Your forecast
Mainly cloudy, with a 30 per cent chance of flurries this morning then a 30 per cent chance of rain showers this afternoon. Risk of freezing drizzle this morning. Wind from the northwest at 20 km/h becoming light early this morning. High 3 C. UV index 3 or moderate.
What’s happening today
The Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq’s second annual artist-in-residency program, in collaboration with the Government of Nunavut, showcases three Nunavut artists: Martha Siqiniq Aupaluktuq-Hickes, Andrew Palongayak and Jamesie Itulu. Members of the public can meet the artists today at ShopWAG, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 4-7 p.m. Conrad Sweatman has more here.
Two artists from Nunavut participating in the WAG-Qaumajuq’s Inuit Artist Residency, Jamesie Itulu (right) and Martha Siqiniq Aupaluktuq-Hickes (Mike Deal / Free Press files)
Winnipeg-based agricultural journalist Rosalie Tennison visits McNally Robinson Booksellers’ Grant Park location tonight at 7 p.m. to launch her recently published book Naomi’s House: A Memoir (Heritage House).
Tennison reflects on her humble upbringing in postwar Manitoba by her mother Naomi, the financial struggles they endured and the resilience they found to make it through. She’ll be joined in conversation by former U of M professor and soil scientist Don Flaten.
Today’s must-read
Federal Liberal MP Ben Carr has called for bubble-zone legislation to ban protests outside “religiously associated facilities,” after a demonstration outside the Asper Jewish Community Campus in Winnipeg on Tuesday.
A pro-Palestinian group held a protest while the campus hosted an event featuring two Israel Defense Forces soldiers who were involved in the offensive in Gaza, launched after a cross-border attack by Hamas in October 2023. A pro-Israel group held a counter-demonstration.
In social media posts, Carr described the protest as “completely unacceptable,” noting the Tuxedo campus has a school, daycare, community centre and Holocaust memorial. Chris Kitching has the story.
A pro-Palestinian group held a protest near the Asper Jewish Community and a pro-Israel group held a counter-demonstration. (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press files)
On the bright side
The University of Winnipeg is touting the rollout of its first doctoral program as a way to recruit and retain more public-minded scientists in Manitoba.
Starting this fall, U of W is introducing a PhD in bioscience and policy — a major milestone for a campus that has long been known for its undergraduate options and funded accordingly.
Candidates are expected to conduct original research, reflect on its public value and learn how best to communicate their findings to a wider audience. Maggie Macintosh has more here.
The university’s new PhD program in bioscience and policy could put the cash-strapped school in line for research grants. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press files)
On this date
On April 3, 1957: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the Winnipeg school board would discuss a proposed experimental two-year terminal course for high school pupils who had difficulty with Grade 9 and 10 courses. At Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens, the din of Elvis Presley’s first Canadian audience drowned out most of his rock ‘n’ roll performance. In Chile, new violence erupted in Santiago as anti-inflation rioters clashed with the military; 60 people died. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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