Your forecast
Cloudy, with a 60 per cent chance of showers or drizzle this morning and early this afternoon. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind becoming north at 30 km/h gusting to 50 early this morning then increasing to 50 gusting to 70 late this morning. High 6 C. UV index 4 or moderate.
What’s happening today
Today is the federal election. You can find information on how to find your polling location and vote here. You can read local and national coverage of the election here.
A man casts his vote for the federal election. (Chris Young / The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
An organizer of the Filipino festival in Vancouver that was devastated by a “meaningless tragedy” says there are many who will need help to recover after a vehicle tore through their celebration, killing 11 people.
RJ Aquino told hundreds of mourners at a vigil Sunday night that people are confused, devastated and numb.
Police have charged a 30-year-old Vancouver man with eight counts of second-degree murder and say more charges are expected once all the victims have been identified. The Canadian Press reports.
Members of the Vancouver Police forensics team examine a victim’s phone while investigating the scene where a vehicle drove into crowd at a street festival Saturday evening in Vancouver, Sunday, April 27, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Rich Lam
On the bright side
It’s National Volunteer Week, and one of the ways Volunteer Manitoba is marking the occasion is with its annual awards. The organization will honour 20 individuals and groups at Club Regent Event Centre on Thursday evening.
“At Volunteer Manitoba, we understand how important recognition is,” executive director Ashley Seymour says. “There are so many people who give their time, their energy (and) their talents to supporting their communities, the organizations and non-profits that drive change and have such an impact in Manitoba.” Aaron Epp has more here.
Anju Bajaj and Samuel Ogunsola will be honoured on Thursday as part of Volunteer Manitoba’s 41st annual Volunteer Awards. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press)
On this date
On April 28, 1921: The Manitoba Free Press reported at the meeting of the railway commission, H. J. Symington, K.C., counsel for the Manitoba and Saskatchewan governments, requested emergency relief to prevent grain production from falling to catastrophically low levels; farmers’ organizations in the west were advising members to produce only what they could harvest themselves and to reduce production to the lowest level possible. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
Get the full story: Read today’s e-edition of the Free Press.
|
