Your forecast
A mix of sun and cloud, with a 30 per cent chance of showers early this morning, and 60 per cent chance of thunderstorms late this afternoon. Wind from the southeast at 30 km/h gusting to 50. High 22 C, UV index 6 or high.
What’s happening today
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to visit a school in Winnipeg today to promote his government’s school nutrition program.
The government’s spring budget included a promise to develop a national plan to provide meals to 400,000 more kids across the country. The Canadian Press reports.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at Marguerite-Bourgeoys School in Caraquet, N.B., Thursday. (Ron Ward / The Canadian Press)
University of Victoria professor Gina Starblanket will launch the third edition of Making Space for Indigenous Feminism (Fernwood Publishing) at McNally Robinson’s Grant Park location, 7 p.m.
Mitchell Makoons plays the West End Cultural Centre, 8 p.m. Tickets: $15 plus fees.
Singer-songwriter Mitchell Makoons (Tim Smith / The Brandon Sun files)
Today’s must-read
Thousands of drivers were hit with speeding tickets after being snared in the first mobile photo radar unit used in a construction zone on the Perimeter Highway in south Winnipeg.
Winnipeg police said 14,183 tickets were issued in the first six weeks (March 15 to April 30) of mobile units being set up east and west of St. Mary’s Road.
“The statistics demonstrate a clear need for enforcement,” said traffic division Insp. Marc Philippot. “The reality is that police cannot be everywhere, so photo enforcement is one of our tools to assist in this regard.” Chris Kitching has the story.
City police became the primary enforcer of traffic laws on the southern half of the Perimeter on May 1, taking over from Manitoba RCMP. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press files)
On the bright side
Scientists once thought of dinosaurs as sluggish, cold-blooded creatures. Then research suggested that some could control their body temperature, but when and how that shift came about remained a mystery.
Now, a new study estimates that the first warm-blooded dinosaurs may have roamed the Earth about 180 million years ago, about halfway through the creatures’ time on the planet. The Associated Press reports.
This illustration shows a dromaeosaur incubating its eggs as snow falls. (Davide Bonadonna / University of Vigo / University College London via The Associated Press)
On this date
On May 17, 1972: The Winnipeg Free Press reported six places in the south of the province shattered heat records, with Winnipeg reaching 33 C, making it Canada’s national hot spot, but in Thompson the mercury fell below freezing and the town received snow. In Ottawa, the five-person Le Dain commission recommended eliminating penalties for simple possession of cannabis. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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