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Homicide shot on video: The homicide of Serena McKay, 19, on Sagkeeng First Nation was bad enough. But the attack was shot on a video that shows a person wearing a boot repeatedly kicking the victim as she tries to shield her bloodied face with her hand as another person jumps in to pull back the victim’s arm. Two teen girls have been charged. Kevin Rollason and Alexandra Paul report. READ MORE
Your forecast: The cold claws of winter refuse to release Manitoba from its chilling grip. Today will only reach a high of +3 C, and there is a 70 per cent chance of snow flurries tonight as the temperature drops to -3.
In case you missed it
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESGreat-West Life said the total number of Winnipeg job losses will depend on ‘voluntary attrition.’
Great -West cutting jobs: Employees at Great-West Life aren’t feeling great. They learned Tuesday the insurance conglomerate plans to axe 13 per cent of its Canadian workforce over the next two years, including roughly 450 jobs in Winnipeg. Martin Cash reports. READ MORE
Wab’s the one and only: Wab Kinew is the only person seeking to lead the Manitoba New Democratic Party since Saturday, when the other candidate vying for the job, Michelle McHale, withdrew from the race citing health concerns. As columnist Dan Lett sees it, “Kinew will have to face a stark reality: a party that can only attract one leadership candidate does not excite many people.” READ MORE
Up next
Nurses protest today: If you need a nurse, look no further than the Manitoba legislative building grounds at 12:30 p.m. today, where hundreds of nurses are expected to protest government plans to cut front-line health services.
Worth a listen: People who appreciate A-list singers can hear acclaimed soprano Measha Brueggergosman tonight in the superb acoustics of Westminister United Church, 745 Westminster Ave. Fun fact: Her unusual surname combines her maiden name Gosman, and the surname of her husband, Marcus Brügger.
Around the water cooler
Troy Fleece / The Canadian Press FilesA woman convicted of impaired driving doesn’t remember refusing to give a breath sample.
PTSD defence rejected: Former school principal Carol Barkwell has been convicted of impaired driving even though her lawyer claimed she was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder when police spotted her at the side of a Manitoba highway, her vehicle stuck in a snowbank. She had slurred speech, bloodshot eyes, was shaky on her feet and showed erratic behaviour toward RCMP officers. And police noted her breath smelled of alcohol. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
Starting at QB: Matt Nichols, the starting quarterback for the Blue Bombers this season, is a guy who was perhaps unremarkable in the shadows but now has big chance to take centre stage and rise to the occasion. Sports columnist Paul Wiecek offers his thoughts. READ MORE
Trending now
#BadBookPrequels: These go beyond retconning or padding an author’s ouevre, and head straight into “bad idea” territory: “The Middle Manager of the Rings,” “Godot Called And Said We Should Hang Out Tonight,” “Young Yeller,” “Argue Club,” and “Meh Expectations.”
On this date
On April 26, 1938: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the Czech Republic refused Nazi Germany’s demands that it change its foreign policy to suit Germans within the Czech Republic. According to the French foreign office, Great Britain had given up on a four-power plan linking Britain, France, Germany and Italy to guarantee European peace. In Manitoba, the body of a pilot whose plane had crashed in the Riding Mountains was found in a pool about a half-mile from the crash site; based on evidence found and the state of the pilot’s body, it was believed he survived the crash with a broken leg and had gotten as far as the pool on his own before succumbing to the cold. READ MORE
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