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Toews challenges ruling: Former federal cabinet minister Vic Toews is fighting back. He filed a challenge on Wednesday of a court ruling that he broke federal conflict-of-interest rules by receiving money from two Manitoba First Nations for consulting services shortly after leaving federal office in July 2013 and then becoming a judge. Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE
Your forecast: The weekend commonly known as the May long will have it all: sunshine, overcast periods, and rain. Today will be mainly sunny though, with a high of 19 C.
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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSForth’s new patio features house-made shrubs: grape-lemon-lavender (left) and raspberry-ginger-cardamom.
Patio patrol: “What better way to while away the sunny days and long, light-filled evenings than with a frosty beverage on a city patio?” That’s a question posed by Free Press writer Jill Wilson as she reports on new, new-ish and coming-soon patios. READ MORE
Jubilee jam: All four lanes of Pembina Highway at the Jubilee Underpass, one of the busiest traffic routes in the city, will be closed from 8 p.m. today until 4 a.m. Tuesday. Construction crews need the time to build the next stage of the Southwest Rapid Transitway. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
Falcon Lake Incident: Fifty years ago today, an amateur prospector saw something at a remote spot in Whiteshell Provincial Park that changed his life and the lives of his family members, and not always for the better. Kevin Rollason delves into this UFO report. READ MORE
Up next
Jurassic Poop: If anyone knows dinosaurs, it’s Dino Don Lessem, who was an adviser for the movie Jurassic Park and Disney’s Animal Kingdom, and has written books about the topic. He even has a dinosaur named after him. He speaks at 7 p.m. today at the Manitoba Museum.
That’s a laugh: Q: What kind of jokes do you make in the shower? A: Clean jokes. The humour will be substantially better than that groaner tonight when talented local comedians crack wise on the stage at the Park Theatre during the Winnipeg Comedy Showcase, beginning at 9 p.m. Scheduled comics include Dana Smith, Mike Green, Spencer Adamus, J.D. Renaud, Rollin Penner, and the new sketch group President Bear (Michael Blomquist, Corey Falvo, Angie St. Mars, Cathy Herbert).
Around the water cooler
WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESNorth Kildonan Coun. Jeff Browaty.
Opening Portage and Main: Coun. Jeff Browaty has filed a complaint with the provincial ombudsman to obtain a report on the impacts of opening Portage and Main to pedestrian traffic. The $116,000 report has been finished since November but city officials refuse to release it. Browaty said: “Maybe it’s good news, maybe it’s bad news, but I’m guessing it’s bad news because they’re holding it back.” Bill Redekop reports. READ MORE
Rating Manitoba’s food: In the Conference Board of Canada’s first provincial food report card on Thursday, Manitoba scored an A for food safety but scored a D in household food security. Scott Emmerson reports. READ MORE
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Supernatural: The long-running live-action series will feature a crossover episode with another TV show known for investigating the occult, spooky, and bizarre… no, not X-Files, but Scooby-Doo. Sam and Dean will team up with the cartoon mystery-solving Great Dane in the coming 13th season of Supernatural. Bet the monsters are already muttering “ruh-roh.”
On this date
On May 19, 1967: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that U.S. marines and South Vietnamese forces swept into the demilitarized zone in a massive operation that carried the ground war for the first time to the doorstep of North Vietnam. In Canada, a United Church minister called prime minister Lester Pearson a puppy dog on the leash of U.S. president Lyndon Johnson over the Canada’s policy on Vietnam. United Nations secretary-general U Thant ordered the UN Emergency Force out of Egypt, a decision met with bitter disappointment by Canada. READ MORE
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