Your forecast
A mix of sun and cloud with a 30 per cent chance of showers this morning. Expected high is 11 C with a low of 2.
What’s happening today
The Manitoba Moose will begin their quest for an AHL championship when they begin a best-of-five series against the visiting Milwaukee Admirals, at 7 p.m. Joshua Frey-Sam has a story on the Moose’s hopes for the Calder Cup.
Manitoba Moose captain Jimmy Oligny (centre) says the team’s first-round series against the Milwaukee Admirals has a personal element to it since the Admirals knocked the Moose out of the playoffs last year. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press files)
The Winnipeg Ice host the Saskatoon Blades at the Wayne Fleming Arena for Game 1 of a WHL playoff series, starting at 6:05 p.m.
Today’s must-read
Court heard an emotional statement from a slain taxi driver’s grown children during sentencing hearing for 23-year-old mentally ill killer. Dean Pritchard has the story.
Taxis lined up in front of the Manitoba Legislative Building in a memorial to Balvir Singh Toor after he was murdered. (Jesse Boily / Winnipeg Free Press files)
On this date
On April 28, 1966: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in Ottawa, a royal commission was told the Montreal apartment where Gerda Munsinger lived also housed premises RCMP suspected of being a Soviet spy centre; Munsinger had had a relationship with a Conservative associate defence minister, but there was no evidence she was involved in espionage. The federal resources minister said he had doubts whether Canada should make a third bid to host the Olympic winter games. Portage la Prairie was blanketed under 21 inches of snow. Search our archives for more here.
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