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JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSSel Burrows (left) and Charles Huband, co-chairmen of the Rail Yard Relocation Project, want to start investigating moving Winnipeg’s rail yards from its current location.
Seeking study: Representatives of the Rail Yard Relocation Project are scheduled to meet with Mayor Brian Bowman at city hall this morning. The group says it’s pushing for the city to order a feasibility study on relocating the CPR yards, “which have historically divided Winnipeg.”
Fake facts: U.S. President Donald Trump said in a speech at a fundraiser Wednesday he made up claims about trade in a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In a recording of the comments obtained by the Washington Post, Trump said that after Trudeau told him the U.S. doesn’t have a trade deficit with Canada, he told the PM, “Wrong, Justin, you do,” then added, “I didn’t even know… I had no idea.” READ MORE
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MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSRide hailing company TappCar began operating in Winnipeg in early March. The company is now up to about 100 drivers.
Ride-hailing registration: Nearly 200 drivers have bought vehicle-for-hire insurance since March 1, a spokesman for Manitoba Public Insurance told the Free Press yesterday. He couldn’t say which ride-hailing companies the drivers are insured for. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
Lawyers on lawsuit: Corporate lawyers tell the Free Press it’s unlikely Ottawa will recoup $18.8 million in damages over the damaged railway link to Churchill. The government agreed to amend its lawsuit last week to remove Omnitrax, leaving only a subsidiary. Toronto-based lawyer Kevin O’Brien says it would be rare for a parent company to be ordered to pay damages on behalf of a subsidiary. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
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AP Photo/Mark HumphreyWinnipeg Jets left wing Nikolaj Ehlers moves the puck against Nashville Predators right wing Ryan Hartman in the first period Tuesday in Nashville.
Home, sweet home: The Jets face the Chicago Blackhawks at Bell MTS Place at 7 p.m., the first of six consecutive home games. The team is hurting after its longest road trip of the season, Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
Questionable contract: Columnist Paul Wiecek, who grew up a Minnesota Vikings fan, considers the unprecedented US$84-million guaranteed contract the team gave free agent quarterback Kirk Cousins. One would think the team on the losing end of the biggest and most lopsided trade in NFL history would be more cautious, Wiecek writes. READ MORE
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On March 15, 1985: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a plan for a combined residential and commercial district was being planned for a downtown section of the north side of Portage Avenue; the plan would include skywalks and would radically alter the street system. The League for Life sought a court injunction to prevent the Morgentaler Clinic from performing abortions. Prime minister Brian Mulroney expected to make some progress in acid rain talks when he met with U.S. president Ronald Reagan. READ MORE
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