Your forecast
Increasing cloudiness with a few showers beginning late this morning and ending this afternoon. Risk of a thunderstorm this afternoon. Wind from the south at 30 km/h gusting to 50 increasing to 50 gusting to 70 this morning. High 21 C, UV index 3 or moderate.
What’s happening today
Free Press columist Niigaan Sinclair launches his new book Wînipêk: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre (McClelland & Stewart, 2024) at McNally Robinson Booksellers‘ Grant Park location, beginning at 7 p.m. You can read an excerpt from the book here.
Niigaan Sinclair (Mike Deal / Free Press files)
Have a spooky story you’d like to share with a taproom full of sympathetic strangers? The first Spirits With Spirits event takes place at Little Brown Jug (336 William Ave.) tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. The monthly event hosted by Raven’s End Books, the Winnipeg Paranormal Group and Giving Up the Ghost podcast will feature an open mic for visitors to share their true or fictional stories about ghost sightings, hauntings and other spine-tingling encounters. Spirits With Spirits will take place the last Thursday of every month.
Today’s must-read
The Manitoba government is promising to help combat a spike in crime against Winnipeg businesses, but the Opposition and some in the retail sector warn it’s not nearly enough.
While details were limited, Justice Minister Matt Wiebe said the province will cover the cost of overtime for Winnipeg police officers to focus on retail crime hotspots.
“Right now, it’s about sending the message we’re standing with retailers, we’re standing with those folks who are looking for law enforcement to stand with them and make their communities safer, and giving those police the immediate resources that they need,” Wiebe told reporters Wednesday. Chris Kitching has the story.
Justice Minister Matt Wiebe (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press files)
On the bright side
Kevin Carrol began to tear up as he described how meaningful a city pilot project to allow wheelchair users on-demand access to taxis has been for him.
The 60-year-old, who had a foot amputated just over a year ago, began using a wheelchair shortly after leaving the hospital.
“When the winter hit, it’s very hard for a young man like me to get around in the snow and the sidewalks, so the service has been a game-changer to me, which is to say a life-changer, because I like to be out, I’m a big extrovert, I love to be outside,” Carrol said Wednesday, following a news conference outside the Notre Dame Avenue offices of Duffy’s Taxi. Erik Pindera has the story.
Kevin Carrol said the service has been “extremely fast,” adding he has never had to wait for a cab to arrive. (Erik Pindera / Free Press)
On this date
On May 30, 1964: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in Ottawa, controversy over the new design for the country’s flag continued as Parliament moved closer to a vote on it, and some Opposition MPS predicted a filibuster would lead to a general election. Pressure also mounted for the flag design to be put to a national plebiscite. A new series of articles examined the perils of steep costs to Winnipeg homeowners attempting to make improvements to their houses. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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