Your forecast
Increasing cloudiness with a high of -11 C, low of -14, and wind chill as low as -31 this morning.
What’s happening today
The Progressive Conservative government will present the final budget of its mandate Tuesday, as rebounding revenues set the stage for big-ticket spending ahead of the looming general election. Danielle Da Silva reports.
Finance Minister Cliff Cullen (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)
Today’s must-read
A 15-year-old boy was killed and his 17-year-old brother wounded when they were chased and shot in a St. James neighbourhood early Monday, according to a grieving relative. Chris Kitching has the story.
Police investigate in the 200 block of Amherst Street on Monday. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On March 7, 1939: The Winnipeg Free Press reported Winnipeggers woke up to the coldest March day since 1887, with the low hitting -35 F. In India, Mahatma Gandhi ended his fast when the British and Indian governments intervened to assure a settlement of his demand of liberalization of the government of Rajkot state. In Halifax, an inquiry heard evidence that a hotel fireman, dismissed the night before a disastrous fire at the Queen hotel, was heard to say, “There’ll be a lot more than me out of a job tomorrow,” to the acting manager. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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