Your forecast
Mainly cloudy skies, with a 30 per cent chance of showers this morning. Expected high is 10 C with a low of 4.
What’s happening today
The Manito Ahbee Festival’s celebration of Indigenous culture and heritage brings its message of unification, education and inspiration to the Red River Exhibition Grounds this weekend. Manito Ahbee, which means “where the Creator sits” in Ojibwa, begins today at 11:30 a.m. with the lighting of the sacred fire. For more information, click here.
Dancers perform in the Grand Entrance of the Manito Ahbee Powwow at the Red River Exhibition Park in Winnipeg in 2022. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Winnipeg Studio Theatre’s Studio Works Academy is putting on its own version of The SpongeBob Musical, a Broadway smash based on the beloved animated series created by Stephen Hillenburg, nightly at the University of Winnipeg’s Asper Centre for Theatre and Film at 7 p.m. through Friday, with a 2 p.m. show Saturday. For more information click here.
Cadence Brand plays Sandy while Al Gilbert dons the rectangular pants as SpongeBob. (Kayla Gordon photo)
Today’s must-read
June Christine Johnson, a 40-year-old “loving, devoted mom” who had been gripped by drug addiction, was publicly identified Wednesday as the homicide victim whose dismembered remains were found discarded next to the Red River last month. Chris Kitching and Erik Pindera have the story.
June Christine Johnson (Police / Handout)
On the bright side
An energy storage farm could replace Hawaii’s last coal-fired power plant that closed in 2022 after 30 years. The AES Corporation coal plant produced up to one-fifth of the electricity on Oahu — the most populous island in the state. Taking it offline meant an end to the 1.5 million metric tons of greenhouse gases that were emitted annually, then-Gov. David Ige said as it was about to shutdown in September. The Associated Press reports.
On this date
On May 18, 1968: The Winnipeg Free Press reported Conservative national campaign chairman Edwin Goodman blamed prime minister Pierre Trudeau for the breakdown in talks over holding a proposed nationally televised debate between federal leaders during the election campaign. French president Charles de Gaulle cut short a state visit to Romania to return home to deal with wildcat strikes that were paralyzing France. Manitoba’s agriculture minister announced the province would discontinue offering direct loans to farmers, and concentrate on expanding research facilities. In Winnipeg, snow and freezing temperatures put a damper on Victoria Day festivities. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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