What you need to know
Troy Fleece / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILESSex offender Peter Whitmore in 2007
Pedophile’s online profile: Peter Whitmore — who is serving a life sentence for abducting and sexually assaulting two boys, including one from Winnipeg — has a profile on a pen-pal website for inmates, stating he’s a “loving person who cannot begin to describe” his loneliness. READ MORE
Converting Concordia: The province announced Concordia Hospital will become an urgent care centre instead of closing, but area residents say they’ll continue their fight to keep it a hospital. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny with a high of 17 C and wind from the northwest at 10 km/h to start the morning.
What’s happening today
Chiang Ying-ying / The Associated PressSame-sex marriage supporters cheer outside the Legislative Yuan Friday, May 17, 2019, in Taipei, Taiwan after the legislature passed a law allowing same-sex marriage in a first for Asia. The vote Friday allows same-sex couples full legal marriage rights, including in areas such as taxes, insurance and child custody. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
‘Clarion call’: Taiwan’s legislature has voted to legalize same-sex marriage, a first in Asia. A majority of voters rejected the idea in a referendum in November. READ MORE
Abortion ban expected: Missouri’s state legislature is set to pass a ban on abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy. Here’s our editorial on recent restrictions to the procedure. READ MORE
In case you missed it
This photo provided by CBS shows Melissa Rauch, from left, Simon Helberg, Johnny Galecki, Kaley Cuoco, Jim Parsons, Mayim Bialik and Kunal Nayyar in a scene from the series finale of “The Big Bang Theory,” Thursday, May 16, 2019, airing 8:30 – 9:00 p.m., ET/PT, on the CBS Television Network. (Michael Yarish/CBS via AP)
Out with a bang: The Big Bang Theory, TV’s top-rated comedy in the U.S., ended its long run with an emotional series finale. The series began in 2007. READ MORE
Series sweep: The Boston Bruins have advanced to the Stanley Cup Final with a sweep of the Carolina Hurricanes. READ MORE
‘My plate was pretty full’: Prominent Tory Stuart Murray is leaving the Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Corp. board. Jessica Botelho-Urbanski reports. READ MORE
On this date
On May 17, 1949: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a third of voters in East Germany voted “no” in the Communist-controlled territory when presented with a slate of Communist party candidates for government; the government had hoped for a fully solid “yes” vote. In China, nationalist forces dug in in Shanghai during a lull in the advance by Communist forces. In Manitoba, rains in the province’s bush country had temporarily quelled fears of forest fires. READ MORE
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