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MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSConfetti rains down as Pallister delivers his victory speech.
Digging through a landslide victory: We begin the Friday edition of Head Start with an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the election that was. Free Press columnist Dan Lett’s take on Brian Pallister’s historic win is a must read for anyone interested in politics and the future of Manitoba. READ MORE
Your forecast: Don’t just be satisfied with the weather forecast for Winnipeg and area, be elated. Environment Canada is offering up a seven-day outlook that features plenty of sunshine and daytime temperatures in the low double-digits. Today is about the dullest of the bunch, with a cloudy start and a high of just 7 C. The overnight low is 0 C. For Saturday, expect a mix of sun and cloud and a high of 13 C, while Sunday will be mostly sunny and a high of 10 C. Next week, we’ll be treated to blue skies and temperatures ranging from 11 C Monday to 14 C on Wednesday.
In case you missed it
PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSManitoba Liberal leader Rana Bokhari speaks outside the Liberal Party offices Thursday evening, saying she’ll stay on as Liberal leader.
Bokhari stays put: Liberal Leader Rana Bokhari, who finished third in her riding, isn’t quitting and has not been asked to go. Bokhari said Thursday there was no talk of her resigning and she did not offer to resign. READ MORE
Babies born alive?: All six babies found decaying in a storage locker rented by Andrea Giesbrecht could have been alive when born, Dr. Michael Narvey, a neonatologist at the Children’s Hospital and the University of Manitoba, testified in Winnipeg court Thursday. Narvey testified he came to the conclusion after examining autopsy reports and photos of the remains. READ MORE
CTF wants MLA pension reform: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on newly elected Manitoba MLAs to reform their pension plan. Currently, MLAs have a defined benefit plan that pays out specific amounts regardless of the amount of money they contribute to it. READ MORE
Up next
Sean Kilpatrick / The Canadian PressPrime Minister Justin Trudeau pauses as he contemplates a question during a question and answer session with students at New York University in New York on Thursday.
Environmental targets: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joins other world leaders at the United Nations today to sign the Paris climate-change accord. The agreement kicks in once it is signed by 55 countries accounting for 55 per cent of global emissions. The agreement creates a system to evaluate whether countries are keeping their commitments. Canada’s goal is to reduce emissions 30 per cent by 2030, but is currently not on target to meet that commitment. READ MORE
Cleaning up downtown: Local businesses and downtown community members come together today for the 11th straight year to clean up the downtown streets. Since 2006, the Downtown Winnipeg BIZ Earth Day Clean-up, in honour of National Earth Day, has brought together over 2,800 volunteers and removed nearly 6,000 kilograms of litter. Crews will start out at 9 a.m. from Thunderbird House, 715 Main St., to help clean up the north downtown and then another crew heads out at 2 p.m. from Millennium Library Park, 251 Donald St., to hit the south downtown.
Wheaties, Rebels collide: The Brandon Wheat Kings and the Red Deer Rebels battle tonight in Game 1 of the Western Hockey League’s best-of-seven Eastern Conference final. Game time is 7:30 p.m. at Westman Place. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
Boris Minkevich / Winnipeg Free PressDrew Willy says he’s healthy and looking forward to the 2016 CFL season.
Bombers QB good to go: Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Drew Willy met with the media Thursday and declared he’s recovered from last August’s season-ending leg injury and pumped to start passing the pigskin. He and the bulk of the Bombers’ offence will take part in a three-day mini-camp, starting Monday. READ MORE
Prince’s reign over: Many pop and rock stations were playing songs like “Little Red Corvette”, ”Let’s Go Crazy” and “When Doves Cry” over and over Thursday in honour of Prince, one of the most inventive and influential musicians of modern times, who was found dead at his home in Minneapolis at age 57. READ MORE
Winnipeg killer dies: The man responsible for a double-stabbing in his own home in 2005 that shocked the neighbourhood of Windsor Park has died in an Alberta hospital. Rodney Hirsekorn, 60, killed his mother, Kathleen, 78, and his sister, Colleen, 44, in March 2005, pleaded guilty and was given an indeterminate sentence in 2006. The now-60-year-old killer was serving his time at Drumheller Institution. No cause of death has been released. READ MORE
Trending now
Jeff Roberson / The Associated PressChicago Blackhawks’ Patrick Kane, left, reaches for St. Louis Blues’ Patrik Berglund, of Sweden, during the first overtime in Game 5.
#HappyPassover: The ancient Jewish festival of Passover begins tonight at sunset and continues until sunset on Saturday, April 30. It’s one of most important Jewish festivals on the calendar, celebrating how Moses freed the Israelites from slavery. READ MORE
Kane: He’s been Chicago’s best player all year long. And Thursday night, Patrick Kane was the marquee guy again, scoring on a backhand shot at 3:07 of the second overtime period to lift the Blackhawks to a 4-3 triumph over the St. Louis Blues in NHL playoff action. The Blues could have wrapped up the best-of-seven opening round series but must now head to Chicago for Game 6 on Saturday. READ MORE
On this date
On April 22, 1986: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a celebration following the Ste. Anne’s Aces victory that clinched a senior men’s hockey championship grew so rowdy police were called. One officer on the scene said “You could wade knee-deep in beer” and Ste. Anne Police Chief Ken Mantle blew the whistle on the party after receiving a complaint that a nine-year-old boy reeked of beer after leaving the Ste. Anne Cultural Centre, where the party was being held. Thomas Sophonow, tried in the slaying of Barbara Stoppel, would not get a fourth trial when the Supreme Court of Canada refused Manitoba leave to do so. Sophonow’s first trial ended with the jury unable to reach a decision but he was convicted of second-degree murder in two subsequent trials, but the Manitoba Court of Appeal overturned the conviction. Sophonow had spent four years in prison for the crime, and a 2001 inquiry cited poor police work that led to the wrongful conviction.
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