Your forecast
A winter storm watch is in effect. Snow, heavy at times, and blowing snow with wind north 40 km/h gusting to 60. Expected high is -5 C, low -8.
What’s happening today
For the Winnipeg Jets’ annual Pride Night, players will wear special jerseys and sport unique tape on their sticks during the warmup prior to facing the Calgary Flames at Canada Life Centre. Game time is 6:30 p.m.
Merchandise will be auctioned off in conjunction with Pride month between June 1-11 at auctions.nhl.com, with all proceeds supporting the You Can Play Project and the Rainbow Resource Centre. (Twitter)
In Amqui, Que., a Quebec man accused of driving his truck into groups of pedestrians last month is due back in court. Steeve Gagnon is expected to be arraigned on three counts of first-degree murder and nine counts of attempted murder. The Canadian Press reports.
Steeve Gagnon is escorted by police out of court in March. (Jacques Boissinot / The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
The body of a young Winnipeg mother of four was discovered at the Brady Road landfill Monday, 10 months after the remains of another Indigenous woman were found discarded at the city garbage dump. Erik Pindera has the story.
A Winnipeg Police Service unit guards access to the Brady Road Resource Management Facility Monday afternoon (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On April 5, 1963: The Winnipeg Free Press reported NDP leader Tommy Douglas told a capacity audience at Winnipeg’s Playhouse Theatre that the president of the Royal Bank for Canada made “an attempt at intimidation” in writing a letter to all bank employees urging them to vote for a majority government in the imminent federal election — a move Douglas characterized as urging support for the Liberals. The Soviet Union agreed to a direct telecommunications link between Washington and the Kremlin to prevent an accidental outbreak of world war. Germany’s chancellor agreed to a preamble to a Franco-German treaty that would re-affirm West Germany’s loyalty to NATO. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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