Your forecast
Cloudy this morning with showers, amount 5 to 10 mm. Wind from the south at 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light this afternoon. Temperature falling to 9 C this afternoon, UV index 2 or low.
What’s happening today
The Winnipeg Jets face the Colorado Avalanche in Game 3 of a first-round Stanley Cup Playoff series in Denver, starting at 9 p.m.
Colorado Avalanche goaltender Alexandar Georgiev (40) makes a save on a shot as Winnipeg Jets’ David Gustafsson (19) and Alex Iafallo (9) look for the rebound in Game 2. (Fred Greenslade / The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
RCMP are investigating a bullying incident after teenagers from a southern Manitoba school were allegedly spanked, slapped, “dry-humped” and threatened by another group of students while on a camping trip near Norway House First Nation.
The allegations stem from a multi-day “truth and reconciliation” student exchange trip to the northern Manitoba community, located roughly 200 kilometres south of Thompson, last fall. Tyler Searle has the story.
Elm Creek School (Google Maps)
On the bright side
On Monday, divers with gloved hands gently nestled the self-bred corals from the World Coral Conservatory project among their cousins in Europe’s largest coral reef at the Burgers’ Zoo in the Netherlands.
It’s among several projects worldwide seeking to address the decline of coral reef populations, which are suffering from bleaching caused by rising sea temperatures. Corals are central to marine ecosystems, and while these projects won’t stem the tide of damage from human-caused climate change, they are seen as part of broader solutions.
The World Coral Conservatory hopes to create a bank of corals in aquariums across Europe that could be used to repopulate wild coral reefs if they succumb to the stress of climate change or pollution. The Associated Press reports.
Divers with gloved hands gently nestled the first self-bred corals from the World Coral Conservatory project amongst their cousins in Europe’s largest coral reef at the Burgers’ Zoo in Arnhem, eastern Netherlands, Monday. (Peter Dejong / The Associated Press files)
On this date
On April 26, 1979: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that more than 1,500 residents had fled flood-stricken areas between Winnipeg and the U.S. border following an evacuation order issued a day earlier by premier Sterling Lyon. Officials said Winnipeg’s floodway and diking system would ensure the safety of most of the city despite flood waters rising well above the levels of the 1950 flood. The Manitoba court of appeals upheld the right of Franco-Manitobans to use French in court proceedings. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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