Your forecast
Mainly cloudy, with a 30 per cent chance of flurries this morning then 30 per cent chance of rain showers this afternoon. Clearing this afternoon. Wind becoming northwest at 20 km/h this morning. High 5 C, wind chill -6 this morning. UV index 4 or moderate.
Falling snow and cool temperatures Tuesday morning didn’t deter Joyous Vasquez (approaching ball) from hitting the links at Kildonan Park Golf Course with friends, from left, Errol Manimtim, Steve Santiago, and Mike Martin. (Mike Deal / Free Press)
Winnipeggers could be forgiven for suffering weather whiplash after awakening to a thin layer of snow Tuesday, just two days after basking in summer-like temperatures.
The snow and far-below normal temperatures meant a temporary halt to spring outdoor activities.
The city’s golf courses remained open even though the day’s temperature stalled below the forecast 3 C. Business was the opposite of booming at Shooters Family Golf Centre and Restaurant on Main Street, just inside the Perimeter Highway.
“We’re open, but it’s a little quiet,” manager Eason Cerasani said. “If the temperature was up it would be busier. Right now we have 10 people on the (golf) course and three people on the (driving) range. Kevin Rollason has more here.
What’s happening today
🖼️ Be the first to see Ningiukulu Teevee: Stories from Kinngait, the much-anticipated exhibition featuring the work of the celebrated graphic artist, at the latest instalment of WAG Wednesday Nights. WAG-Qaumajuq, 300 Memorial Blvd., 6 to 9 p.m. Admission is free.
No Turning Back, by Ningiukulu Teevee (Supplied)
⚠️ Canadians across most of the country will hear the shrill screeching siren of the public alerting system today.
A test message and tone from Alert Ready will be broadcast on television, radio and compatible wireless devices. The Canadian Press has more here.
Today’s must-read
On national Red Dress Day, a crowd of about 100 looked to the sky outside the Winnipeg Law Courts Tuesday morning and shouted, “We love you Mackaylah!” minutes after Mackaylah Gerard-Roussin’s killer was found guilty of first-degree murder.
King’s Bench Justice Candace Grammond found Josh Benoit guilty before a packed courtroom.
“Justice won’t bring her back, but we got justice and that’s all we wanted,” said Gerard-Roussin’s grandmother, Irene Roussin. Dean Pritchard has the story.
Melissa Roussin, Mackaylah Gerard-Roussin’s mother, hugs family outside of the law courts on Tuesday. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press)
On the bright side
A string quartet performed at the Pantages Playhouse Theatre Tuesday in celebration of a $15-million contribution from the province to raise the curtain at the historic landmark again.
The musicians provided the backdrop to Premier Wab Kinew’s announcement of the cash injection to “help bring the Pantages Playhouse back to life.”
The theatre — which opened in 1914 and was once a hub for vaudeville performers, including Charlie Chaplin — has been closed for eight years.
The Performing Arts Consortium of Winnipeg and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra have joined forces to revitalize the theatre, an effort with a total estimated cost of $62 million. Gabrielle Piché has more here.
An illustration of Pantages Theatre made by Number Ten Architectural Group in 2025. (Supplied)
On this date
On May 6, 1954: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the Queen’s printer in Manitoba resigned from his post after a week of suspension; the provincial secretary said of an ongoing investigation there were “no grounds for suspicion of criminal default but we think there is a technical breach of terms of employment.” In Ottawa, the minister of defence production told Parliament the cause of the collision between an R.C.A.F. training aircraft and an airliner over Moose Jaw the previous month, in which 37 people were killed, would probably never be known.
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