What’s happening today
JESSE BOILY / WINNIPEG FREE PRESMcPhillips Station Casino in March 2020. The province might announce the reopening of casinos today. (Jesse Boily / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Revised restrictions: Provincial health officials will announce details about the next round of public health orders. The current orders expire Friday. Last week, the province proposed flexibility when dining at restaurants, permitting indoor organized sports to resume, allowing casinos and movie theatres to open and modifying provincial travel requirements. Danielle Da Silva reports. READ MORE
Putin to get vaccinated: Russian President Vladimir Putin was set to get a COVID-19 vaccine shot. He had faced criticism for not getting inoculated amid a comparatively slow rollout of vaccines in his country. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Another election in Israel: Israelis are voting in the country’s fourth parliamentary election in two years. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been in office for a record 12 years and is on trial for multiple corruption charges. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Cloudy with a 60 per cent chance of showers beginning this morning, a high of 6 C and peak winds from the north at 40 km/h gusting to 60 this afternoon.
In case you missed it
CPWinnipeg Jets forward Adam Lowry scored twice in the third period against the Vancouver Canucks last night. (Darryl Dyck / The Canadian Press)
Win out west: Goalie Connor Hellebuyck had a shutout as the Jets beat the Canucks 4-0 in Vancouver last night. The teams play again Wednesday. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
Ten killed in Colorado: Ten people were killed and a lone suspect is in custody after a mass shooting at a supermarket in Boulder, Colo., on Monday. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Damning report: In his latest column, Niigaan Sinclair says “justice emerged” Monday, nearly five years after Colten Boushie was killed on a farm in Saskatchewan. READ MORE
Photo radar revenue: The Winnipeg Police Service raised 29 per cent less ticket revenue from photo radar in 2020 than it had expected before the pandemic. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE
Duo advances: Kerri Einarson and Brad Gushue clinched a spot in the playoff round at the 2021 Canadian mixed doubles championship with an extra-end win in their final round-robin game Monday night. Mike Sawatzky reports. READ MORE
On this date
On March 23, 1934: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the Winnipeg Monarchs were knocked out of the Allan Cup playoffs, despite a bruising 5-4 victory over over Fort William. In Wilkie, Sask., Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Bates, prisoners since Dec. 5 after being accused of murdering their son, were acquitted by a jury. The jury found Crown prosecutors had not proven the couple had attempted a murder-suicide pact via carbon monoxide poisoning, and that medical testimony showed the boy’s death could have been from another cause. In Ecuador, an inventor’s son planned to demonstrate his father’s “metaglota,” a machine said to translate nine languages.
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