This morning
Skywalk shooting detailed: An optometrist described on Tuesday how a man with a pair of scissors on a pole was acting irrationally in his office in a downtown skywalk before he was shot by police on Monday. “The guy was undone and completely irrational. They (police) had no choice,” said Dr. Robert Lecker. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
Your forecast: The anonymous scribe who scribbles Head Start is whoop-out-loud delighted to report the wonderful weather ahead. Light rain showers this morning will clear in the afternoon and we’ll hit a high of 16 C. Then it gets nice; 18 on Thursday, 21 on Friday, 17 on Saturday, 21 on Sunday and 20 on Monday.
In case you missed it
Supplied photoOutlet Collection Winnipeg is the province’s first pure outlet centre and the anchor of the Seasons development along Sterling Lyon Parkway.
Outlet mall opens today: Today has long been a red-letter day for Manitoba shoppers as a highly-anticipated 400,000-square-foot factory outlet mall opens for business. When completed, Outlet Collection Winnipeg, 555 Sterling Lyon Pkwy., will feature about 100 retailers, including anchor tenants such as Saks Off 5th, Old Navy, F21 Red, DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse and Winners. Randy Turner reports. READ MORE
Public Private Partnerships: Premier Brian Pallister announced Tuesday Manitoba will consider building four new schools with Public Private Partnerships (P3s). Columnist Dan Lett is not an automatic booster: “Pallister will reap the political rewards for having brought new schools to four school-starved communities at a time when the government is fiscally constrained. And he’ll have done so with the comfort of knowing he will be long gone from politics by the time we figure out what it really cost us.” READ MORE
Up next
Chronicling Manitobans: Updated information on the age, sex and dwellings of Manitobans will be released this morning by Statistics Canada, the latest batch of numbers from the 2016 census. It will likely show the impact of aging baby boomers as, for the first time Canadian history, there are now as many seniors in Canada as young people.
Glow and Vape: In what’s thought to be a first for Winnipeg, Roxy Bowling Lanes on Henderson Highway initiates Glow and Vape bowling today from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Customers will be able to puff their fire-free vaping equipment every Wednesday night from 6 pm. to 10 p.m.
Around the water cooler
JEN DOERKSEN/WINNIPEG FREE PRESSUniversity of Winnipeg’s $122.5 million operating budget sees $3.7 million in cuts in order to make up for a provincial funding shortfall while still balancing the budget as required by law.
U of W cuts sports team: The University of Winnipeg has frozen salaries, cut senior management jobs and axed sports teams in order to shave millions off its 2017-18 budget. The men and women’s wrestling teams, as well as the men’s baseball team, are done after this season. The men’s soccer team will be “on pause” for the upcoming season but may be reintroduced if funding is found for a new coach. Jane Gerster reports. READ MORE
U of M faces charge: The University of Manitoba was the target of an unfair labour practice charge on Tuesday during the first day of a hearing in front of the Manitoba Labour Board. The allegation was made by the U of M Faculty Association over bargaining last year that led to a three-week strike in November. Nick Martin was there. READ MORE
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On this date
On May 3, 1957: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a commission for Greater Winnipeg was told the municipal area faced critical problems in the supply of water and the disposal of sewage as a result of population growth. The concept of “self-serve” beer parlours in Manitoba was being studied. In the United States, senator Joseph McCarthy died at the age of 47. South Africa was going to stop using “God Save the Queen” as a national anthem. READ MORE
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