Your forecast
Sunny skies with a high of 28 C and a low of 17 with a humidex of 30.
The Weather Network released predictions Wednesday that point to a cooler summer season overall in Canada, although there will likely be periods of hot and dry stretches broken up by unsettled weather in June, July and August. The Canadian Press reports.
What’s happening today
Statistics Canada is set to release today its latest reading on how the economy fared in March, as well as for the first quarter of the year. The Canadian Press reports
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(Sean Kilpatrick / The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
A 48-year-old priest from Winnipeg has been accused of sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl at a Roman Catholic church on a remote Manitoba First Nation — and police believe there may be more victims. Chris Kitching and Tyler Searle have the story.
Arul Savari, 48, has been accused of sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl at a Roman Catholic church on the Little Grand Rapids First Nation. (Facebook)
On this date
On May 31, 1940: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that half the British Expeditionary Force, along with Belgian and French troops, hadsafely landed in England following their evacuation from Dunkirk, while a new rescue armada of ships sailed into Dunkirk harbour and embarked additional thousands of trapped British and French troops. Two French divisions of the rearguard for the Allied retreat from Flanders reached Dunkirk. A young Winnipeg woman, who had been studying in France but spent many days assisting Dutch, Belgian and French refugees, was able to escape the advancing German attacks, along with many others, to safety in England. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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