What’s happening today
The Manitoba Law Courts building is shown in downtown Winnipeg, Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
COVID-19 court case: A legal fight by seven Manitoba churches against pandemic orders that restrict faith services is back in court. The scheduled eight-day hearing is expected to focus on arguments that public health orders violate freedoms of conscience, religion, expression and association. A rally in support of the legal challenge is set to begin outside the law courts at 1 p.m. Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
Seeking to snap streak: The Winnipeg Jets will face the Ottawa Senators at 6 p.m. CT, and injured forward Adam Lowry might be ready to play for the visitors. It is the second match of a three-game road trip for the Jets, who have lost six consecutive games, all by at least two goals. Their last win was April 15. Jeff Hamilton reports. READ MORE
Set to be sworn in: Yukon’s premier and cabinet will be sworn in today. Sandy Silver’s Liberals have struck a deal with the NDP to govern after none of the territory’s three parties won a majority in last month’s election. READ MORE
Curling continues in Calgary: Team Canada, represented by Kerri Einarson’s Gimli squad, will face Germany and South Korea at the world women’s curling championship in Calgary. Canada is 1-4 after three consecutive losses. Jason Bell reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of showers this morning, a high of 10 C and wind from the north at 20 km/h increasing to 30 km/h and gusting to 50.
In case you missed it
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Shared smoke breaks: A report obtained by The Canadian Press determined Nunavut’s first cases of COVID-19 came from people who had completed isolation in Winnipeg in October and November. The report says some guests at one hotel didn’t report their symptoms and that some guests shared cigarettes and lighters while smoking outside. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Council serves community: The latest of our Reader Bridge stories, which focus on the changing face of the city and province, is about the Manitoba Filipino Business Council and its new board, whose members are mostly women. Julia-Simone Rutgers reports. READ MORE
Paid sick leave: In her latest column, Shelley Cook says she realized while self-isolating that her experience is “dripping in privilege.” READ MORE
Deadly disaster: At least 26 people were killed when a speedboat hit a cargo vessel on a river in Bangladesh. READ MORE
On this date
On May 3, 1917: The Manitoba Free Press reported the Great War was costing Britain 6,275,000 pounds daily. A committee of the Dominion government recommended all five railway systems in Canada, other than the CPR, be nationalized and merge into “one great government-owned railway.” A boiler explosion killed five people while they were working in the West Philadelphia yards of the Pennsylvania railway.
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