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Mainly sunny skies with a high of -1 C and a low of -11, with a wind chill of -19 this morning.
What’s happening today
The pomp and circumstance of a presidential visit will give way today to a series of talks about green energy, migration and Haiti, as U.S. President Joe Biden heads to Parliament Hill. The Canadian Press reports.
U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrive in Ottawa, Thursday. (Spencer Colby / The Canadian Press)
Field Guide, a.k.a. Dylan MacDonald, releases a re-imagined version of his self-titled 2022 record tonight and, in the process, will offer a sneak peek of one of the critically acclaimed artists of the 2023 Winnipeg Folk Festival. West End Cultural Centre, 8 p.m.
Dylan MacDonald (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
Piston Ring’s World of Wheels kicks off at the RBC Convention Centre, beginning today at 3 p.m. and running until Sunday.
Today’s must-read
When Christine Baker writes a daily entry in her prayer journal, the Winnipeg woman always records the same hope for her late sister — justice. It’s been more than four years since the body of aspiring doctor Sheena-Marie Dubois, a 30-year-old University of Manitoba student, was discovered in her West End apartment. Police deemed the death suspicious and Baker fears her sister was the victim of a homicide. As time passes, she doesn’t want Dubois or the case to be forgotten. Chris Kitching has the story.
Christine Baker said her sister was found unclothed in a bathtub with a number of injuries. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)
On the bright side
A little over 10 years ago, Amanda Grieves faced a struggle to which each of us can relate: she didn’t know what to wear to the big ceremony. So she sat down at her kitchen table to make an outfit, cutting strips of fabric and sewing them together by hand. With a few hours to spare, Grieves had completed a jingle skirt. “It wasn’t as pretty as the other women’s skirts,” she recalls.
But an elder at the ceremony disagreed. “She told me it was beautiful in its own way,” Grieves says. “And she told me that in the future, I would be known for the skirts I make. I never knew her name. She just told me to call her kookum.” Kookum was right: a jingle dress Grieves made is now on display at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Ben Waldman has the story.
Amanda Grieves with her daughters, Heavenly Ballantyne (left) and Karalyn Braddurn, next to her jingle dress on display at CMHR. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On March 24, 1971: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the provincial byelection in Ste. Rose was heating up, as Liberal leader Izzy Asper said the provincial government was giving the impression of blackmailing voters over road paving in the riding, and premier Ed Schreyer saying Asper had “a very big and quick mouth.” The Fort Garry municipal council voted in favour of granting welfare payments to young adults. Search our archives for more here.
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