Your forecast
A mix of sun and cloud, with fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind becoming east at 20 km/h early this afternoon. High 12 C, wind chill -5 this morning. UV index 5 or moderate.
What’s happening today
The Winnipeg Jets host the Colorado Avalanche in Game 5 of a first-round Stanley Cup playoff series at Canada Life Centre, starting at 8:30 p.m. The Jets must win tonight or be eliminated from the playoffs. As Mike McIntyre writes, the Jets are hanging on by a thread, and Ken Wiebe observes, “To call it an unravelling might be too polite.”
Winnipeg Jets head coach Rick Bowness directs his team in the second period on Sunday. (David Zalubowski / The Associated Press files)
Today’s must-read
The long-anticipated quadruple-murder trial of accused serial killer Jeremy Skibicki began Monday morning with a renewed argument over the potential for juror bias.
A jury was chosen last week, but will not be seated in the courtroom to hear evidence until May 8.
Last November, Skibicki’s lawyers argued a motion that denying him the right to be tried by a judge alone was arbitrary and unconstitutional, but it was dismissed by Court of King’s Bench Justice Glenn Joyal, who is presiding over the trial. Dean Pritchard has the story.
King’s Bench Justice Glenn Joyal oversees the opening of accused serial killer Jeremy Skibicki’s trial Monday (James Culleton illustration)
On the bright side
While the comedy world reels from the cancellation of Montreal’s Just for Laughs festival, Winnipeg’s annual contribution to the bottom line of punchlines remains steadfast, ready to deliver six days of laughter from today to Sunday.
“What makes Winnipeg Comedy Festival special is that we elevate emerging and established Canadian talent,” says Dean Jenkinson, the festival’s artistic director. The festival opens today and runs untill Sunday. Thandi Vera has the story.
Dean Jenkinson (Supplied)
On this date
On April 30, 1940: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that at the Norwegian/Swedish border, Norwegian military officers asserted the Allies still controlled the vital rail line from Dombas and Storen, despite German claims they had captured both towns. British air and naval forces hammered at the entrance to the Trondheim fjord in an effort to get past the German-held Agdenes fortress. In Manitoba, RCMP continued investigating the slaying of a farmer from Komarno after a cattle buyer who was the last known person to see the farmer alive, was found to have ingested poison. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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