What’s happening today
Police are seen near a damaged van in Toronto after a van mounted a sidewalk crashing into a number of pedestrians on Monday, April 23, 2018. Two years ago, on April 23, 2018, Alek Minassian rented a van and drove it down a busy Toronto sidewalk on a sunny afternoon, striking dozens along the two-kilometre route. He told police just hours after the attack that he sought retribution against society for years of sexual rejection by women. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim
Set for sentencing: A sentencing hearing that could last multiple days is set to begin for the man convicted of 10 counts of first-degree murder and 16 counts of attempted murder for the deadly van attack in Toronto in 2018. It will be the first opportunity for victims and families to face the killer in person, as the trial and verdict occurred over videoconference during the COVID-19 pandemic. First-degree murder carries an automatic life sentence with no possibility of parole for 25 years. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
The Breton family’s favourite campgrounds for their RV trips are located in Winnipeg Beach and Whiteshell Provincial Park. (Supplied)
Unhappy campers: Manitoba Parks has cancelled roughly 3,000 reservations because of campsite closures, as more than 25 provincial parks have been affected by flooding and wet conditions in recent weeks. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
Your forecast: A mix of sun and cloud with a 30 per cent chance of showers beginning late this afternoon and risk of a thunderstorm, a 60 per cent chance of showers and a possible thunderstorm tonight, a high of 25 C, humidex of 29 and wind from the east at 15 km/h increasing to 20 km/h and gusting to 40 this afternoon.
In case you missed it
Manitoba Teachers’ Society (Jessica Lee / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Terminology guide for teachers: The Manitoba Teachers’ Society has published a 14-page guide on inclusive vocabulary. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
Project put on hold again: An environmental review of the Lake Manitoba and Lake St. Martin outlet channels mega-project has again been put on hold. Danielle Da Silva reports. READ MORE
Survey says: A survey found the number of public servants who found their work “meaningful and energizing” decreased by 12 percentage points. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
‘Sense of impending doom’: Nurses at Health Sciences Centre are raising the alarm about what they describe as worse-than-ever staffing shortages. Katie May reports. READ MORE
Opinion
Needles on the ground in Oppenheimer Park in Vancouver. (Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian Press files)
Decriminalizing drugs: Our latest editorial is on decriminalizing small amounts of illegal drugs. READ MORE
‘Like coming home’: Here is the latest from Niigaan Sinclair. READ MORE
Lessons from looking back: Brent Bellamy says the housing crisis after the Second World War led to the kind of bold thinking society could use now. READ MORE
Portrait of an artist: Shelley Cook’s column is on a man who has been creating pencil portraits of Indigenous elders and knowledge keepers for a quarter-century. READ MORE
On this date
On June 13, 1925: The Manitoba Free Press reported the Birch and Whitemouth rivers were flooding, driving hundreds from their homes and leaving 83 families facing starvation. The federal government signed a contract with J.D. McArthur to build the first pulp and paper mill in Manitoba; construction was to take 18 months and cost $2.5 million. The second of the year’s crop reports published by the Free Press showed growing conditions were very satisfactory, with indications they were the best in 10 years. READ MORE
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