Your forecast
Cloudy, with showers beginning this morning, amount 5 to 10 mm. Wind becoming east at 20 km/h this morning. High 12 C, UV index 2 or low.
What’s happening today
Winnipeggers have organized a service of prayer and lament after Palestinian Christians called to remember and pray for people suffering due to the war in Gaza. The service will be held at Home Street Mennonite Church, 318 Home St., at 7:30 p.m. John Longhurst has more here.
Prateek Kuhad’s 22-date tour lands at the Park Theatre at 8 p.m. Tickets $30 plus fees at ticketweb.ca
Prateek Kuhad (Facebook)
Today’s must-read
The University of Winnipeg has locked its doors to the public outside over safety concerns related to a pro-Palestinian encampment erected on school grounds last week.
Access to campus buildings is being limited to current students, faculty, staff and visitors attending for “a legitimate academic purpose,” the university announced Monday. Those seeking access to campus buildings will be asked to provide identification.
“Our priority is to ensure that students, faculty, and staff can continue to work and learn in a safe and respectful environment. The university is monitoring the encampment for any impacts on the health and safety of our campus community,” a Sunday press release signed by university vice-president Todd Mondor said. Nicole Buffie has the story.
A pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Winnipeg. (John Woods / Free Press)
On the bright side
For a last hurrah, it was a Sage decision. A miniature poodle named Sage won the top prize Tuesday night at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, in what veteran handler Kaz Hosaka said would be his final time at the United States’ most prestigious canine event. After 45 years of competing and two best in show dogs, he plans to retire.
Sage notched the 11th triumph for poodles of various sizes at Westminster; only wire fox terriers have won more. The last miniature poodle to take the trophy was Spice, with Hosaka, in 2002. The Associated Press reports.
A handler runs with a dog during breed group judging at the 148th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show, Monday, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. (Julia Nikhinson / The Associated Press files)
On this date
On May 15, 1952: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in Washington, D.C., the U.S. secretary of state warned the Soviet Union that the Western powers would stand firm in Berlin in the face of any new attempts to bring pressure on them. In Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench, a decision in the case involving Canadian Superior Oil of California and Portage la Prairie farmer William Hiebert could affect oil rights ownership on a large amount of Manitoba farmland. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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