Your forecast
Mainly sunny, with wind up to 15 km/h. High 9 C, wind chill -8 this morning.
What’s happening today
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to make a housing announcement in Winnipeg today. Premier Wab Kinew, federal Housing Minister Sean Fraser and Dan Vandal, the minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada, are expected to be on hand. The Canadian Press reports.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, centre, with Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Sean Fraser, left, while making a housing announcement in Dartmouth, N.S. on Tuesday. (Darren Calabrese / The Canadian Press files)
The Winnipeg Jets host the Calgary Flames at the Canada Life Centre, beginning at 7 p.m.
Today’s must-read
The NDP government was forced to defend its crime and public-safety strategy Wednesday, after critics pointed to funding cuts for some Manitoba Justice services in this year’s budget.
Some new measures unveiled Tuesday in the province’s 2024-25 fiscal plan were met with mixed reviews, while Premier Wab Kinew promised to improve safety in all communities.
“Our overall approach is we’re going to be tough on crime, but we’re also going to be tough on the causes of crime,” Kinew said at an unrelated news conference. Chris Kitching has the story.
Premier Wab Kinew, right, and Finance Minister Adrien Sala speak to media before the provincial budget is read at the Manitoba legislature. (John Woods / The Canadian Press)
On the bright side
When Morocco ‘s King Mohamed VI visited Havana in 2017, Cuban-American gallery owner Alberto Magnan impressed him with a “full immersion” in the Caribbean island’s art and culture, drawing a line between the cultural and historical themes tackled by Cuban artists and those from across Africa.
Seven years after that encounter, one of the first exhibitions of Cuban art at an African museum is showing at Morocco’s Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art. The Associated Press has the story.
The Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rabat (Mosa’ab Elshamy / The Associated Press)
On this date
On April 4, 1966: The Winnipeg Free Press reported a crest on the Red River slightly higher than the 1950 peak, and above the level of the newly-erected dikes, was expected at Emerson; Manitoba mines minister Sterling Lyon warned the town’s 900 residents they should be ready to evacuate the area by April 6. The Soviet Union’s Luna X craft went into orbit around the moon, making it the first artifical lunar satellite in history, and a key victory for the U.S.S.R. in the space race. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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