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Snow at times heavy ending this morning then mainly cloudy, with a 60 per cent chance of light snow or rain late this afternoon. Risk of freezing rain early this morning. Snowfall amount 5 cm. Wind southeast 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light this morning. High plus 2. UV index 4 or moderate.
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What’s happening today
💃🏼 Experience one of the most iconic movies of the 1980s in a whole new way with Dirty Dancing in Concert at the Burton Cummings Theatre, 364 Smith St., tonight at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $41 to $122
Patrick Swayze as Johnny Castle and Jennifer Grey as Baby Houseman in ‘Dirty Dancing.’ (The Associated Press / Lionsgate Home Entertainment)
📖 Philipp Schott launches Three Bengal Kittens tonight at 7 p.m. at McNally Robinson Booksellers’ Grant Park location, where he’ll be joined in conversation by RRC Polytech journalism instructor (and Free Press book reviewer) Joanne Kelly.
Today’s must-read
More than a century after its lake became the source of Winnipeg’s drinking water, Shoal Lake 40 First Nation is leading a major housing development in the city, backed by more than $51 million in government funding.
The federal government announced the combined funding Tuesday to build 150 apartment units at 2675 Portage Ave. in the city’s St. James neighbourhood. The development will include one-, two- and three-bedroom units.
Shoal Lake 40 Chief Herb Greene said the project carries historical significance.
“This development is about three things: history, teamwork, and the future,” Greene said during a sod-turning ceremony Tuesday. He noted for more than 100 years, Winnipeg was in dire need of a reliable source of clean drinking water. Scott Billeck has the story.
‘This development is about three things: history, teamwork, and the future,’ Shoal Lake 40 Chief Herb Greene said during Tuesday’s sod-turning ceremony. (Mike Deal / Free Press)
On the bright side
Veteran Winnipeg broadcaster Scott Oake had hoped to keep his retirement to himself until sometime this summer, then casually let it slip he wouldn’t be returning in the fall for another season on Hockey Night in Canada.
His bosses at Sportsnet had other ideas, wanting Oake to be celebrated — even if briefly — for the legend he is. And so, on Saturday night in Edmonton, Oake wrapped up his popular After Hours segment by telling viewers from coast-to-coast-to-coast the clock was rapidly running out on his career.
Hockey Night in Canada broadcaster Scott Oake will welcome Winnipeg’s Ryan Reaves of the San Jose Sharks in his final After Hours segment on Saturday. (Jeff McIntosh / The Canadian Press files)
Oake had suggested a simple drum roll sound effect before his on-air announcement. Instead, the network rolled out a full-blown marching band, adding plenty of pomp and circumstance.
“You know, I’ve been joking with people that I actually retired two years ago,” Oake said. “I just never told anyone.”
Oake isn’t quite done after this weekend. He plans to work at least one round of the Stanley Cup playoffs and would love to see the Jets claim the final wild-card spot so he can have one last hurrah at home. Mike McIntyre has more here.
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