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MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSFormer Prime Minister Brian Mulroney takes a look at the Mandela exhibit (where pictures and excerpts from his own speech was used) after attending a gala celebrating the opening of the exhibition at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg on Monday.
Mulroney and Mandela: Former prime minister Brian Mulroney spoke at a gala event at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights last night about his crusade to combat apartheid in South Africa. Mulroney also toured the new Mandela: Struggle for Freedom exhibit, the reason for him being in town. Jessica Botelho-Urbanski reports. READ MORE
Student struck at school: Eyewitnesses say a female student was hit by a car at Maples Collegiate yesterday while lying on the parking lot. “She was laying down, playing dead, goofing off with her friends. And (the driver) tried to stop just before he hit her,” one said. Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: It will be increasingly cloudy this morning, with a 30 per cent chance of showers and wind from the southeast at 30 km/h. There will be a mix of sun and cloud starting at about noon, with a high of 25 C.
What’s happening today
Dave Chidley / THE CANADIAN PRESSElizabeth Wettlaufer
Nefarious nurse: An inquiry into how nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer was able to kill elderly patients for nearly a decade before her crimes were detected begins today in St. Thomas, Ont. She was sentenced to life in prison last year after pleading guilty to eight counts of first-degree murder, four counts of attempted murder and two counts of aggravated assault. READ MORE
Let’s get Weird: Erin Lebar has an interview with Weird Al Yankovic, who will perform at the Burton Cummings Theatre tonight. Yankovic, who has made a career out of parodying pop hits, is mostly playing his own original songs on this tour. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
Justin Tang / The Canadian Press filesNDP MP Romeo Saganash
Business as usual: In his latest column, Niigaan Sinclair says fixing the child-welfare system and ensuring clean drinking water on Indigenous communities would be cheaper than spending $4.5 billion on a pipeline. “Canada is a game,” he writes, “one that Indigenous Peoples are losing.” READ MORE
Caps take command: The Washington Capitals are a win away from the first championship in the franchise’s 44-year history. The Caps beat the Vegas Golden Knights handily last night to take a 3-1 series lead in the Stanley Cup finals. The series resumes Thursday in Las Vegas. READ MORE
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Frank Franklin II / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILESPhiladelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz, right, hands the Vincent Lombardi trophy to Nick Foles after winning the NFL Super Bowl 52 football game.
Trump snub: On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump cancelled today’s scheduled White House visit by some members of the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles after some players declined to attend. Trump linked the matter to the dispute over whether NFL players must stand during national anthem. READ MORE
On this date
On June 5, 1914: The Manitoba Free Press reported that the Anglican synod for Rupert’s Land held a debate lasting many hours on the subject of what the church’s policy toward temperance should be, to clarify its stance regarding liquor in society. In Hartney, Man., a boy testified in court that he overheard the man charged in another’s death claim no one had seen him shoot the man and that he expected the magistrate to let him go; the magistrate opted instead to adjourn the court to hear further evidence against him. READ MORE
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