What you need to know
FACEBOOK / Tierra del Sol Arquitectura y ConstruccionPremier Brian Pallister’s 7,700-square-foot getaway home in Costa Rica is worth anywhere from US$550,000 to more than US$1 million, according to estimates from real estate agents.
Tax trouble: A luxury tax on Premier Brian Pallister’s vacation home in Costa Rica hasn’t been paid for nearly a decade, the Free Press has learned. The tax is intended to improve housing for the poor. Pallister disputed he is in arrears. Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE
Cabinet minister comes forward: Rochelle Squires, Manitoba’s minister for the status of women, says she was sexually assaulted when she was 13. Squires, 47, told The Canadian Press about her journey toward healing after making a statement in the legislature Tuesday about Sexual Assault Awareness Month. READ MORE
‘Major’ announcement: Richardson International Ltd. CEO Curt Vossen and chairman Hartley Richardson will announce a “major investment in downtown Winnipeg” at a news conference today. Business reporter Martin Cash will have the story on the Winnipeg-based grain-handling business.
Weather
Your forecast: There will be a mix of sun and cloud today, with a high of -2 C, wind chill of -19 at 8 a.m., and wind up to 15 km/h late this afternoon.
In case you missed it
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSRod Stewart performs in Winnipeg Tuesday, April 3, 2018.
Forever young: Erin Lebar has a review of septuagenarian singer Rod Stewart’s concert at Bell MTS Place last night. The British icon’s permanent rasp sounds as good as it did decades ago, Lebar writes. READ MORE
Day the dream died: Events are taking place in Memphis today to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jr. University of Winnipeg Prof. Jim Silver says decades later, the U.S. still needs what King called “a radical revolution of values.” READ MORE
Around the water cooler
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul ChiassonWinnipeg Jets’ Tyler Myers congratulates teammate Kyle Connor after Connor scored the winning goal during overtime to beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-4 in NHL hockey action Tuesday in Montreal.
Keeping score: Rookie Kyle Connor scored his 30th goal of the season and third overtime winner in two weeks in a 5-4 win in Montreal last night. The Jets have 50 wins, and because the Nashville Predators lost last night, they still have a shot at the Central Division title. The Jets trail the Preds by three points, with two games remaining each. Jason Bell reports. READ MORE
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Bon Jovi: The iconic rock band has cancelled two shows in Montreal due to lead singer Jon Bon Jovi feeling under the weather.
On this date
On April 4, 1938: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that in Spain, insurgent General Franco continued the insurgents’ push to the sea, advancing two miles and planting their flag atop the Catholic church in Lerida. In London, the German embassy announced compulsory registration for all German and former Austrian nationals staying in Great Britain for more than three months. In Toronto, Canadian anti-fascist demonstrators marched to the Italian embassy. In Manitoba, an escaped convict who had fled Stony Mountain penitentiary was arrested by the RCMP. READ MORE
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