Playoff rivalry resumes
CPWinnipeg Jets celebrate a goal against the Edmonton Oilers during the third period. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Win out west: The Winnipeg Jets beat the Oilers in Edmonton last night to open their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series. The winner of the series will face either the Toronto Maple Leafs or the Montreal Canadiens. That series begins this evening. READ MORE
Disciplined play: The Jets kept the most dangerous power-play unit in the NHL off the ice, except for on one minor penalty. Even then, the Jets allowed only one shot. “The more we can stay out of the box is going to play into our favour, for sure,” Jets captain Blake Wheeler said. Jeff Hamilton reports. READ MORE
What’s happening today
Ruth BonnevilleA mobile COVID-19 testing site on Portage Avenue. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press files)
COVID-19 crisis: Health officials will release the province’s latest COVID-19 numbers after announcing 402 cases and four deaths Wednesday. READ MORE
Curling continues: Kerri Einarson of Manitoba and Brad Gushue of Newfoundland are facing Italy and Scotland, two playoff contenders, at the world mixed doubles curling championship. Mike Sawatzky reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Showers are in the forecast the entire day, ending shortly after midnight Friday, with a high of 13 C and wind from the northeast at 30 km/h gusting to 50 until late tonight.
In case you missed it
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSRed Ember owner Steffen Zinn says the pandemic — which has forced many Winnipeggers to work from home — has destroyed the food truck industry downtown.
Bringing food trucks back: A city councillor hopes to lure food trucks downtown by offering a 10 per cent rebate on mobile vendor permits. Joyanne Pursaga. READ MORE
‘No easy answer’: Provincial cabinet minister Cameron Friesen, who represents a constituency with some of the lowest vaccination rates in the province, says he can’t explain why some Morden-Winkler residents refuse to get inoculated. “It’s a complex set of answers,” he said. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Another wave of airstrikes: Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least one Palestinian and wounded several others. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Compensation for cleared trees: Manitoba Hydro will compensate the city for trees it cut down in Omand Park. Hydro had said the trees were growing into two circuits of overhead power lines. Julia-Simone Rutgers reports. READ MORE
On this date
On May 20, 1948: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that fighting continued in Jerusalem between Jewish forces and Arab legionnaires; a photo showed that in an effort to prevent the opposing sides from clashing in the city, departing British forces had entirely filled one of the streets with concertina wire. George Buerling, Canada’s top Second World War fighter ace, died in a plane crash en route to Palestine. In Winnipeg, building suppliers reaffirmed that there was a “grey market” in Canadian nails with prices reaching $15 a keg, compared with regular wholesale prices closer to $8.
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