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R.I.P Osborne Village Inn: The vacant Osborne Village Inn will be converted into a combination apartment/retail complex. Micro-apartments will range from 275 to 450 square feet, with monthly rents from $975 to $1,400. Retail possibilities for the lower level include a bowling alley or an active-sports-themed restaurant with games such as pinball, foosball, bubble hockey or Ping Pong. Murray McNeil reports. READ MORE
Your forecast: With children off school for spring break, parents are looking closely at the forecast, fingers crossed that the weather this week will be nice enough to pry the kids away from video games and shoo them outside. It will be. The high temperatures this week will range from +7 to +11 C so when the kids say it’s too cold to go outside and play, don’t buy it. Today, there will be a mix of sun and cloud, with an overnight low of -5.
In case you missed it
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESGlenn Hudson has been elected to a two-year term as chief of Peguis First Nation.
Moving ahead on Kapyong: Peguis First Nation residents have elected Glenn Hudson as their chief again, and high on Hudson’s to-do list is renewing the push on negotiations with Ottawa over Kapyong Barracks in Winnipeg. “We are going to be moving forward, as Treaty 1 First Nations on that,” said Hudson. Alexandra Paul reports. READ MORE
Targeting the public sector: Columnist Dan Lett feels pity for the public servants of Winnipeg and Manitoba, who are easy targets for cost savings by both the municipal and provincial governments. “Our fellow citizens who make their livings in the employ of government at all levels have never been overly popular… but 2017 is fast becoming a year of almost unparallelled conflict between public servants and government.” READ MORE
Up next
The Royal Manitoba Winter Fair: The largest combined indoor agricultural fair and equestrian competition in Manitoba begins in Brandon, attracting more than 100,000 visits throughout six days. Opening ceremonies are at 6:20 p.m. today.
Up close with animals: For kids on spring break, the Manitoba Museum offers an added attraction today. The Wildlilfe Haven Rehabilitation Centre brings live animals to the museum’s new Alloway Hall from 1 to 4 p.m.
Around the water cooler
KEN GIGLIOTTI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESFormer city councillor Harvey Smith, shown here in 2013, fought for the less fortunate over decades of public service.
Appreciating Harvey Smith: Remember the time Harvey Smith had a student spray-painted gold like the Golden Boy statue and, holding a torch, run to the legislative building in January wearing only shorts to deliver the government a list of demands? That was only one of the stories told about the colourful city councillor, whose funeral was on the weekend. Bill Redekop reports. READ MORE
Trending now
#GOPDnD: The nerds have taken on on the Republicans in light of the U.S. party’s recent difficulties with an embattled president in the White House and a majority Congress that failed to pass the party’s repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act. How would this and other misadventures play out as a Dungeons and Dragons game? The Twitter hashtag tells the story. An example:GOP: I cast Repeal at ACA.Dungeonmaster: For the 50th time, you have to wait until the barrier falls.*barrier falls*GOP: I forfeit my turn.
On this date
On March 27, 1891: The Manitoba Daily Free Press reported that a fire in Beamsville had extensively damaged a sawmill, planing mill, foundry and agricultural implement works. In London, England, the government intended at the next session of Parliament a proposal to allow women to vote in parliamentary elections, in certain conditions. in Paris, France and Russia looked to be forming an offensive and defensive alliance. READ MORE
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