Good morning!
Silver lining: We begin the day with a bit of news from the Roaring Game that might have been inadvertently swept away by a very busy weekend in sports. A quarter of curlers did Manitoba proud by winning a silver medal at the world senior men’s curling championship in Karlstad, Sweden. Randy Neufeld and his team of third Dean Moxham, second Peter Nicholls and lead Dale Michie, representing the La Salle club, fell 7-4 in the final to Sweden’s Mats Wrana. It was the Canadian team’s only defeat at the competition after going 8-0 in the round-robin and then posting a pair of playoff wins to reach the final Saturday.
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Your forecast: Let’s steal a line from the fake documentary “Spinal Tap” to describe the weather the next few days. “This one goes to 11.” Not only is today’s temperature headed for a high of 11 C under a mostly sunny sky, so, too, are Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, according to Environment Canada. Meanwhile, Thursday’s high is 9 C, while Saturday and Sunday are looking mighty sweet at 17 C and 16 C, respectively. But hey, enough of our yakkin’. What do you say, let’s boogie! (You really should see that movie.)
In case you missed it
Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free PressAn MTS crew Sunday morning checks out the scene of the fire that destroyed three properties in the Wolseley neighbourhood.
Firebug weekend: The Winnipeg police arson unit was busy this weekend investigating fires in the Wolseley area Saturday sent six people to hospital and caused more than $4 million in damage, including the destruction of a condominium under construction. On Sunday, the arson unit was called out again after two fires were set – and quickly extinguished – in a housing project under construction in St. James. A suspect was arrested but police wouldn’t say if they think the weekend fires were connected in any way. READ MORE
High water warning: With recent rainfall and spring runoff raising water levels, the Hydrologic Forecast Centre of Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation issued a high water advisory for Whiteshell lakes on the weekend. Businesses at Falcon Lake said Sunday that people have been phoning since the advisory was issued to ask if their cottages are affected. They’ve been buoyed by the hope that a week of sunny, dry weather ahead will ease concerns about high water on Falcon and West Hawk lakes where several cottages are potentially in danger.
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Call to reopen peacekeeper school: If Canada wants to revive its role as a peacekeeper in the world, it should reopen the Pearson Centre shuttered by the previous government in 2013, says the Canadian non-governmental organization Canadem. For Canada to get back to being the world’s peacekeeper, it needs to get back to school, says the NGO that has established a reputation for staffing United Nations missions with civilian experts in security reform, election monitoring and building democratic institutions. READ MORE
Up next
Coach Mike O’Shea of the Blue Bombers will be hard at work Monday when the club holds a pre-season mini-camp. (Phil Hossack / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Some early movement: It’s only April but the Winnipeg Blue Bombers will hold an offence-only mini-camp this week at Investors Group Field. The Bombers practice today from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sessions are also set for Tuesday (10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m., 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.) and Wednesday (10 a.m. to 11 a.m.) READ MORE
Around the water cooler
Billy Paul
Mrs. Jones is now alone: Billy Paul, the soul singer best known for the No. 1 hit ballad “Me and Mrs. Jones,” has died. Paul died Sunday at his home in Blackwood, New Jersey at the age of 80 after being diagnosed recently with pancreatic cancer. The seductively-arranged confession to an extramarital affair released in 1972 won Paul a Grammy for best rhythm ‘n blues male vocal performance.
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Speed skater suffers stroke: Veteran Canadian speed skater Denny Morrison suffered a stroke Saturday afternoon and is recovering in a Salt Lake City hospital. The 30-year-old from Fort St. John, B.C., had completed a month of bike touring on the Arizona Trail and was spending some free time around Salt Lake City. Scans confirmed a brain blood clot and carotid artery dissection. No surgery was required and no blood thinners are being used, Speed Skating Canada said.
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CPFlorida Panthers right wing Teddy Purcell (26) skates away as New York Islanders defenseman Thomas Hickey (14) celebrates with New York Islanders center John Tavares (91) after Tavares scored the winning goal in the second overtime period of Game 6 of an NHL hockey first-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Florida Panthers in New York, Sunday, April 24, 2016. The Islanders defeated the 2-1. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
#nhlplayoffs: Another NHL playoff series featured a dramatic finish Sunday night when John Tavares scored early in the second overtime period to give the New York Islanders a 2-1 triumph over the Florida Panthers and a 4-2 series triumph. Tonight, the Chicago Blackhawks and St. Louis Blues collide in Game 7 of their first-round series, while the Anaheim Ducks play the Nashville Predators, with the Ducks up 3-2 in that series.
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#Lemonade: In a surprise move, Beyoncé dropped a new album over the weekend. The video for ‘Lemonade’, which she dropped on HBO over the weekend, hints that Jay-Z hasn’t been the most faithful husband. READ MORE
On this date
On April 25, 2007: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a new mural in the West End commemorated the migration of Mennonites to Manitoba in the 1870s; about 7,000 came to Winnipeg in the first wave, when the city had a population of 5,000 people. The video testimony of two gang members in which they spoke about the shooting death of innocent bystander Phil Haiart was not allowed by a judge in court; they had identified the accused in the trial, Jeffrey Cansanay, as the shooter. The two gang members refused to testify in court. Cansanay was not convicted.
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