What you need to know
Mark Humphrey / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILESWinnipeg Jets centre Bryan Little (18) is chased by Nashville Predators defenceman Mattias Ekholm (14).
Monday night matchup: The Jets can eliminate the Nashville Predators and advance to the Western Conference final — a first for a Winnipeg NHL team — to face the Vegas Golden Knights with a win tonight. “We’re expecting their best game of the season,” Jets captain Blake Wheeler says of the Predators. The game starts at 8:30 p.m. at Bell MTS Place. Jason Bell reports. READ MORE
Saying goodbye: A memorial service will take place in Nelson House for three boys who were struck and killed by a vehicle late last month. Marcel Moody, chief of Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, is calling for bike paths along the unpaved road where the collision happened.
Your forecast
Weather: You might have Jets fever, but there’s another reason you’ll be feeling hot today. The temperature will hit an unseasonable high of 30 C, and it be will about 20 C and overcast when the Jets game starts tonight. Earlier in the day, it will be sunny with increasing cloudiness this afternoon and wind at 20 km/h.
What’s happening today
Missing man: The Winnipeg Police Service’s dive unit will evaluate whether to search the Red River this morning after a boater presumably drowned late Friday night. The boat the man was in capsized in the area of the Chief Peguis Trail Bridge.
Taking to Twitter: U.S. President Donald Trump is defending Gina Haspel, his choice to lead the CIA. He tweeted this morning Democrats want to block her nomination because she’s “too tough on terror.” Haspel has offered to withdraw her nomination amid criticism for her involvement in detaining and interrogating terror suspects after 9/11. READ MORE
Safety summit: The first-ever Downtown Winnipeg Safety Summit is taking place at the RBC Convention Centre. The invitation-only event will solicit ideas for short-term and long-term projects to improve safety and make recommendations to the city.
Around the water cooler
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FilesCrown Services Minister Cliff Cullen said the government rejected PUB’s recommendations.
Rational recommendation: In his latest column, Dan Lett says if the Tory government had “any common sense,” it would listen to the Public Utilities Board. Last week, the PUB recommended using some revenue from the upcoming carbon tax to help offset rising Hydro costs. READ MORE
Trending now
Brad Marchand: The Boston Bruins winger is attracting controversy after licking Lightning forward Ryan Callahan and later appearing to lick Toronto’s Leo Komarov during a game.
On this date
On May 7, 1902: The Manitoba Free Press reported that the federal government would pay $100,000 to the Northwest Territories for schools. In Edmonton, a mystery was posed by a man’s hat which was found riddled with bullet holes. In St. Paul, Minn., Democrats won in a landslide in the municipal elections. In Holland, Queen Wilhelmina’s health was deteriorating, causing grave anxiety to the Dutch. READ MORE
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