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Sunny, with wind up to 15 km/h. High 0 C. Wind chill -20 this morning. UV index 4 or moderate.
What’s happening today
The Winnipeg Jets host the St. Louis Blues at Canada Life Centre, starting at 6:30 p.m.
Today’s must-read
As fiddle music played for thousands who gathered at the Manitoba legislature Sunday to celebrate what it means to be Canadian, a dirty, torn U.S. flag pressed into the ground drew its own crowd of spectators.
Winnipegger Elijah Kirton, who brought the flag with him, began to jig on top of it. People quickly circled around, clapping and cheering — a reaction that might have seemed unbelievable not so long ago.
“I have this flag like this to show that the U.S. has trampled over us for so long and has disrespected us, especially their crappy president,” Kirton, who is Métis, said of U.S. President Donald Trump, who has imposed tariffs on Canada and floated the idea of the country becoming America’s 51st state. Malak Abas has the story.
Protesters make their way to the stage as hundreds of people gather at the Manitoba Legislative Building grounds for the Rally For Canada on Sunday. (John Wodds / Free Press)
On the bright side
Paula Moynihan says a pamphlet placed in her mailbox is responsible for how she’s spending part of her retirement.
It advertised ways to get involved at Oak Table, the Osborne Village drop-in centre operated by 1JustCity at Augustine United Church. The timing was fortuitous: Moynihan was wrapping up her career in social services and looking for somewhere to volunteer.
“It’s in my neighbourhood, and I just like working in my community and working with people, so I thought it would be a good fit for me,” she says. Aaron Epp has more here.
Paula Moynihan (left) and John Lu at Oak Table just prior to the lunch rush on Monday. Volunteering at the Osborne Village drop-in centre is a way for them to give back to their community. (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press)
On this date
On April 7, 1928: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Richard E. Byrd’s Ford tri-motor monoplane made a successful test flight carrying 14 people from The Pas to Winnipeg; the “giant” aircraft was eyed for use in polar exploration. In Fouke, Ark., a 70-year-old woman and her brother were arrested on suspicion of having placed arsenic in a community well supplying water to a nearby sawmill camp. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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