Your forecast
Sunny skies with a high of 19 C and a low of 6.
What’s happening today
Whether you like Neapolitan pizza, Detroit-style pies or slices inspired by Sicily, eateries across Winnipeg and beyond have all manner of creative takes on pizza on offer as part of the third annual La Pizza Week, now underway and running until May 14. For more information on participating restaurants, click here.
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Today’s must-read
The coronation of Charles and his wife, Camilla, as king and queen will take place Saturday at Westminster Abbey, where every British monarch has been crowned for 900 years. Here in Manitoba, Government House will herald the coronation of the new monarch with a celebration befitting of a king, replete with scones, clotted cream, dainties and tea, of course. Kevin Rollason has the story.
A Coronation cup and saucer brought back from London after Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba Anita Neville’s recent visit with the King. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)
On the bright side
Thousands of malnourished children in Somalia are being kept alive thanks to support from a local aid organization. Stefan Epp-Koop, humanitarian program director for Canadian Foodgrains Bank, was in the civil-war-torn east African nation this week to see how aid provided by that organization is being used to help people suffering from the drought there. John Longhurst has the story.
Stefan Epp-Koop (far right) at the hospital in Luuq where malnourished children are treated. (Supplied)
On this date
On May 4, 1977: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the federal government planned to delay use of the metric system in the grain industry until farmers who opposed it were convinced it was worthy of support. Gentle rain eased farmers’ worries in southern Manitoba but did nothing to reduce the extreme fire risk in the Interlake. In Belfast, British troops and police charged Protestant militants in a three-hour battle as a Protestant strike shut some factories and reduced the workforce at others. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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