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A mix of sun and cloud with a high of 24 C. Wind becoming northeast 20 km/h early this morning then increasing to 40 gusting to 60 near noon.
What’s happening today
Former governor general David Johnston will issue an interim report on how best to deal with foreign interference in Canada’s federal elections and is expected to say whether he believes a public inquiry is necessary.
The RCMP marks its 150th anniversary today with events the service says are meant to demonstrate pride, but also humility and reconciliation.
Today’s must-read
Silver Heights families are the latest to request the community’s public school allow their children to participate in Christian lessons during the day — a longstanding, but little-known possibility under provincial legislation.
The St. James-Assiniboia School Board is anticipated to approve the use of Strathmillan School for elementary-aged theology programming at its next meeting. Trustees recently passed the first reading of a bylaw that aims to facilitate it. Maggie Macintosh reports.
Laura Lawrence, Discovery Time director, with a selection of education material at Child Evangelism Fellowship of Manitoba. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On May 23, 1929: The Manitoba Free Press reported Madeleine Brunet of St. Adolphe, Man., placed third in the national oratory contest; first-place winner Roche Pinard of Joliette, Que., would go on to represent Canada at the international competition in Washington, D.C. In Ottawa, debate in the House of Commons on the government’s immigration bill provided the opposition with an opportunity to present an amendment that was, in effect, a no-confidence motion. A fisherman at The Pas, struck by the urge to test the theory that large pike fish often have smaller pikes inside them, cut open a huge 41-inch pike he caught; inside he found a 23-inch pike, and inside that he found a 14.5-inch pike, in which he found a seven-inch pike. Inside the fourth pike were several minnows. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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