What’s happening today
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister speaks during a COVID-19 press conference at the Manitoba legislature in Winnipeg Thursday, March 26, 2020. The Manitoba government is once again expanding a wage-subsidy program designed to help create jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
Premiers’ wish list: Brian Pallister and three other premiers will hold a news conference in Ottawa on what they want to hear in next week’s throne speech in the House of Commons. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Set to be sentenced: Dr. Amir Ravesh, who was convicted of sexually assaulting six women patients during exams at his walk-in clinic, is scheduled to be sentenced today. The Crown is seeking a 12-year sentence, while the defence is seeking a three-year sentence. READ MORE
Colour scheme: The Prairie Mountain health region’s pandemic risk response level has been lowered from “restricted” orange to “caution” yellow, indicating community transmission is low, as of today. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Campaigning in same state: U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will both campaign in Minnesota. Trump will be in Bemidji, about 90 minutes southeast of Thief River Falls, while Biden will be in Duluth, near the Wisconsin border. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Increasingly cloudy this morning, becoming a mix of sun and cloud in the late afternoon, with a high of 17 C and wind from the south at 10 km/h increasing to 30 km/h beginning in the late afternoon. The overnight low was -2.9 C.
In case you missed it
CPTampa Bay Lightning’s Anthony Cirelli shoots on New York Islanders goalie Semyon Varlamov during Eastern Conference final playoff action in Edmonton. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Berth in Cup final clinched: The Tampa Bay Lightning will face the Dallas Stars in the Stanley Cup final after an overtime win against the New York Islanders in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference final Thursday night. The Cup final begins Saturday evening. Both the Lightning and Stars have previously reached the final twice, winning the championship once. Mike McIntyre reports from Edmonton. READ MORE
Forrest Gump author gone: Author Winston Groom — whose novel was made into the 1994 movie Forrest Gump, which became a massive hit and pop culture phenomenon — has died in Alabama. He was 77. READ MORE
Search successful: Volunteer searchers spotted a missing Winnipeg woman shortly after they started looking for her Thursday night. READ MORE
On this date
On Sept. 18, 1950: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that U.S. forces, part of a United Nations spearhead, had closed to within three miles of Seoul, the Communist-held capital of South Korea. Canadian Navy officer Capt. Jeffrey Brock of Winnipeg was commander of a UN naval task group in the west Korean invasion force. The U.S. drafted a three-point plan for a UN world police force to resist aggression anywhere around the globe. In Great Britain, the Tories planned to challenge the Labour government in the House of Commons on two issues: the sale of strategic materials and machine tools to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, and on Labour’s plan to nationalize most of the nation’s iron and steel industry.
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