Your forecast
A mix of sun and cloud, with 30 percent chance of showers early this morning and risk of a thunderstorm this afternoon. Wind becoming northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 early this afternoon. High 15 C, UV index 6 or high.
What’s happening today
LGBTTQ+ people 16 years and older are invited to Crafting Queerly at the Rainbow Resource Centre, 545 Broadway, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. With Pride around the corner, participants will be provided with blank poster boards and crafting supplies to help share messages of love, joy and support at the upcoming parade and other events around the city.
Today’s must-read
A historic church in downtown Winnipeg may be at risk of demolition, but the congregation who call it home are committed to carrying on.
Holy Trinity Anglican Church, located at 256 Smith St., is facing possible collapse due to structural issues; the 140-year-old building was constructed without a foundation, causing it to shift over time.
Cracks have begun to show on walls near the altar, forcing the church to erect scaffolding to protect the organ player from the possibility of falling plaster. Elsewhere, the floor has begun to bow, making doors difficult to open and close. Tyler Searle has the story.
Holy Trinity Church on Smith Street. (Brook Jones / Free Press files)
On the bright side
The YMCA-YWCA of Winnipeg celebrated its 145th anniversary on May 16, and the organization’s leader credits volunteers with its success.
“Volunteers were part of its inception and they continue to be important today,” says Cordella Friesen, president and CEO. “We wouldn’t be where we are without them.”
Approximately 30 volunteers serve at the Y’s four Winnipeg locations, which offer a variety of services related to physical fitness, mental health, youth empowerment and assisting newcomers. Aaron Epp has more here.
Longtime YMCA-YWCA volunteer Jakobina Jensen has helped catalogue historical material from the Y’s 145 years in Winnipeg. (Brook Jones / Free Press)
On this date
On May 27, 1924: The Manitoba Free Press reported the seeding of wheat had been practically completed in the prairie provinces a few days earlier, while three-quarters of coarse grains had been sown. In Paris, a young Romanian inventor claimed to have solved the problem of producing stereoscopic motion pictures that, when projected on a screen, produced a picture in full relief. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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