What you need to know
Approximatly 60 Evacuees from the 2011 flood left their city based Lake St. Martin First Nation government office on Berry St. in Winnipeg Friday morning and marched to the Federal office on Hargrave St. and the Manitoba Legislative Building. Alex Paul story Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press May 8 2015
Flood funds: The provincial and federal governments will today announce a deal on funding to build two outlet channels, the Free Press has learned. The Manitoba government will pay $290 million to bolster Lake Manitoba and Lake St. Martin flood measures, while Ottawa will contribute about $250 million. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Child poverty: The northern Manitoba riding of Churchill-Keewatinook Aski has the highest rate of child poverty in Canada, a new report states. Winnipeg Centre is No. 3 on the list, and Dauphin-Swan River-Neepawa is also among the 10 poorest. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: It will be mainly sunny with a high of 29 C, and temperatures of 28 C or higher are expected through this weekend.
What’s happening today
House fire: Crews were battling a house fire in the 600 block of Pritchard Avenue this morning. Flames could be seen shooting from a second-storey window of the home.
Osaka earthquake: People are cleaning up in the area around Osaka, Japan’s second-largest commercial city, after an earthquake killed three and injured hundreds. Among the dead is a nine-year-old girl killed by a falling wall at her school. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSProvincial Health Minister Kelvin Goertzen was criticized Thursday for speaking at a pro-life event in Steinbach last month.
Seeking shuffle?: In his latest column, Dan Lett says Health Minister Kelvin Goertzen’s attending an event with an anti-abortion figure may have been his way of lobbying for a portfolio change. “In Tory circles, it is widely known that Goertzen did not want to be health minister,” Lett writes. READ MORE
Morning mayoral announcement: Mayoral candidate Jenny Motkaluk will officially launch her campaign, introducing her three major policy priorities. She’s among several candidates running against incumbent Brian Bowman.
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#GERMEX: Mexico surprised Germany by defeating them in Mexico’s first match of the 2018 World Cup. READ MORE
On this date
On June 15, 1915: The Manitoba Free Press reported that Canadian soldiers in the 10th and 16th Canadian battalions drove back German forces from their trenches in a fierce bayonet charge. Britain was against seeking peace with Germany until Germany had pulled back from territory it occupied in Belgium and northern France. In Canada, enlistment was sufficient that up to 35 new regiments would be formed. READ MORE
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