What’s happening today
Many Manitoba students are learning remotely until at least the end of this week. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press files)
COVID-19 school closures: Education Minister Cliff Cullen said Wednesday that Dr. Brent Roussin is expected to give an update on school closures today. Students in Winnipeg, Brandon, and the Garden Valley and Red River Valley school divisions shifted to remote learning until at least the end of this week amid a spike in COVID-19 cases. READ MORE
Back on the ice: The Jets return to practice as players wait to learn who they will face in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs and when. Jeff Hamilton reports. READ MORE
Apology for internment: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to deliver a formal apology in the House of Commons for the internment of Italian-Canadians during the Second World War. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Filibuster fight: Republicans in the U.S. Senate are set to use a filibuster to block the creation of a bipartisan commission to probe January’s Capitol Hill insurrection. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny for most of the day, with a high of 15 C and wind from the east at 20 km/h beginning later this morning.
In case you missed it
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSSherpa Marketing president Marty Fisher (left) and Peter George, president and CEO of McKim Communications, are merging their advertising companies.
McKim merger: McKim Communications — one of the oldest advertising agencies in Canada — is merging with Sherpa Marketing, another Winnipeg firm. Both will continue to operate under their existing brands. Martin Cash reports. READ MORE
Plastic patients: The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service is using high-tech mannequins for simulation training, including a pregnant woman who can “deliver” a mannequin baby. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE
On this date
On May 27, 1988: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that an inquest found the police investigation into a fellow officer’s shooting of Indigenous leader J.J. Harper was incomplete and hastily done. A judge was disgusted by a man found guilty of assaulting his wife, who had cancer. Canada Post backed off from a policy that would make postal codes mandatory on all mail and impose a 10-cent fine for anyone mailing uncoded letters. The Edmonton Oilers beat the Boston Bruins 6-3 to win their fourth Stanley Cup.
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