allow its conflict of interest commissioner to receive and investigate individual allegations.
Ethics laws need overhaul: The Tory government should move quickly to pass a law that puts a new report’s conflict-of-interest recommendations into effect, Dan Lett says. It should also consider going beyond the proposals and amending legislation for municipal officials, Lett writes in his latest column. READ MORE
Man gets life for grisly crime: A Danish inventor has been sentenced to life in prison for torturing and murdering a Swedish journalist on his private submarine. Peter Madsen admitted to cutting up Kim Wall’s body and throwing the parts into the sea but claimed she died accidentally. READ MORE
Trending now
#TorontoStrong: Torontonians and supporters across the country are showing their support and pride for the city in the wake of the horrific attack on Monday, in which a man drove a van onto the sidewalk and killed 10 people. READ MORE
On this date
On April 25, 1941: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that while British forces fought a grim battle against the Germans to protect the withdrawal from Piracus and other points of retreat from the Balkans, the situation was not as dire as it had been at Dunkirk. In a visit to Winnipeg, the Governor General warned that freedom was in mortal danger. U.S. president Roosevelt said it was possible the Nazis had a foothold in Greenland. READ MORE
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