What you need to know
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSA City of Winnipeg crew cuts down an elm tree at the corner of Wolseley Avenue and Lenore Street Monday.
Tree trouble: The city is losing its trees at more than four times the rate they’re being replaced, and the arrival of the cottony ash psyllid necessitated the removal of several hundred more ash trees than had been planned. Aldo Santin reports. READ MORE
‘Appalled’ by leak: The Manitoba Bar Association said insinuations Glenn Joyal may have reversed gay rights and abortion access if appointed to the Supreme Court are “entirely improper” and “false.” While in Winnipeg on Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wouldn’t comment on the leak involving Manitoba’s top judge that likely stemmed from his office. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of showers this morning, a high of 8 C and wind from the northwest at 40 km/h gusting to 60 this afternoon.
In case you missed it
CPFILE – In this Sept. 23, 2018, file photo, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) warms up with the team before the NFL football game against the Washington Redskins in Landover, Md. A prime-time showdown between two of the league’s most successful quarterbacks highlights Week 9 of the NFL season. Aaron Rodgers and the Packers head to New England to take on Tom Brady and the Patriots. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Four-down football: Winnipeg is in discussions to host a pre-season NFL game between the Green Bay Packers and the Oakland Raiders, sources say. It would be only the second time a western Canadian city has hosted an NFL game, after Vancouver in 1998. READ MORE
Whiteout work: Planning has begun for whiteout street parties after the Jets clinched a playoff berth this weekend, but fans will have to wait a while for details. Bill Redekop reports. READ MORE
What’s happening today
CPIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation in a live broadcast Wednesday. (Rajesh Kumar Singh / The Associated Press)
Space strike: India’s prime minister declared his country a space power, saying it had destroyed a low-orbit satellite with a missile. The U.S., Russia and China are the only other countries to have pulled off the feat. Narendra Modi’s announcement comes weeks before a general election.
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Divorce decision: Britain’s House of Commons will vote on Brexit options. The most popular ideas for leaving the European Union will move to a second vote Monday. READ MORE
On this date
March 27, 1985: The Pawley government said it would not speed up expansion of French language services despite a report warning the minority language could be come extinct in Manitoba; the province awarded a major contract for the Limestone hydroelectric generating station without a tender; and the Manitoba Teachers Society voted to ask the province to raise the legal drinking age to 21. READ MORE
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