COVID-19 crisis
Minister of Indigenous Services Marc Miller joins fellow ministers and Government of Canada officials as they hold a news conference to provide an update on COVID-19 on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, April 30, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Government to be grilled: Members of the Liberal government, including Northern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal, will face questions about what it’s doing to prevent COVID-19 from spreading through First Nations reserves and Inuit communities in a virtual committee meeting today. Nunavut reported its first case of the virus Thursday. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
PEI and pandemic: Prince Edward Island today becomes the second province, after New Brunswick, to begin an easing of pandemic restrictions, including non-contact outdoor recreational activities of no more than five people from different households. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Keen for contact: Families are trying to make sense of loosened restrictions that allow Manitobans to get a haircut or drink on a patio even as health officials continue to advise against expanding social bubbles to include extended family members. Danielle Da Silva reports. READ MORE
Gala goes virtual: A virtual gala to rate funds for the St. Boniface Hospital Foundation includes a delivered three-course meal and an exclusive online concert. Doug Speirs reports. READ MORE
Daily details: Provincial health officials will give their regular update on the COVID-19 situation at 1 p.m. Two new cases were announced Thursday, bringing the total to 275. Carol Sanders and Kevin Rollason report. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Increasingly cloudy with showers starting in the mid-afternoon, a high of 20 C and wind from the south at 20 km/h increasing to 30 km/h and gusting to 50 later this morning.
In other news
MARAUDERS.COMThe Winnipeg Blue Bombers top draft pick in Thursday’s CFL Draft was McMaster University safety Noah Hallett who they selected in the second round.
Blue brothers: The Blue Bombers chose Master University safety Noah Hallett with their first pick in last night’s CFL draft. His brother, Nick, played in every game for the Bombers last year. Mike Sawatzky reports. READ MORE
Liberal gun ban looms: The federal government is expected to announce as early as today that it is banning certain models of “military-style” rifles. A Virden-based company that is one of Canada’s largest independent firearms retailers says bans aren’t the answer. Julia-Simone Rutgers reports. READ MORE
New arena delayed: The WHL’s Winnipeg Ice will be playing at the University of Manitoba for longer than they had planned, as construction of a new arena has yet to begin. Mike Sawatzky reports. READ MORE
On this date
On May 1, 2009: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that N95 respirator masks were flying off the shelves in the city, despite a warning from public health officials that they were unnecessary and could heighten public fear of the H1N1 influenza; no cases had been diagnosed in Manitoba. Canadian icon Leonard Cohen wowed a diverse crowd at the MTS Centre. Broadway heavyweights mingled with Winnipeg theatregoers at the world premiere of The Boys in the Photograph, the new musical from Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton. A proposed redevelopment of the city’s Central Park would see the public green space get a soccer pitch with artificial turf, a huge toboggan slide, and the city’s largest outdoor spray park. A volunteer group met all the city’s requirements to create a heritage park on the grounds of the former Upper Fort Garry.
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