What’s happening today
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSMaples MET school student Zachary Ireland.
Students set to switch: Today will be the final day of in-person learning for most students in Winnipeg and Brandon. Malak Abas spoke to students before what might be their final day of the school year — or, for Grade 12 students, their lives — in their respective high schools. READ MORE
Killer in court: Jordan Belyk is scheduled to be sentenced after being convicted of manslaughter for fatally stabbing a stranger, Brittany Bung, while in a drug-induced psychosis. READ MORE
Federal funds: The federal government will unveil programs to provide airports with hundreds of millions of dollars in funding announced in November. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Still struggling: The Winnipeg Jets host the Vancouver Canucks at 7 p.m. for the second consecutive night, in the home team’s penultimate regular season game. The Jets have lost nine of their last 10 games and scored only 13 goals in those losses. Jason Bell reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly sunny with a high of 19 C and peak winds from the south at 20 km/h this morning.
In case you missed it
CPA Palestinian searches for survivors under the destroyed rooftop of a residential building at a refugee camp in Gaza. (Khalil Hamra / The Associated Press)
Conflict escalates: Twenty-four Palestinians, including nine children, are dead after Israel launched airstrikes on Gaza. At least 15 of the 22 deaths are attributed to the airstrikes, while the remainder are linked to an unexplained explosion. The Israeli military said 15 of the dead were militants. Gaza militants fired more than 250 rockets towards Israel, injuring six civilians in an apartment building. READ MORE
Deadline for documents: A House of Commons committee trying to find out why two scientists at Winnipeg’s National Microbiology Laboratory were fired voted unanimously to give the Public Health Agency of Canada 10 days to turn over unredacted documents. READ MORE
On this date
On May 11, 1977: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that in a new poll asking voters’ intentions if a federal election were called, the largest group (39 per cent) remained undecided. But among those who knew who they would vote for, most supported the Liberals. Snow hit the northeastern United States. In St. Boniface, the school board decided to run French-language and English-language programs in separate schools, rather than both programs in neighbourhood schools.
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