COVID-19 crisis
A staff member receives training on how to put on and remove PPE at the Nightingale Hospital North West set up in the Manchester Central Convention Complex in Manchester, England. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
Procuring protective gear: The federal government will give an update today on its efforts to obtain personal protective equipment. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Pandemic poll: Half of Canadians believe governments are withholding information about the pandemic, a new poll suggests. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Tourism town hall: A town hall on Manitoba tourism begins online later today. Colin Ferguson of Travel Manitoba said he’s hoping residents will explore the province after spending months at home. “We have an amazing province, and this is your opportunity to… give your province some love,” he said. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
At the races: Assiniboia Downs became the first track in Canada to reopen Monday night, running races for the first time since September. Mike Sawatzky reports. READ MORE
Another online option: Red River Co-op now has a click-and-collect pickup program at its Grant Park store. Kelly Romas, the co-op’s director of marketing, said it had been planning for years to launch the service this spring. Ben Waldman reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Cloudy with a 60 per cent chance of showers in the morning and early afternoon, a high of 23 C and wind at 10 km/h increasing to 20 km/h late this afternoon.
In other news
Prisoners freed under peace deal: Afghanistan announced today it will free 900 prisoners in the biggest such release since the U.S. and the Taliban signed a peace deal that includes an exchange of detainees. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
On this date
On May 26, 1961: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the Manitoba government imposed travel restrictions on forested areas due to the elevated risk of forest fires. In Winnipeg, 10 people were injured in an explosion that destroyed the Prague Café on Main Street; natural gas was not thought to be the cause. In Washington, D.C., Congress sensed in U.S. president John F. Kennedy’s speech an appeal that seemed designed to take the country to the edge of wartime emergency with the Soviet Union. In Jackson, Miss., 27 “freedom riders” were set to go on trial as integrationists continued their push against segregationist Jim Crow laws throughout the deep South.
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