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A mix of sun and cloud, with a 30 per cent chance of showers this afternoon. Wind from the southwest at 40 km/h gusting to 60 increasing to 60 gusting to 80 this morning then becoming northwest 50 gusting to 70 this afternoon. High 20 C. UV index 6 or high.
What’s happening today
Ontario’s top court is expected to release its decision today in the case of former fashion mogul Peter Nygard, who is contesting his sexual assault convictions and prison sentence. The Canadian Press reports.
Peter Nygard (Cole Burston / The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
When Robert Dobson died last year, no one attended his funeral.
It’s not that family members didn’t want to be there; they were unaware it was taking place due to what appears to be miscommunication between two provincial bureaucracies.
As a result, Dobson became part of a startling statistic; he was one of a record 238 unclaimed bodies recorded in 2025 by Manitoba’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
“He was very ill,” older brother Phil Dobson said. “His passing was a bit of a relief because he was suffering. But how he was treated after he died, I’m ashamed.”
The number of unclaimed bodies in 2025 was up by 70, or a 40 per cent increase over the previous year and a 53 per cent increase compared to the five-year average of 155. Morgan Modjeski has the story.
Phil Dobson is calling for a review of the 237 other cases where a body went unclaimed last year. (John Woods / Free Press)
On the bright side
Sunrise is still 45 minutes away, but don’t tell that to the 12 horses inside Steve Keplin Jr.’s barn.
A flick of the light switch at 5 a.m. and, like clockwork, the magnificent animals rise in their stalls and poke their heads out, ready to begin their day.
It’s a big one, too. The start of the 2026 racing season has arrived at Assiniboia Downs, with the first of 50 race nights on tap.
Outside the barns, a similar sense of anticipation is in the air. From the backstretch to the final stretch, everyone is raring to go.
The Free Press spent Tuesday at the track, chronicling a day in the life at the Downs and what it takes to get the 69th season of live racing up and running. Mike McIntyre has more here.
Trainer Steve Keplin juggles work calls and early-morning tasks. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press)
On this date
On May 15, 1965: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the United States had stopped bombing North Vietnam pending an intensive reconnaissance survey of damage done and a further high-level policy decision. Manitoba premier Duff Roblin indicated he would not join Saskatchewan premier Ross Thatcher in protesting the federal government over an extenstion of the three-year tax exemption to potash mines.
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