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More than just a concert: The first Head Start of the week looks back at a special concert held Sunday night at the Burton Cummings Theatre. California-based rock band Eagles of Death Metal made a tour stop in Winnipeg, just five and a half months after their show at Le Bataclan theatre in Paris was suddenly halted when terrorists stormed the venue and killed 89 people. The band survived the attack, but the crew member who ran their merchandise table was killed. READ MORE
Your forecast: This is going to be some kind of week in Winnipeg. Environment Canada is projecting consistently warm temperatures for the kickoff to May, including a scorcher of a day Thursday. For today, expect plenty of sunshine and a high of 21 C. Tuesday’s high is 19 C under a mainly sunny sky, while Wednesday will be sunny and 17 C. Then things get almost too goofy to believe as the mercury climbs to 29 C on Thursday. That’s a blip on the radar we’ll gladly take! Sunny, warm days are in the cards for the weekend, too.
In case you missed it
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSParticipants in the 12th annual Winnipeg Police Half Marathon, 2-person relay and 5K race raising money for the Canadian Cancer Society in support of brain cancer research.
Another run to remember: Nearly 3,000 runners participated in the Winnipeg Police Service half marathon at Assiniboine Park on Sunday. The 12th annual event raised about $200,000 for brain cancer research. Nickolas Kosmenko prevailed in the men’s half marathon, Darolyn Walker won the women’s, and Michael Boszko won the five-kilometre run. Raising the most money was runner Joanne Schiewe, who was diagnosed with Stage 4 glioblastoma brain cancer in February 2015. Schiewe, who just finished her 11th round of chemo just a week before Sunday’s 21-kilometre race, raised $12,000. READ MORE
An act of heroism: The community of Opaskwayak Cree Nation near The Pas is reeling after a single-vehicle crash killed three young community members early Saturday morning. One young woman survived the crash thanks to the efforts of a man and his two sons, who were awakened by the sound of the collision, ran to help and pulled her from a burning car. But Ernie Flett is haunted by thoughts that he couldn’t do more. READ MORE
Payout for Lac-Megantic disaster: The federal government quietly spent $75 million to settle with victims and creditors affected by the Lac-Megantic rail disaster — a contribution that also shielded it from lawsuits related to the catastrophe. Massive explosions and fires from the 2013 oil-train derailment levelled much of the Quebec community’s core area and killed 47 people. READ MORE
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WARNER BROS.Prince and Apollonia Kotero in Purple Rain.
Movie fit for a Prince: SilverCity St. Vital will help celebrate the life of musical legend Prince with a special screening of the iconic artist’s film, Purple Rain. The movie is scheduled for 7 p.m. tonight. Prince died suddenly on April 21 at his home in Minneapolis at the age of 57. READ MORE
Back to long form: Today marks the start of mailings from Statistics Canada of census surveys, including the return of the mandatory, long-form questionnaire that was replaced with a voluntary survey five years ago. Statistics Canada says more than 15 million households will receive census letters over eight days, along with reminders to either fill the form out by hand or online, which only half of Canadians did five years ago.
Games get royal push: Royalty comes to Toronto today as Prince Harry attends events marking the countdown to the 2017 Invictus Games. Harry will address servicemen and servicewomen, veterans and their families during a launch ceremony for next year’s games in Toronto. He’ll be joined by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the event. The Games feature competitions for wounded, injured and sick troops.
Around the water cooler
Courtesy of the Estate of Gabrielle RoyGabrielle Roy in 1945. Photo : Annette and Basil Zarov. Library and Archives Canada.
Familiar faces on money?: Two women with strong Manitoba ties could be immortalized on a banknote in 2018. St. Boniface author Gabrielle Roy and women’s activist Nellie McClung are among 12 women up for consideration by the Bank of Canada to appear on the next series of Canadian cash. Roy is considered one of the great contemporary writers on the human condition. McClung was a provincial politician instrumental in getting women the right to vote in Manitoba in 1916. READ MORE
Draft lottery luck: The Winnipeg Jets didn’t have a particularly memorable 2015-16 season, but things turned out quite nicely for the NHL club at the draft lottery on Saturday night. Once the Ping-Pong balls were pulled from three separate drawings to determine the first three places in the first round of the 2016 NHL Draft, the Jets had vaulted from sixth to second. The draft, which will see the Toronto Maple Leafs go first, takes place June 24-25 in Buffalo’s First Niagara Center. READ MORE
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Raptors: The Toronto Raptors are moving on to the second round of the NBA playoffs. Led by their stars, DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry, the Toronto squad defeated the Indiana Pacers 89-84 in Sunday night’s thrilling Game 7 of their best-of-seven opening-round series. DeRozan scored 30 points for the winners, while added chipped in 11 for Toronto.
Gregoire: A local state of emergency has been issued for the area of Gregoire in Fort McMurray, Alta., due to a wildfire raging dangerously close by. A mandatory evacuation was put in place late Sunday night.
On this date
On May 2, 1947: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Canada’s old age pension bill would be boosted by several million dollars in 1947-48, covering tens of thousands of people not previously eligible. The total basic pension would rise from $20 a month to $30 a month. In Winnipeg, a 12-year-old boy was accosted by a man whose description was similar to that of a man wanted for a recent murder. Guards and instructors at Stony Mountain penitentiary who had been injured in two battles with prisoners were back at work. In New York, the United States and Russia pushed to give Jews a hearing at the United Nations in the debate over Palestine; Great Britain also lent qualified support to the plan.
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