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Cloudy, with showers beginning this morning, mount 5 mm. Wind becoming east at 20 km/h late this afternoon. High 12 C, UV index 2 or low.
What’s happening today
A two-day summit beginning in Winnipeg today will hear from Indigenous leaders across the country on how they’re reacting to — and can come together to fix — what they call Indigenous identity fraud.
Co-hosted by the Manitoba Métis Federation and the Chiefs of Ontario, the summit will also include Inuit and Innu leaders who have raised concerns about the topic in their respective jurisdictions. The Canadian Press reports.
And as columnist Niigaan Sinclair writes, “Much interest has emerged about artists, writers and professors who have claimed to be Indigenous while misrepresenting their ancestry. This is an important issue with deep material consequences. Far more nuanced discussions will take place at the summit about what constitutes an Indigenous nation and who holds constitutional rights in Canada.” Read his column here.
Metis Nation of Ontario President Margaret Froh, left, and Metis Nation of Alberta President Andrea Sandmaier (Adrian Wyld / The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
Premier Wab Kinew is heading to northwestern Manitoba as a massive wildfire rages in the region, scorching thousands of hectares of land and forcing hundreds of Cranberry Portage residents to flee from their homes.
Kinew vowed unconditional support for displaced residents and fire crews battling the blaze — which provincial officials said may continue to burn for weeks.
“This is a very difficult moment for a lot of people in our province, but I wanted to indicate to folks that have been displaced that we’re going to have your back,” Kinew said Monday. Tyler Searle has the story.
Cranberry Portage was evacuated Saturday night, as a wildlife spread close to the northern community. (Heather Charlette / Facebook)
On the bright side
In Juno Beach, Fla., a crowd cheered and took photos as two loggerhead sea turtles slowly made their way through the sand and into the Atlantic Ocean on Monday after rehabbing at a Florida marine life center.
Cayman and Finley arrived at Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach after separate incidents left them injured, officials said. The center treats injured turtles and releases them back into their natural habitat as soon as they are healthy enough to survive on their own.
Cayman’s front left flipper became entangled in fishing line, and he was brought to the center on Feb. 6, in need of surgery, said Dr. Heather Barron, a veterinarian and the center’s chief science officer. The Associated Press reports.
Cayman, a subadult loggerhead turtle found entangled in fishing wire in February, at the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach, Fla. (Loggerhead Marinelife Center via The Associated Press files)
On this date
On May 14, 1932: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in New Jersey, clues to the identity of the kidnappers and slayers of the infant Charles Lindbergh Jr. were obtained by police from two men who led negotiations for the baby’s recovery when he was believed to be alive. In Halifax, Orson Wade, one of three alleged communists arrested in Winnipeg and brought to Nova Scotia for deportation hearings, would be released because he claimed to be a Canadian citizen. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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