What’s happening today
CPWinnipeg Jets forward Dale Hawerchuk tries a wraparound move on Edmonton Oilers goal Bill Ranford in April 1990, in the last playoff series between the Jets and Oilers. (Ray Giguere / The Canadian Press files)
Face-off with familiar foes: The Winnipeg Jets and Edmonton Oilers will meet in the first game of the Stanley Cup playoffs featuring Canadian teams at 8 p.m. CT. The Oilers eliminated the Jets every time while winning five championships in six Stanley Cup Final appearances in the 1980s and ’90s. Here is Mike McIntyre’s latest column. READ MORE
Ready for rain: The likelihood of rain in southern Manitoba could help stop the spread of wildfires amid very dry conditions. Erik Pindera reports. READ MORE
‘Forceful deterrence’: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country is pursuing “forceful deterrence” against Hamas rulers in Gaza and that further escalation is possible. “You can either conquer them, and that’s always an open possibility, or you can deter them,” he said Wednesday. Israeli airstrikes killed at least six people across the Gaza Strip and destroyed a family’s home earlier in the day. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Back to bustling: Restaurants, stores, gyms and many other businesses in New York can open at full capacity if they check for proof patrons have been vaccinated. READ MORE
Vote on panel to probe insurrection: The House of Representatives is set to vote on forming a 9/11-style commission to investigate January’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, but Senate Republicans are signalling they will try to block, or at least slow down, the push for an independent panel. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Increasingly cloudy with a 60 per cent chance of showers beginning later this morning, a high of 24 C, humidex of 27 and wind from the south at 30 km/h gusting to 50.
In case you missed it
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSTwin sisters, Ruth Turk (left) and Miriam Turk with the masks they made with their 3D printer for their school science fair project.
Pandemic science project: Twin sisters who set out to make better masks for children were among the award winners at the 50th annual Manitoba Schools Science Symposium. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
‘She was fine before all this’: A Winnipeg family believes COVID-19, which 35-year-old Charlene Moar contracted in hospital, played a role in her death. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
On this date
On May 19, 1938: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that William McQuarrie was found guilty in the murder of his wife and was sentenced to be hanged; his only request was that his children be placed in a Catholic home. In China, the Japanese reported they had occupied all of the strategic city of Suchow. A rift between France and Italy jeopardized Great Britain’s policy of European settlement.
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