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Mayor Brian Bowman addresses more than 100 attendees at Manitoba Heavy Construction Association’s Breakfast with the Leaders event at the Holiday Inn at 1740 Ellice Avenue Thursday morning.
190404 – Thursday, April 04, 2019.
Pressuring province: Mayor Brian Bowman sent a letter to all MLAs appealing for the $40 million the city says it’s owed by the province for road repairs. Bill Redekop reports. READ MORE
Libel letter: Conservative leader Andrew Scheer revealed Sunday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has threatened to sue him over claims he politically interfered with the prosecution of SNC-Lavalin. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Cloudy with a 60 per cent chance of showers this morning, a mix of sun and cloud in the late afternoon, high of 6 C, and wind from the northwest at 30 km/h this afternoon.
What’s happening today
Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques is seen on a live monitor from the International Space Station during a video conference with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Governor General Julie Payette and a group of students at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Monday, Jan. 14, 2019. Astronaut David Saint-Jacques will become the first Canadian spacewalker in 12 years when he embarks on a roughly seven-hour mission planned for today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Space steps: David Saint-Jacques is set to become the first Canadian astronaut to do a space walk in 12 years. Saint-Jacques is on his first posting to the International Space Station. READ MORE
Playoff tickets: The general sale for tickets to the first two games of the Jets playoff series against the St. Louis Blues starts at 10 a.m. Passes for the two Whiteout street parties go on sale at noon, while viewing-party tickets for games 3 and 4 go on sale at 2 p.m. READ MORE
Title tip-off: Virginia and Texas Tech will play for the NCAA men’s basketball championship tonight. It’s the first time in 40 years where neither team had previously reached the final game. READ MORE
In case you missed it
Sgt. Ben White, right, of the Williams County Sheriff’s Office drives a Sherp all-terrain vehicle through water Saturday at a farm northeast of Harwood, N.D. The ATV floats in water and is used to help Cass County Sheriff’s deputies assist residents during the flood. April Baumgarten / Forum News Service
Watching the waters: The Red River was expected to crest in Fargo at 10.6 metres Sunday and remain at that level until about Tuesday, the Fargo Forum reports. READ MORE
Isolating Iran: U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is expected to announce as early as today it will designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a “foreign terrorist organization.” READ MORE
On this date
On April 8, 1966: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that more volunteers were needed to build dikes in flood-threatened communities in the Red River valley; only a few people were left in the communities of Morris, Emerson and St. Jean. Manitoba premier Duff Roblin denied there had been a government-imposed news blackout in the flood-threatened towns of southern Manitoba. Manitoba Hydro and all those connected with the water haulage contract for supplies used in the Grand Rapids hydro project were cleared of charges and criticisms levelled at them in the Manitoba Legislature.
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