COVID-19 crisis
The city is considering giving homeowners until as late as September, and businesses until August, to pay their taxes without penalty. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Vote amid virus: City council will meet today to vote on waiving late fees for up to three months on property and business taxes because of the pandemic. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE
Windows Whiteout: A pair of pastors are calling for a Whiteout, but to cheer on essential service providers instead of the Jets. They are asking residents to put up white paper cut-outs in their windows starting today to show support for people working during the pandemic. Malak Abas reports. READ MORE
Daily details: Health officials will give their daily update on Manitoba’s COVID-19 cases at 1 p.m. The province announced 40 new cases Thursday, for a total of 167. Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE
Canadian cruise passengers: Nearly 250 Canadians might disembark from two cruise ships that docked in Florida on Thursday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said asymptomatic passengers will head home on a chartered flight. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: A snowfall warning remains in effect for Winnipeg. The skies will clear this afternoon, with a high of -6 C, wind from the northwest at 30 km/h gusting to 50 this morning, and wind chill as low as -18.
More on pandemic
The new ventilators are being redesigned in a stripped-down, simplified form but with all the functionality of an intensive-care-unit ventilator. (Supplied)
Poised for pivotal role: A device designed and built in Winnipeg 40 years ago is in the process of being redesigned as a pandemic ventilator that could be manufactured on a large-scale basis. Martin Cash reports. READ MORE
A little levity: The creator of the Daily Bonnet, a satirical website about the Mennonite community, has been reposting older articles daily so his thousands of followers get a sense of normalcy mixed in with coronavirus stories. “People are under a lot of stress right now, and they need to laugh,” Andrew Unger said. Brenda Suderman reports. READ MORE
Negative news: A Free Press employee who wrote a column about waiting 18 days to learn whether she has COVID-19 has tested negative, along with her daughter. READ MORE
Sharing stories: More Free Press readers have shared their personal experiences, thoughts and concerns about the pandemic. READ MORE
In other news
The Supreme Court of Canada is seen in Ottawa, Thursday January 16, 2020 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Court on kids: The Supreme Court has released its reasons for restoring the original prison sentence for a Winnipeg man convicted of sexually abusing a four-year-old girl after it was reduced on appeal. “Courts are justified in departing from dated precedents that do not reflect society’s current awareness of the impact of sexual violence on children in imposing a fit sentence,” the decision states. Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
On this date
On April 3, 2017: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the flooding situation remained tense in rural Manitoba, particularly on Peguis First Nation, where more than 80 homes had to be evacuated; flooding was caused by ice jams on the Fisher River. At the Juno Awards, Canadian artists paid tribute to the passing of music legends Leonard Cohen and Gord Downie. In Winnipeg, West Broadway was booming, with three new mixed-use buildings being built on Maryland Street expected to bring more retail business and residential space to the area.
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