What’s happening today
A surgeon performs a knee-replacement operation at Concordia Hospital. (Phil Hossack / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Task force update: Health Minister Audrey Gordon will give an update on the province’s diagnostic and surgical recovery task force at the Concordia Hip and Knee Institute later this morning. READ MORE
COVID-19 deaths: The number of COVID-19 deaths worldwide increased by more than 40 per cent last week, likely because of changes in how such deaths were reported across the Americas and by adjusted figures from India, a World Health Organization report says. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Trudeau visits First Nation: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in Williams Lake to meet with the chief of the First Nation, which is searching for unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school in British Columbia. READ MORE
Battle in Buffalo: The Winnipeg Jets, who had won more games and earned more points than any other NHL team since Feb. 27 heading into Tuesday night, face the Sabres in Boston at 6 p.m. CT. The Jets are not projected to make the Stanley Cup playoffs, despite the surge. Here is Mike McIntyre’s latest column. READ MORE
Ready for run: The Runner, the latest production at the RMTC’s Tom Hendry Warehouse, takes the stage tonight, although the official opening night is Thursday. Ben Waldman has a preview. READ MORE
Weather
Your daytime forecast: Mainly cloudy until the late afternoon, with a high of -3 C, wind chill as low as -13 and wind from the north at 30 km/h gusting to 50. Malak Abas reports on how some recreational fishers are working to get their shacks off the ice before the looming deadline. READ MORE
In case you missed it
Most residents of Parkview Place have been transferred to other facilities. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Care home nearly empty: Parkview Place care home, where 30 residents died in one of the province’s worst COVID-19 outbreaks, is shutting down soon. Only two residents remain at the Edmonton Street facility. Rivera announced this summer that it would close the site within a year because of its outdated design. Katlyn Streilein reports. READ MORE
‘It’ll be another eyesore’: The owner of a Point Douglas industrial property says he’s ready to give up the site after the latest in a string of fires, break-ins and vandalism. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE
Kindergarten cuts: Maggie Macintosh reports on the state of full-day kindergarten in Winnipeg schools. READ MORE
‘Cannot say I’m sorry enough’: A former massage therapist who pleaded guilty to sexual assault in July apologized to his victims during a sentencing hearing in Brandon. READ MORE
On this date
On March 30, 1944: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Canadian and British bombers smashed rail targets at Vaires in Nazi-occupied France; one Canadian bomber was lost, but all other aircraft returned safely. Russian troops drove across the border into Rumania, accelerating panic, sabotage and flight in Axis satellite states. British prime minister Winston Churchill won his eighth confidence vote in parliament as wartime leader. READ MORE
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