Free Press Head Start for June 2

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The Winnipeg Jets will play their first game since they won in triple overtime to sweep their first-round playoff series in the wee hours of May 25. With a 6:30 p.m. start, fans won’t have to stay up so late and contemplate calling in sick.

Sioux Valley Dakota Nation says 104 Indigenous children are likely buried in unmarked graves in Brandon. The band is planning to hold a news conference today to detail its findings and research plans.

A heat warning has been issued for Winnipeg. High temperatures of at least 30 C are forecast through Saturday.

The Manitoba government is scheduled to hold its regular Wednesday COVID-19 news conference, which is usually about vaccines. A spokesman for the government confirmed Tuesday that it has given up its claim to 23,000 AstraZeneca doses.

Israeli opposition politicians face a midnight (4 p.m. CT) deadline to finalize a coalition government that would end Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s record run as the nation’s leader.

— Adam Treusch, assignment editor

Second Jets series begins

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Clash with Canadiens: The Winnipeg Jets and the Montreal Canadiens will meet in the NHL playoffs for the first time at Bell MTS Place this evening. The Jets won the regular season series 6-3. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE

Fans in stands: Five hundred fans — all masked and fully vaccinated health-care workers — will attend tonight’s game and will be chosen by lottery at noon. It will be the first Jets game with fans in the stands since the pandemic began. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE

Cheering remotely: With few fans allowed at the game and gatherings prohibited because of pandemic restrictions, Jets fans are finding other ways to enjoy the team’s playoff run. Taylor Allen reports. READ MORE

Weather

Your forecast: Mainly sunny with a high of 30 C and peak winds from the west at 20 km/h beginning this afternoon.

In case you missed it

“We are definitely urging our members to get vaccinated, but we also recognize that there are members who are not getting vaccinated for a number of reasons,” said a spokeperson for the Amalgamated Transit Union 1505. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)

‘Drivers are getting sick’: A Winnipeg Transit driver who was infected with COVID-19 says it’s “ridiculous” that a bus is permitted to carry more passengers than the vehicle has seats and is calling on his employer to crack down on maskless riders. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE

Iranian warship sinks: The largest warship in the Iranian navy caught fire and later sank in the Gulf of Oman. The cause of the blaze is unknown. READ MORE

On this date

On June 2, 1939: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a gala send-off for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, who were touring Canada, would be held at Whittier Park in Winnipeg as the train carrying the royal couple departed. British prime minister Neville Chamberlain was said to be planning to send an envoy to Moscow to secure a mutual-aid pact between Britain, France and the Soviet Union. In Winnipeg, 0.43 inches of rain drenched the city.

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