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Sunny with a high of -4 C, wind chill as low as -19 C and wind from the north at 20 km/h becoming west 30 km/h this morning.
What’s happening today
At 7 p.m., the Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre (MFNERC) launches a trio of books at McNally Robinson Booksellers’ Grant Park location, each aimed at different age groups of kids and each detailing First Nations’ experiences related to residential schools.
All three books, Our Residential School Story, They Have Papers and Walk in Our Maskisina, were written by Melody Dumas, who has roots in Opaskwayak Cree Nation and Garden Hill First Nation and grew up in Cormorant, Man. Dumas will be joined by Churchill-born residential school survivor Diane Powderhorn at the event, which will be hosted by Nakoda and Cree MFNERC resource analyst Doris Der-WicakpeMuza (Ironstar).
Today’s must-read
Facing hundreds of dollars in added city fees and taxes this year, some businesses and residents are dreading a significant financial blow.
In January, city council approved a 5.95 per cent property tax hike, the largest annual increase since the 1990s, which will cost owners of a sample single-family home $121 more.
Two additional major cost hikes were proposed this week. One calls to raise the annual garbage fee from $93 to $254 in 2025 (prorated to $190.50, as it would take effect April 1). A third hefty fee proposes to raise the “typical” home’s sewer rate by as much as $224 this year, which was also slated to begin April 1.
Joyanne Pursaga has the details.
Mayor Scott Gillingham said the city is working hard trying to keep costs affordable for Winnipeggers, but has its own mounting bills to pay. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press files)
On this date
On March 6, 1964: The Winnipeg Free Press reported Manitobans would soon be able to go to movies, plays, concerts, and other entertainment on Sundays starting as early as May under a government bill overhauling the province’s Sunday laws that was considered certain to be passed. In Cyprus, fighting broke out for the third straight day between Greek and Turkish Cypriots near the north coast harbour of Kyrenia; British peacekeeping troops opened fire for the fist time in 70 days. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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