What you need to know
Mark Baker / The Associated PressAmbulance staff take a man from outside a mosque in central Christchurch, New Zealand, Friday, March 15, 2019. A witness says many people have been killed in a mass shooting at a mosque in the New Zealand city of Christchurch. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Mass shootings at mosques: At least 49 people were killed and 20 seriously wounded in shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. Police haven’t identified a man charged with murder, but a 28-year-old Australian apparently live-streamed the shootings and posted an anti-immigrant manifesto online. READ MORE
‘We needed clarity’: A new University of Manitoba policy states intimate relationships between employees and students, or between employees of different ranks, are “strongly discouraged and should be avoided.” Jessica Botelho-Urbanski reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: There will be sunny skies starting later this morning, with a high of -3 C, and wind chill as low as -15 this morning and -9 in the afternoon.
What’s happening today
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSMayor Brian Bowman speaks to the media about the newly released 2019 budget.
City speech: Mayor Brian Bowman will make his annual state of the city speech at a Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the RBC Convention Centre.
Aerospace announcement: Federal Public Services Minister Carla Qualtrough will make an announcement this morning related to the Royal Canadian Air Force at Magellan Aerospace in Winnipeg.
Conflict cools: Israeli defence officials say rockets that hit Tel Aviv, leading to retaliatory airstrikes on about 100 Hamas targets in Gaza, were apparently fired by mistake. READ MORE
In case you missed it
FACEBOOKDanielle Moore, 24, died Sunday when an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed on the way from Addis Ababa, Ethiopa’s capital, to Nairobi, Kenya.
Vigil for victim: People gathered at Bonnycastle Dog Park Thursday night to remember Danielle Moore, the 24-year-old Winnipeg resident killed in last weekend’s Ethiopian Airlines crash. Alexandra Paul reports. READ MORE
Missile moratorium: Kim Jong Un is rethinking his moratorium on missile launches and nuclear tests, a senior North Korean official says. READ MORE
On this date
On March 15, 2004: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the brother of the deputy mayor was in a coma following a violent interaction with bar staff; it was the second such incident involving employees of Canad Inns within a month. Nova Scotia pulled off a surprise win at the Nokia Brier in Saskatoon. In Spain, voters ousted the ruling party in an election during which a terror attack in Madrid was blamed on the government’s support for the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. READ MORE
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