What you need to know
The property at Kapyong Barracks, situated on the edge of Tuxedo at the corner of Grant Avenue and Kenaston Boulevard, is worth millions. TREVOR HAGAN / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Kapyong conundrum: Fourteen years after the Second Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry left Kapyong Barracks and headed to Shilo, wrangling over the future of the multimillion-dollar Tuxedo property continues. Officials say a resolution is near, but officials have said that for years. In a multi-part series, the Free Press looks at the past, present and future of a forgotten military outpost. READ MORE
Buckle up, sports fans: This city hasn’t had this much to be excited about sports-wise for years, with the Winnipeg Jets playoff bound as leading contenders for Stanley’s chalice to Jennifer Jones and her perfect 14-0 romp to the women’s world curling championship, Paul Wiecek writes. READ MORE
Weather
This morning will start off crisp at -3 C but is expected to climb to 4 C by the afternoon. READ MORE
In case you missed it
At first, the police investigation focused on an arson and break-in at the 5th Avenue bungalow, and it wasn’t until later that allegations emerged that a man may have been hired to set fire to the home. (Boris Minkevich / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Pair deny link to blast: Two men charged in a 2015 explosion at a St. Vital home — allegedly an insurance conspiracy — denied committing a crime as their trial began Monday. READ MORE
Hydro kerfuffle: NDP Leader Wab Kinew demanded Monday that Premier Brian Pallister immediately call the standing committee on Crown corporations to examine the “chaos” at Manitoba Hydro. But Crown Services Minister Cliff Cullen responded it was the New Democrats who pulled out of a planned all-party meeting with Hydro’s chief executive officer last September. Nick Martin reports.
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Around the water cooler
JOHN WOODS / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILESManitoba Premier Brian Pallister was lost without a flashlight or cellphone in the New Mexico wilderness when his wife Esther had to call 911.
Tense phone call: Audio of Esther Pallister’s call to 911 when her husband, Premier Brian Pallister, went missing on a New Mexico hiking trail in November 2017 shows her patience in describing to the operator where she is and where her husband had started hiking from, even as her cellphone battery threatens to give out. Larry Kusch has the story. READ MORE
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Alexandre Bissonnette: The man charged with killing six people as they attended prayer in a Quebec mosque in January 2017 has pleaded not guilty. READ MORE
On this date
On March 27, 1937: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that in Ottawa, the minister of labour met with representatives of the railways and the railway unions to resume wage negotiations in an attempt to break a deadlock. In Detroit, 80,000 unionists marched to show support for the new president of the United Auto Workers of America. In Alberta, determination among Social Crediters to vote against the provincial budget posed a threat to the Aberhart government. READ MORE
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