What’s happening today
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSPeople relax at Assiniboine Park on Sunday. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press)
No more mingling: Today is the final day before pandemic restrictions prohibiting outdoor gatherings with people from different households, even in public places, take effect. Anyone planning to squeeze in one last meeting should know there is a risk of thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. READ MORE
COVID-19 case numbers: The provincial government will release Manitoba’s latest COVID-19 numbers after announcing a record 603 cases on Thursday. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Long weekend sports
Jason Franson / The Canadian PressDerek Forbort (left) and Dylan DeMelo mix it up with the Oilers Alex Chiasson Wednesday night.
Friday night faceoff: The Winnipeg Jets face the Oilers in Edmonton in Game 2 of their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series at 8 p.m. CT tonight. The Jets won Game 1 on Wednesday. Reporter Jeff Hamilton says the Jets can continue to win with strong goaltending, depth scoring and disciplined hockey. The teams play again in Winnipeg on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. and on Monday at 8:45 p.m. The original Jets franchise held a lead in only one of six series with the Oilers, and all six ended in defeat. READ MORE
Curling concludes: Kerri Einarson of Manitoba and Brad Gushue of Newfoundland face the Czech Republic and Russia in their final games of round-robin play at the world mixed doubles curling championship today. They are trying to become the first Canadian team to win gold in the event’s history. Qualification games and semifinals are scheduled for Saturday, with the medal games set for Sunday. Mike Sawatzky reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of showers or drizzle this morning, showers and a risk of thunderstorms in the late afternoon and tonight, a high of 15 C and wind from the northeast at 20 km/h for most of the day.
In case you missed it
Conservation officers stop vehicles on the Trans Canada at the Manitoba-Ontario border in March. Ontario Provincial Police say they are turning away up to 30 Manitobans a day that are trying to enter Ontario. THE CANADIAN PRESS FILES/John Woods
Turned back at border: Ontario Provincial Police are turning away dozens of Manitobans from the border each day and are urging people to stop trying to use loopholes to visit their cabins until pandemic restrictions are lifted. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
‘Collateral damage’: Boundary Trails Health Centre, a hospital between Morden and Winker, has closed two of its three operating rooms after more than a dozen health-care workers were identified as close contacts of people with COVID-19. Malak Abas reports. READ MORE
On this date
On May 21, 1958: The recommendation of a federal royal commission that there be no major change in the law to give Canadian ships an advantage over competitors when the St. Lawrence seaway reopened was seen as a victory for Manitoba, which had made recommendations along those lines. In Winnipeg, a pair of lion cubs born at the zoo were doing well at two months old. The U.S. secretary of state said Soviet threats would not deter the U.S. from “doing our duty and what is right” around the world, including, if needed, in war-torn Lebanon.
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