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MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESFriends and family gather around a makeshift memorial for Simone Sanderson in the vacant lot where her body was found in April, 2016.
Case nears close: Closing arguments are expected to begin today in the second-degree murder trial of Kyllan Ellis. He’s accused of killing Simone Sanderson in August 2012. READ MORE
Italian president makes pick: Italy’s president has tapped economist Carlo Cottarelli to try to form a government, and the premier-designate says his primary job is to guide the nation to a new election. On Sunday, President Sergio Mattarella quashed a bid by the the 5-Star Movement and the League to form western Europe’s first populist government by vetoing their choice for economy minister. READ MORE
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JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSTannis St. Louis (from left) and her children, Raelle and Piper, and her husband, Justin, paint the ice at Bell MTS Place Sunday.
Colourful collage: Winnipeg Jets season-ticket holders painted the ice at Bell MTS Place with drawings and messages to the team Sunday. In her latest column, Melissa Martin says this year’s annual event shows the thrill of the team’s unprecedented playoff run has lingered, fuelling hopes for the future. READ MORE
Mad about museum: Five of a Portage la Prairie museum’s six staff members have resigned after its curator and executive director was let go. The Friends of Fort la Reine Museum are demanding a full explanation. “It doesn’t seem logical given her accomplishments,” says Mitchell Omichinski. “She was a great promoter. Attendance increased fivefold.” Bill Redekop reports. READ MORE
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TREVOR HAGAN / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSNichols, it can be argued, is the only player on the team that is truly irreplaceable.
Under pressure: With glaring weakness at backup quarterback, the Blue Bombers’ offensive line is under extra pressure to protect starter Matt Nichols this season. “Keeping Matt up is a focal point for us because as you saw last year, when he went down things kind of went down with him a little,” says left tackle Stanley Bryant. Jeff Hamilton reports. READ MORE
Final faceoff: The Stanley Cup final begins in Las Vegas at 7 p.m., with the expansion Golden Knights hosting the Washington Capitals. Caps fans have been waiting for a championship since the team was founded in 1974. READ MORE
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Frank Gunn / THE CANADIAN PRESSOntario Liberal Leader Kathleen Wynne, left to right, Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford and Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath during the final televised debate of the provincial election.
#ONdebate: The final leaders debate in the Ontario provincial election took place Sunday, with Liberal leader Kathleen Wynne, Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford and NDP leader Andrea Horwath squaring off against each other. READ MORE
On this date
On May 28, 1963: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Pope John XXIII had a brush with death, as persistent hemorrhaging due to gastric heteroplasia left him in grave condition. In Whitehorse, Yukon, police were trying to determine whether a body was that of a missing French student. In Parliament, a former defence minister read aloud a letter he claimed showed the U.S. had interfered with in the recent Canadian federal election. The U.S. secretary of state declared that racial strife in the U.S. was crippling its foreign policy and presented one of the greatest challenges since the Civil War. READ MORE
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