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JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSThere were no long lineups outside the convention centre on Sunday. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press)
Slack Sunday at super-site: Vaccinators at the convention centre told the Free Press that fewer people were booked for inoculation over the Easter holiday amid criticism over previous long waits. One called it a “slap in the face” to be working over the weekend “while having literally nothing to do.” Temur Durrani reports. READ MORE
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WENDY SAWATZKY / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSKinsmen Jackpot Bingo will look to make someone $1-million richer on Saturday night.
Big bingo win: The winner or winners of this weekend’s record $3-million Kinsmen Jackpot Bingo prize have until 11:59 a.m. to report their cards. Temur Durrani reports. READ MORE
Set to face Sens: The Winnipeg Jets host the Ottawa Senators at 6 p.m. in a game that had been scheduled for May. With two games against Vancouver postponed because of a COVID-19 outbreak among the Canucks’ organization, the Jets would have otherwise been idle for nearly a week. Mike McIntyre reports on how the Jets’ fourth line has been solid this season. READ MORE
Trial turns to training: The trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death, is expected to turn toward the officer’s training after a first week dominated by emotional testimony from eyewitnesses. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
March Madness ends: Baylor and Gonzaga will play for the NCAA men’s basketball championship tonight. Stanford beat Arizona for its first national women’s championship since 1992 last night. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Increasingly cloudy with a high of 14 C, a 30 per cent chance of showers beginning early this afternoon and peak winds from the northwest at 30 km/h gusting to 50.
In case you missed it
As COVID-19 filled intensive care units, nurses new to the job were left to care for critically ill patients before their training was complete, nurses and the Opposition NDP say. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Critical-care training: Provincial health officials say they’re trying to improve orientation for new nurses before they are expected to start working with the sickest patients. Training for critical care nurses was shortened just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit here. Katie May reports. READ MORE
Political poll: A poll of federal voting preferences found the Conservatives have the support of 37 per cent of Manitobans, followed by the Liberals at 29 per cent and the NDP at 25 per cent. “This is not a bad story for the federal Conservatives; they seem to be shielded from what’s happening provincially here,” University of Manitoba political scientist Chris Adams said. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Trial film takes top honour: The Trial of the Chicago 7 took the top movie prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, and people of colour won all four individual film acting awards. CBC’s Schitt’s Creek won for best ensemble in a TV comedy series, and star Catherine O’Hara was named best female actor in a comedy series. READ MORE
‘This is torture’: Montana’s senate is slated to vote this week on a bill that would allow the state to resume executions. Ronald Smith, originally from Red Deer, has been on Montana’s death row for killing two young men since 1983. READ MORE
Deadly disaster: At least 25 people were killed when a ferry sunk after being struck by a cargo vessel on a river just outside Bangladesh’s capital. READ MORE
On this date
On April 5, 1915: The Manitoba Free Press reported that a Winnipeg soldier serving in the First World War with the Princes Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Pte. Robert Dixon, had returned to Canada after having been wounded in battle in Ypres nine weeks earlier. He and seven comrades had charged a German trench; the other seven were killed, and he was wounded, but had managed to crawl back to his own trench. Italy’s stance in the ongoing conflict was in question, but a Turin newspaper editor predicted the country would begin war against Germany and Austria before the end of April. W.W. Buchanan of Winnipeg, secretary of the Social Services Council of Manitoba and longtime worker in the temperance and reform movements, died at the age of 80.
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