COVID-19 crisis
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses Canadians on the COVID-19 pandemic from Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Federal funds: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce today financial aid for entrepreneurs, small businesses and young people who aren’t eligible for previously unveiled programs. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Aging out: The federal government and some provinces have said no young adults will age out of their child-welfare systems and stop receiving supports during the pandemic, but Manitoba has not issued a moratorium. Katie May spoke with a woman who’s about to turn 21 and doubts she’ll be able to find a job to support herself. READ MORE
Lockdown lifted: Streets in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the worldwide COVID-19 outbreak began, were clogged with traffic and pedestrians wearing masks as the 76-day lockdown ended. “I’ve been inside for two and a half months. I’m so happy Wuhan has defeated the virus,” Wang Chun told The Associated Press. READ MORE
Prine passes: John Prine, once hailed by Rolling Stone as “the Mark Twain of American songwriting,” died Tuesday at age 73 from complications from the coronavirus. He had been scheduled to play the Winnipeg Folk Festival this summer. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Increasingly cloudy with a 60 per cent chance of rain showers or flurries starting early this afternoon, a high of 3 C, wind from the northwest at 20 km/h increasing to 40 and gusting to 60 this morning, and wind chill as low as -9 this morning.
More on pandemic
Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press FilesFans of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers learned they will have to wait a little longer to cheer on their team this season when the CFL announced today it has delayed the start of the regular season until at least early July.
CFL season postponed: Blue Bombers fans were already used to waiting before the team ended its 29-year championship drought. Now, they’re waiting to learn when they’ll get another opportunity to celebrate the team’s Grey Cup win. Mike Sawatzky reports. READ MORE
Cannabis stores adapt to crisis: Cannabis stores, like other retailers, are changing how they do business to minimize the viral risk for customers. Martin Cash reports. READ MORE
Election no easy choice: In his latest column, Niigaan Sinclair says First Nations are being forced to put the lives of their members in jeopardy by holding elections or risk losing their mandate to govern. READ MORE
Afternoon update: Health officials will give their regular briefing on Manitoba’s COVID-19 situation at 1 p.m. Officials announced the province’s third death and 13 new cases Tuesday, for a total of 217. Larry Kusch and Carol Sanders report. READ MORE
In other news
James Rinn photoViolinist Karen Barg and her Luminous String Quartet has produced a CD featuring string-quartet versions of a number of Canadian rock hits.
Rock reimagined: Local violinist Karen Barg has turned classic Canadian rock tunes into a string-quartet format. Erin Lebar spoke to her about her new album. READ MORE
On this date
On April 8, 1938: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that in Winnipeg, charges made by Adam Beck that some of the city’s older schools were fire traps that posed a real danger to students’ safety in the event of a fire had led to a committee of six trustees investigating the matter. The electrical workers unit of the Federation of Civic Employees warned the city’s wage committee there would be trouble if the city did not restore civic employees’ wages, as recommended by the Dysart conciliation board. In Spain, the capture of Trempe, Catalonia’s main electric power centre, was hailed by insurgents as a heavy blow to Spanish government insurgents in the beleaguered northeast corner of Spain.
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