What you need to know
WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESThe house at 341 Burrows Ave where police believe Christine Wood was murdered.
Court case continues: Brett Overby’s second-degree murder trial continues today. On Thursday, forensic investigators testified they found traces of victim Christine Wood’s blood in Overby’s home. Katie May reports. READ MORE
A history of violence: Parole Board of Canada documents show authorities have long considered the second man charged in the home-invasion killing of teen Jaime Adao a high risk to reoffend. Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Cloudy for most of the day, with a few showers beginning early this morning and ending early this afternoon, a 30 per cent chance of showers this afternoon and a risk of a thunderstorm, and wind from the south at 30 km/h gusting to 50 till mid-afternoon.
What’s happening today
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe speaks during a pro-pipeline rally at IJACK Technologies Inc. near Moosomin, Sask., on Saturday February 16, 2019. Today Saskatchewan’s Court of Appeal will be the first in Canada to rule on whether a federally-imposed carbon tax is constitutional. The Saskatchewan Party government launched a legal challenge against Ottawa’s carbon price that came into effect for consumers April 1. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Bell
Carbon tax in court: Saskatchewan’s Court of Appeal is set to make a ruling on the federal carbon tax. Saskatchewan’s government argued the tax is unconstitutional because it’s not applied evenly and erodes provincial sovereignty. READ MORE
Ceremonies start: Maha Vajiralongkorn, 66, will be coronated as Thailand’s king during three days of elaborate ceremonies that begin late tonight (Saturday morning in Bangkok). His father died in 2016 after seven decades as monarch. READ MORE
In case you missed it
SASHA SEFTER / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSOwner of WPG Timber Co. Mike McGarry prepares to unload diseased ash trees in his Winnipeg warehouse.
Wood idea: The city and a fledgling lumber milling operation have teamed up on a pilot project to make use of ash trees that are cut down. “There’s more wood in this city than anyone could ever deal with,” Mike McGarry says. Bill Redekop reports. READ MORE
‘We were thrilled’: St. Boniface Hospital was mentioned twice during the latest episode of the long-running U.S. TV series Grey’s Anatomy, and it was the “talk of the town” Thursday. Alexandra Paul reports. READ MORE
Cops on crash: The condition of a motorcyclist involved in a collision with a car on Pembina Highway Thursday night has stabilized, city police say.
On this date
On May 3, 1968: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that U.S. president Lyndon Johnson and Hanoi had agreed to hold preliminary peace talks in Paris to end the war in Vietnam. Prime minister Pierre Trudeau said a formal note would be sent to France concerning Quebec’s participation in the recent international education conference in Paris, in which the province’s minister of education was treated as an equal of other representatives of sovereign states.
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