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Sunny. Wind becoming south at 20 km/h late this afternoon. High 12 C, wind chill -13 this morning. UV index 5 or moderate.
What’s happening today
The Free Press Book Club and McNally Robinson Booksellers welcome B.C. author Shashi Bhat to the next virtual meeting tonight at 7 p.m. to read from and discuss her short-story collection Death by a Thousand Cuts. More information here.
Critically acclaimed Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg author Leanne Betasamosake Simpson returns to Winnipeg tonight at 7 p.m. to launch her innovative new work of non-fiction Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead, which chronicles Indigenous people’s relationship with water. McNally Robinson Booksellers, Grant Park (1120 Grant Ave.) 7 p.m.
Bush plays Canada Life Centre, 300 Portage Ave., with Rival Sons and Filter, 7 p.m. Eva Wasney has a preview here.
Fully loaded: Bush, from left: Chris Traynor, Corey Britz, Gavin Rossdale and Nik Hughes. (Shervin Lainez photo)
Today’s must-read
The federal Liberals gained ground in Manitoba as they formed government for a fourth straight time in an election that saw NDP support collapse across the province and country.
Doug Eyolfson defeated Conservative incumbent Marty Morantz to flip Winnipeg West for the Liberals, as NDP incumbent Leila Dance (Elmwood-Transcona) lost her seat, a traditional New Democrat stronghold, to Tory candidate Colin Reynolds seven months after she edged him in a byelection.
In a potential upset, Liberal candidate Rebecca Chartrand led NDP incumbent Niki Ashton in Churchill-Keewatinook Aski, another New Democrat stronghold, by 16 percentage points in a rematch from the 2015 election. Read the full story here.
Liberal candidate Doug Eyolfson greets supporters at the campaign party after winning Winnipeg West, Monday. (John Woods / Free Press)
On the bright side
Manitoba’s first surgical robot was officially unveiled at an event at Health Sciences Centre on Monday.
Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci Xi has four surgical arms operated by highly sensitive controls.
The machine has been in use at HSC since September. It is currently being used for thoracic surgery (usually lung and esophageal procedures). gynecologic cancer surgery and urology. It allows surgeons to reach parts of the anatomy that aren’t easily accessible with traditional surgical instruments. Read more here.
Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci Xi, which has four surgical arms, is being used for thoracic surgery, gynecologic cancer surgery and urology at Health Sciences Centre. (Supplied)
On this date
On April 29, 1931: The Manitoba Free Press reported in Oldewater, Texas, 12 men were killed in an oil well blast and 10 others were wounded, five of whom likely had fatal injuries. In Ottawa, when asked in the House of Commons by Provencher MP Arthur Beaubien whether the federal government would live up to its election promise to cover 95 per cent of the cost of old age pensions, prime minister R.B. Bennett said, “No such promise was made,” provoking surprise and many further questions, which Bennett refused to answer. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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