COVID-19 crisis
Non-essential retail businesses are allowed to open on Monday provided they follow precautions. Malls, including CF Polo Park in Winnipeg, are required to limit access to a single entryway. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
Open for business: The Manitoba government will ease some restrictions today, with some health services — including dental, chiropractic and physiotherapy offices — reopening. Restaurants can open patios and provide indoor walk-up service. City playgrounds will reopen, but ones located on school property will not. READ MORE
Coronavirus coma: As Manitoba eases some restrictions today, a woman who recovered from COVID-19, and whose husband recently awoke from a coma that was induced to help him beat the virus, is urging caution. Sarah Lawrynuik reports. READ MORE
Follicles fix: With salons allowed to open today, stylists will be busy fixing haircuts people gave themselves. Frances Koncan reports. READ MORE
Getting gardens going: Garden centres have been able to open since mid-April but only started welcoming customers in the past few days. They lined up this weekend for their annuals, perennials, trees and shrubs, which are usually planted between May 1 and June 15. Jason Bell reports. READ MORE
Phoning it in: The U.S. Supreme Court will be making arguments by telephone for the first time today. The court’s arguments will also be heard live by listeners around the world for the first time. Elsewhere in Washington, the Senate will convene for the first time since March. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Cloudy with a low chance of showers starting early this afternoon, rain starting late tonight, with a high of 11 C, wind from the southeast at 10 km/h increasing to 20 km/h later this morning, and wind chill of -5 this morning.
More on pandemic
SHANNON VANRAES / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSRealtor David De Leeuw recently sold a condo on the fourth floor of One Wellington Crescent for a record-setting price in Winnipeg.
Costly condo: Property listings in Winnipeg decreased by more than 40 per cent last month, but the highest-priced condo sale in the city’s history also happened in April. Martin Cash reports. READ MORE
Social safety net: Premier Brian Pallister’s taking aim at the Canada Emergency Response Benefit is “inexcusable,” our latest editorial states. READ MORE
Breakfast club: Agape Table — which serves morning meals to the needy and also acts as a food bank — has continued operating during the pandemic. Staff members and volunteers wear masks, and have their temperature taken. The organization is the focus of Aaron Epp’s weekly piece on volunteers. READ MORE
Coronavirus questions: Alan Small has his weekly instalment of answers to readers’ questions about the pandemic. READ MORE
Contract for clothing-maker: Mondetta, known for its sweaters, is co-ordinating with supply-chain partners to produce and transport reuseable personal protective equipment. The first flight with Mondetta-procured products left China for Winnipeg on Saturday. Sarah Lawrynuik reports. READ MORE
In other news
Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press FilesFormer Winnipeg Blue Bomber Marcus Sayles inked a futures deal with the Vikings just over a month after helping the Bombers win the Grey Cup in 2019.
Not discouraged by draft: Marcus Sayles is confident he can make the Minnesota Vikings and excel at nickelback despite the team selecting three cornerbacks in the first five rounds of the NFL draft. Sayles signed a futures deal with the Vikings a month after helping the Bombers win the Grey Cup. Jeff Hamilton reports. READ MORE
Raid repelled: A former Green Beret living in Florida said he helped launch a failed amphibious raid aimed at overthrowing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. READ MORE
On this date
On May 1 1920: The Manitoba Free Press reported that thousands of Manitobans flocked to a pageant along the Red River and at Lower Fort Garry that celebrated the Hudson’s Bay Company’s 250th anniversary. Lieut. A. E. Bingham made the first aerial mail delivery to Winnipeg, arriving from Grand Forks, N.D. Meanwhile, a McLelland and Lobb Aviators plane crashed near Saskatoon, Sask., killing the aircraft’s mechanic and seriously wounding Lieut. Harry Lobb. In Oklahoma, a tornado completely destroyed the town of Peggis; the twister killed 50 people and injured 100.
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