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CPFinance Minister Scott Fielding in the Manitoba legislature on Wednesday. (Kevin King / pool via The Canadian Press)
Breaking down budget: Finance Minister Scott Fielding will discuss the provincial budget in a Manitoba Chambers of Commerce event on Zoom over the lunch hour. Temur Durrani has four business-related takeaways from the budget, which was unveiled Wednesday afternoon. READ MORE
Evening vigil for Eishia: A vigil marking the one-year anniversary of the death of Eishia Hudson will be held next to the Oodena Circle at The Forks beginning at 5 p.m. Eishia, 16, was fatally shot by police while driving a stolen vehicle on Lagimodiere Boulevard. READ MORE
Match in Montreal: The Winnipeg Jets face the Montreal Canadiens at 6 p.m. CT in the first of five consecutive road games. Jets captain Blake Wheeler will miss the entire road trip while he is in concussion protocol. Jason Bell reports. READ MORE
Revamped gallery ready: The Manitoba Museum is opening its revamped Prairies Gallery, previously known as the Grasslands Gallery. The opening marks the completion of a four-year, $20.5-million capital renewal project at the museum. Alan Small reports. READ MORE
Action on ‘ghost guns’: U.S. President Joe Biden will unveil a series of executive actions on firearms, including tighter regulations on “ghost guns,” sources told The Associated Press. He will also announce his nominee for director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. READ MORE
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In case you missed it
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESPolice investigate after a pedestrian was killed on Main Street at the Higgins underpass just south of Sutherland Avenue in 2019.
‘A little bit of a break’: A 15-year-old boy was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to manslaughter for a random attack on a man on Main Street. He will serve a three-year sentence, six months of which would be served in the community. “You’re getting a little bit of a break,” provincial court Judge Robin Finlayson told the teen. “We still have hope and confidence that you will be a contributing member of society as you get older.” Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
‘Potential disaster’: Rural educators and residents are worried because an education bill does not include a ban on school closures nor a cap on how long school bus trips should take. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
Call for calm: Northern Ireland’s government held an emergency meeting after another night of violence in Belfast, in which a hijacked bus was set ablaze and people hurled gasoline bombs at police. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Making maps: Two University of Manitoba professors will spend five years collecting data on trucks using Manitoba highways in order to make the network safer. Erik Pindera reports. READ MORE
Tennis tourney postponed: The French Open, one of the four Grand Slam tournaments of tennis, will be postponed one week because of rising COVID-19 cases. READ MORE
On this date
On April 8, 1955: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that more than 100 people were evacuated from their homes near the Assiniboine River south of Portage la Prairie owing to rising waters. In St. Vital, the bridge at Crescent Road was under water from the rising Seine River. Good Friday was observed in Winnipeg churches and around the world. Three fires in Manitoba, at Upper Seven Sisters, Miami and St. Pierre, caused a total of $72,000 worth of damage. The chief Chinese communist delegate to a conference of Asian countries in New Delhi said China would not “appease” the U.S. by abandoning its plans to “liberate” the island of Formosa.
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