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MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSZarayah Richards, 3, cheers at the Jets whiteout party on Donald Street in Winnipeg on Wednesday, April 11, 2018.
Series starts: The Jets and Predators begin their second-round NHL playoff series in Nashville at 7 p.m. The Jets won’t return home till Game 3, but fans can pay to watch the first two games inside Bell MTS Place. Meanwhile, the next Jets street party will be even bigger, it was announced Thursday. Jessica Botelho-Urbanski reports. READ MORE
Deal struck at summit: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in have vowed to achieve “a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula through complete denuclearization.” After a year of tensions sparked by North Korean missile tests, the two leaders held each other’s hands and briefly stepped back and forth between the two countries during a summit in the demilitarized zone. READ MORE
Name news: The name of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s infant son has been revealed. Louis Arthur Charles, or His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Cambridge, is the couple’s third child and fifth in line to the throne. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: There will be increasing cloudiness this morning, clearing late this afternoon, with a high of 12 C and wind from the north at 30 km/h gusting to 50.
In case you missed it
BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESLipsett Hall on the corner of Grant Ave. and Kenaston Blvd. is one of the vacant buildings on the Kapyong Barracks in Winnipeg.
Widening in the works: A group of seven First Nations set to take over the Kapyong Barracks site says it’s hoping to transfer the land needed to widen Kenaston Boulevard to the city before October’s municipal election. “It’s our No. 1 priority right now, to resolve the Kenaston issue,” said Long Plain First Nation Chief Dennis Meeches. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Ex-anchor accused: Former news anchor Tom Brokaw is the latest public figure to be accused of sexual misconduct. Linda Vester, a former NBC correspondent, says the married Brokaw groped her and tried to kiss her and initiate an affair in the 1990s. On Thursday, he denied the allegations. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
Mark Humphrey / The Associated Press FilesNashville Predators fans cheer during NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs in 2017.
Familiar tune: Columnist Paul Wiecek says Winnipeg and Nashville have a lot in common, besides having arguably the two best teams in the NHL. The Predators have become a model NHL franchise after nearly leaving the Music City a decade ago, he writes. READ MORE
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TREVOR HAGAN / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESGrand Rapids Griffins beat the Manitoba Moose 3-0 Thursday, to tie their series at 2 games apiece, forcing a deciding game 5.
#MBMoose: The Manitoba Moose fell 3-0 to the Grand Rapids Griffins on Thursday in the AHL first-round playoff series, meaning the Griffins staved off elimination. After a three-day break, the fifth and deciding game goes Monday at 6 p.m. on the Griffins’ home ice. READ MORE
On this date
On April 27, 1961: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Sierra Leone celebrated its independence after 175 years as a British colony. In Paris, the French government cracked down on right-wing extremists and cut off recruiting for the Foreign Legion in the wake of a four-day Algerian uprising against French president Charles de Gaulle. Canada’s external affairs minister told MPs that no country had a greater opportunity than Canada to play a worthy role in world affairs. READ MORE
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