Your forecast
Sunny, with wind up to 15 km/h. High 1 C, wind chill -19 this morning.
What’s happening today
The Park Theatre will play host to blues rockers the Perpetrators (Jay Nowicki, Ken Mahon and John Scoles) along with alt-rockers the Haileys (Hailey Hunter, Hailey Legarry and Haley Matiation). Tickets are $20 at ticketweb.ca; doors open at 7 p.m.
The Haileys (Dwayne Larson photo)
At the Times Change(d), Bullrider — a veritable Winnipeg indie-rock supergroup of composed of Ben Ferguson (Ash Koley), Chris Peluk (Alverstone, Mad Young Darlings), Tom Sinnott and Bobby Desjarlais (the Bokononists, Attica Riots) — will share the stage with the Honeysliders, a raucous countrified act featuring Jamie Buckboro, Micah Bell, Alex Campballse (Bros. Landreth, Imaginary Cities, JD Edwards Band) and Jesse Miller (Romi Mayes). Tickets are $20 at eventbrite.ca; doors open at 8:30 p.m.
The Winnipeg Jets host the Vegas Golden Knights at Canada Life Centre, starting at 7 p.m.
What’s happening this weekend
There will be no Head Start tomorrow, Good Friday, and the Free Press will not publish a print or e-edition on Good Friday or Easter Monday, but readers can visit www.winnipegfreepress.com for the latest news and information. For a list of what is open and closed over the Easter weekend, click here.
Today’s must-read
More than 1,000 Manitobans are waiting for a long-term care bed in the province — a sign that many families are struggling to find the right fit for their loved ones.
“It means we probably have a lot of families that are deeply in trouble trying to support individuals,” said local long-term care advocate Joyce Kristjansson.
As of mid-March, there were roughly 1,062 Manitobans on waiting lists for beds at a publicly funded long-term care facility of their choice anywhere in the province, according to figures provided by each health region and compiled by the Free Press. Katie May has the story.
(John Woods / Free Press files)
On the bright side
Earth’s changing spin is threatening to toy with our sense of time, clocks and computerized society in an unprecedented way — but only for a second.
For the first time in history, world timekeepers may have to consider subtracting a second from our clocks in a few years because the planet is rotating a tad faster than it used to. Clocks may have to skip a second — called a “negative leap second” — around 2029, a study in the journal Nature said Wednesday. The Associated Press has more here.
On this date
On March 28, 1955: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that unless relief were provided quickly, some hospitals in Manitoba might have to curtail aid to patients who couldn’t afford to pay. In Brandon, the new look of agriculture was the theme for the 47th annual Manitoba Winter Fair. Winnipeg’s police chief said hockey players who attacked each other on the ice could face criminal charges. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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