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Dr. Brent Roussin (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Top doc to testify: Manitoba’s chief public health officer, Dr. Brent Roussin, is set to testify in a court hearing challenging pandemic restrictions. READ MORE
COVID-19 cases, ICU admissions up: Health officials will hold a news conference on Manitoba’s COVID-19 crisis after announcing the most new cases in months on Thursday. Carol Sanders and Katie May report. READ MORE
‘Super-site’ set to open: Winnipeg’s second mass vaccination site opens on Leila Avenue later this morning.
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny with a high of 12 C, wind chill as low as -5 and peak winds from the northwest at 20 km/h gusting to 40.
In case you missed it
A health-care worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccine clinic in Toronto. (Nathan Denette / The Canadian Press files)
Doses dumped: More than 40 doses were discarded at the convention centre mass vaccination site on April 29 because of “human error.” As of Thursday, the wastage rate of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Manitoba was 0.68 per cent, the provincial government said. Danielle Da Silva reports. READ MORE
Mum on possible presence: More than a week after the province acknowledged the possible presence of the COVID-19 variant first detected in India, health officials have said nothing more about it. Katie May reports. READ MORE
Weekend sports
Jeff McIntosh / The Canadian PressTeam Canada skip Kerri Einarson, right, and third Val Sweeting discuss strategy against Italy on Tuesday at the women’s world curling championship in Calgary.
Clinging to curling playoff hopes: Team Canada lost to Japan on Thursday after five consecutive wins and might not qualify for the playoffs at the world women’s curling championship in Calgary. Canada, represented by Kerri Einarson’s Gimli squad, faces China at 10 a.m. CT today in what could be its final game of the tournament. The champion will be determined Sunday afternoon. READ MORE
Set to face Sens: The Winnipeg Jets face the Ottawa Senators at 6 p.m. Saturday to begin a four-game home stand to end the regular season. READ MORE
On this date
On May 7, 1957: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the Winnipeg police commission was investigating charges that officers of the city’s police force had violated the criminal code in dealing with North Star Oil employees during a strike, and harboured “anti-union attitudes.” In Ottawa, an anonymous caller claimed 23 teenage boys and a number of girls had formed a vigilante group and vowed to avenge the death of Rene Jodoin, 17, who died after a beating in a street fight.
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