What’s happening today
EMILY CHRISTIE / THE CANADIAN PRESSManitoba artist Rosemarie Péloquin’s wool sculpture of Prince Charles took her months to complete using local wool. “I think it’s genius to have the patron of the campaign have a bust of himself made from all Canadian wool,” she says.
Royal couple in Canada: Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, are in St. John’s, N.L., to begin a three-day Canadian tour focused on Indigenous reconciliation and climate change. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Getting woolly: A Manitoba artist will show off two of her creations — wool sculptures of Prince Charles and the Queen — when she meets the visiting royals. AV Kitching reports. READ MORE
Bidens in Buffalo: U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will visit a makeshift memorial outside a supermarket in Buffalo where 10 people were killed in America’s most deadly racist attack since he took office. The president will make a speech, and the Bidens are expected to meet privately with families of the victims, first responders and local officials. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Second round starts: The second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs begins this evening, with the Florida Panthers hosting the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Colorado Avalanche hosting the St. Louis Blues. READ MORE
Flooding and weather
The Red River stretches far beyond its banks south of Winnipeg on Sunday. (John Woods / The Canadian Press files)
‘A huge project’: Kevin Rollason reports on how recent rains have washed out roads and damaged bridges in rural Manitoba. READ MORE
Your daytime forecast: A mix of sun and cloud, then increasingly cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of showers this afternoon, a high of 16 C and peak winds at 20 km/h from the east beginning early this afternoon.
In case you missed it
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSThe Moxies location in Canada Life Centre opened in 2004, the same year as the arena.
Arena eatery done: The Moxies restaurant inside Canada Life Centre has closed permanently amid a renovation project in the downtown arena’s north concourse. Gabrielle Piché reports. READ MORE
Reconciliation sign replaced: A street sign on Reconciliation Road — which had been named Colonization Road until this fall — in the Rural Municipality of St. Clements had to be replaced after it was repeatedly targeted by gunfire. Malak Abas reports. READ MORE
On this date
On May 17, 1941: The Winnipeg Free Press reported republics in the Americas were watching negotiations between Nazi Germany and the Vichy government of occupied France in case their collaboration should extend to French colonies; the United States and other governments were prepared to establish provisional administration over the colonies to counter such a move. British troops continued to press German forces in Fort Capuzzo, Libya, taking 500 prisoners. READ MORE
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