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THE CANADIAN PRESS / HANDOUT / Monica PhungDanielle Moore
Canadian mourned after crash: Danielle Moore, a 24-year-old Winnipegger, was one of 18 Canadians killed in the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash Sunday. READ MORE
Trustees to vote tonight: Winnipeg School Division trustees will meet to vote on the 2019-20 budget. The WSD has said it’s considering a 2.9 per cent property tax increase, and the education minister later warned any school divisions that go over a suggested two per cent cap will be subject to extra cutbacks.
Weather
Your forecast: Today will be sunny with a high of -5 C, wind from the south at 20 km/h gusting to 40 in the afternoon, and wind chill as low as -26 this morning and -13 in the afternoon.
What’s happening today
Yam G-Jun / The Associated PressVietnamese Doan Thi Huong, left, is escorted by police as she arrives at Shah Alam High Court in Shah Alam, Malaysia, Monday, March 11, 2019. The trial of two Southeast Asian women charged with murdering Kim Jong Nam, North Korean leader’s half brother resumed Monday after months of delay, with the Vietnamese suspect taking the stand to begin her defense. (AP Photo/Yam G-Jun)
No reason given for release: A woman on trial for killing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s half-brother was expected to return to Indonesia after Malaysian prosecutors unexpectedly dropped the charge against her. READ MORE
Trump wants funds for wall: In documents being released today, U.S. President Donald Trump will seek US$8.6 billion from Congress for his proposed border wall, part of a spending blueprint for the 2020 budget year. READ MORE
In case you missed it
Intoxicated youth isolated: A recent report by Manitoba’s ombudsman says 200 youth picked up for being drunk or on drugs were treated the same as jailed teens placed in segregation, and 11 were kept isolated for longer than the allowable 24 hours. Katie May reports. READ MORE
Fontaine’s family awaits report: The great-aunt who raised Tina Fontaine, the teen whose body was pulled from the Red River in 2014, says she hopes a report being released Tuesday will ensure a tragedy such as this doesn’t happen again. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
On this date
On March 11, 1964: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that in New Hampshire, voters in the Republican presidential primary wrote in their choice on the ballot and Henry Cabot Lodge was the winner, beating Barry Goldwater, Nelson Rockefeller and Richard Nixon. In Manitoba, Liberal MLAs made an unsuccessful bid to censure former attorney general Sterling Lyon and force his resignation. In Nicosia, roughly 10,000 Greek-Cypriot students staged an anti-British, anti-American, pro-Soviet demonstration and mobbed the British ambassador to Cyprus. READ MORE
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