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Max Ortiz / Detroit NewsDemocratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sanders’ last stand?: More than 350 delegates are up for grabs as six U.S. states, including North Dakota, hold a Democratic primary or caucus. Front-runner Joe Biden is leading Bernie Sanders in all polling in the largest prize, Michigan, and could all but end his rival’s shot at the nomination with dominant overall results. READ MORE
Uber en route: Ride-hailing service Uber says it will roll into Winnipeg this spring. The U.S.-based company will buy additional insurance for drivers to cover gaps that stalled its entry here in 2018. Ben Waldman reports. READ MORE
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What’s happening today
Canadians in quarantine: A chartered flight carrying Canadians who were aboard the Grand Princess cruise ship arrived at an air force base in Ontario this morning, where the passengers will be quarantined. At least 21 people on the ship were diagnosed with COVID-19. Meanwhile, Eva Wasney has a story on how the South by Southwest organizers’ decision to cancel the 10-day music, film and technology festival for the first time in 34 years will affect Manitoba’s music industry. READ MORE
Rift widens: On the eve of a meeting between the prime minister, premiers and national Indigenous leaders, the president of the Manitoba Metis Federation is again criticizing three of his provincial counterparts. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
In case you missed it
SUPPLIED PHOTOIn the early morning hours of October 2, 2003, Nicolle Hands, 32, was fatally injured in her apartment on Mountain Avenue in Winnipeg while her three children and a babysitter slept in the next room. Nicolle was rushed to hospital where she died three days later.
‘I’m devastated’: A suspect arrested in the 2003 killing of Nicolle Hands was released without being charged. “I waited 16 years to hear someone say, ‘Yup, we got the guy — he’s in jail.’ Then I get another call: ‘We had to let him go,’” the victim’s mother, Eleanor Hands, said. The case is one of at least four in the past three years where Manitoba RCMP released a suspect shortly after announcing an arrest. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Meth by mail: The Canada Border Services Agency made more seizures of meth from the Netherlands than from any other country in 2018, documents obtained by the Free Press state. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Hometown hockey hero: Winnipegger Cody Eakin scored his first goal since he was acquired by the Jets in a trade, netting the game-winner against the Arizona Coyotes at Bell MTS Place Monday night. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
On this date
On March 10, 1989: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that anti-abortion activist Joe Borowski called for a national campaign of civil disobedience following the Supreme Court of Canada’s refusal to rule on the rights of the unborn; the federal justice minister said the government would not be moving quickly to bring in a new abortion law after the previous one was struck down by the court. In Ottawa, the federal finance minister said the government would backtrack on billions of dollars in pre-election spending promises if that was what it took to get the deficit under control. READ MORE
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