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Sunny, becoming a mix of sun and cloud this morning. High 15 C, UV index 6 or high.
What’s happening today
The Winnipeg trial of admitted serial killer Jeremy Skibicki is expected to hear testimony today from a police officer who examined video surveillance.
Court has heard police collected video evidence showing someone placing several bags in various garbage bins in Skibicki’s neighbourhood shortly before the remains of one of his victims was found. The Canadian Press reports.
In New York, the star prosecution witness in Donald Trump’s hush money trial is set to take the stand with testimony that could help shape the outcome of the first criminal case against an American president.
Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer and personal fixer, is by far the Manhattan district attorney’s most important witness in the case, and his expected appearance signals that the trial is entering its final stretch. Prosecutors say they may wrap up their presentation of evidence by the end of the week. The Associated Press reports.
Michael Cohen, former attorney to Donald Trump (Yuki Iwamura / The Associaterd Press files)
Today’s must-read
Bernice Catcheway knows time does not heal all wounds. It has been nearly 16 years since the grieving mother’s 18-year-old daughter, Jennifer Catcheway, disappeared — it’s a horror she confronts every time an Indigenous person goes missing in Manitoba.
Catcheway was one of roughly 100 people who participated in the Sisters in Spirit Mother’s Day walk, an annual memorial march honouring Manitoba’s MMIWG2S+ community.
The march, which is now in its 20th year, is dedicated to Sunshine Wood, a 16-year-old Indigenous girl who disappeared from the former St. Regis Hotel (284 Smith St.) in 2004. Tyler Searle has the story.
The group walked to The Forks for an afternoon of ceremony. (John Woods / Free Press)
On the bright side
Bavleen Kaur didn’t expect to have to call 911 the same day she learned about it.
A newcomer to Canada at the time, Kaur was observing a Canadian Red Cross workshop as part of her volunteer training in December 2019. Later that day, she encountered an injured, semi-conscious man in a bus shelter. She called 911, something she had learned about during the SmartStart workshop.
“I followed the steps — I stayed calm and I gave clear instructions — and (help) came in three minutes while I was on the phone call,” Kaur said. “If I hadn’t attended the workshop that morning, I wouldn’t have known what to do.” Aaron Epp has more here.
Bavleen Kaur volunteers with the SmartStart program at the Canadian Red Cross, where she provides basic safety information sessions to new Canadians. (Supplied)
On this date
On May 13, 1922: The Manitoba Free Press reported King George V visited the First World War battlefield of Vimy Ridge, and sent a message to Canada’s governor general, Lord Julian Byng, who had commanded the Canadian troops in the battle, writing, “My thoughts were with you.” In Ottawa, the minister of defence told Parliament that Canada’s navy would be drastically reduced. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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