What’s happening today
CPThe intensive care unit at Health Sciences Centre. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)
COVID-19 crisis: Officials will hold a news conference and announce the province’s latest COVID-19 numbers, after Manitoba broke its record for the most patients in intensive care on Saturday and again on Sunday. A new mobile testing site will open on Portage Avenue. Danielle Da Silva reports. READ MORE
Investigating incident: City police are expected to release information about a violent incident that happened in the West Broadway area on Sunday. Forensic investigators could be seen placing evidence markers and taking photographs on Furby Street. READ MORE
Pubs reopen amid pandemic: Pubs, restaurants, theatres, sports venues and museums are opening across the United Kingdom for the first time since early January. A COVID-19 variant spread across the U.K. in December, triggering a third national lockdown. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Stanley Cup playoffs continue: The NHL playoffs, which began Saturday, continue with three games tonight. Four of the top seven forwards on the Winnipeg Jets, who open their series against the Oilers in Edmonton on Wednesday, did not participate in competitive drills and rushes at practice on Sunday. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: A mix of sun and cloud with a high of 30 C and wind from the south at 10 km/h increasing to 30 km/h and gusting to 50 beginning this afternoon.
In case you missed it
The family of Eishia Hudson rebuilt a memorial at the intersection of Fermor Avenue and Lagimodiere Boulevard on Sunday evening. A previous memorial to the teen who was fatally shot by a Winnipeg police officer near the intersection was removed. (Danielle Da Silva / Winnipeg Free Press)
Memorial rebuilt after removal: Family and friends of Eishia Hudson gathered on Sunday evening to rebuild a memorial at the site where she was fatally shot by police last year. READ MORE
Bomber booked for vaccine: Shelley Cook’s latest column is about a former Winnipeg Blue Bombers player who is raising funds for a non-profit organization by wearing something formal when he is inoculated later this month. READ MORE
On this date
On May 17, 1918: The Manitoba Free Press reported that the strike situation in Winnipeg was becoming increasingly serious. In addition to the city’s 500 female phone workers staging a walkout, business organizations argued strikes should be illegal during wartime, while a mass meeting of multiple unions showed many supported a general strike. In the ongoing Great War, Italian troops carried out an offensive against Austrian trenches in Monte Asalone.
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