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Mainly cloudy, with a 30 per cent chance of flurries early this morning. Wind up to 15 km/h. High 2 C. Wind chill -10 this morning. UV index 2 or low.
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The Winnipeg Jets face the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena, starting at 9 p.m.
Today’s must-read
RCMP have confirmed a second set of human remains found during a search at Prairie Green Landfill are those of Marcedes Myran, one of four victims of a convicted serial killer.
The news comes more than three years after Myran was killed by Jeremy Skibicki, and just over three months after efforts to recover two of his victims’ remains from the Winnipeg-area landfill began.
Donna Bartlett, Myran’s grandmother, described “mixed feelings” of grief and relief as she and her family came to grips with the confirmation announced by the provincial government Monday. Tyler Searle has the story.
Vehicles enter and exit Prairie Green Landfill in the Rural Municipality of Rosser in February. (Mike Deal / Free Press files)
On the bright side
Former student Robert Murray says he has a good excuse for returning a book to the University of B.C. Library 64 years late — the 83-year-old reckons it might have saved his and his son’s life.
In January, librarian Susan Parker received a package from Murray in the mail with the book, a $100 cheque for late fees and an explanation.
Murray’s letter says the book, a 1931 edition of “Camping and Woodcraft: Handbook for vacation campers and for travellers in the wilderness,” by Horace Kephart, is a “treasure.” The Canadian Press has more here.
Robert Murray on his travels during his youth. (Robert Murray / Supplied / The Canadian Press)
On this date
On March 18, 1926: The Manitoba Free Press reported a man being held as a material witness in the murder of “Scotch Annie” Cardno strenuously denied killing her, but confessed he had struck her when he was angry; every rib in the woman’s body was broken. Close to 1,300 people from central Europe and the British Isles intending to settle in Western Canada came to Winnipeg via both rail stations on March 17, with additional arivals March 18 expected to bring the total close to 3,000. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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