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Pot a-plenty on 4/20: Today’s annual light-it-up celebration — the unofficial cannabis holiday known by its numeric calendar date — will have a more celebratory tone since legislation is in the works to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. There will be a march to the legislative building grounds and more than a dozen street vendors and food trucks. The party starts at noon. Martin Cash reports. READ MORE
Your forecast: The prediction is for a 60 per cent chance of showers this afternoon, so your wardrobe choice today depends on your personality. If you’re the conscientious type who likes to be prepared, take an umbrella or rain garb. If you’re the devil-may-care type who takes life as it comes, well, there is a 40 per cent chance you will stay dry. The high today will be 10 C, with wind from the north at 30 km/h.
In case you missed it
Fowl goose cull: A cull of goose eggs on the campus of the University of Manitoba has been stopped after an outcry about one of the methods. Men armed with bats and umbrellas were hunting goose nests and cracking open the eggs. Alexandra Paul reports. READ MORE
Where’s Greg Selinger?: The former premier remains on the job as a St. Boniface MLA, but seldom speaks on issues and declines media opportunities. Reporter Larry Kusch speculates on man who, in 2011, led the NDP to its largest-ever majority. READ MORE
Up next
CEO Sleepout: Details of the annual CEO Sleepout campaign will be announced this morning at a breakfast where the speakers will include Joe Roberts, a homeless man who is pushing a shopping cart 9,000 kilometres across Canada to create awareness of the problem of homelessness. The CEO Sleepout is where executives and celebrities sleep outdoors for a night and collect pledges for charity.
Popular powwow: A powwow that last year attracted 700 people will be held today at Kildonan-East Collegiate, 845 Concordia Ave. Grand Entry is at 5:45 p.m., and the closing ceremony is at 7:45 p.m.
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JOE BRYKSA / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESAuditor General Norm Ricard: ‘We believe that [the MRI] is a public asset that all members of the public should be given equitable access to’
Is it who you know?: Columnist Dan Lett weighs in on current controversy about politicians and athletes getting MRIs faster than people waiting in line: “While it may be fun to debate the morality of giving professional hockey and football players preferential access to health services, that is not the real issue here. More important is the concern that across the entire health-care system, who you know can often determine what kind of treatment you get, and when you get it.” READ MORE
Hydro closes 12 offices: Manitoba Hydro said Wednesday it will close rural offices May 19 in Beausejour, Boissevain, Falcon Lake, Fisher Branch, Gimli, Glenboro, Grandview, McCreary, Pilot Mound, Powerview, Ste. Rose and Winnipegosis. Nick Martin reports. READ MORE
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Bill O’Reilly: The former Fox News host, dogged by accusations of sexual assault spanning many years, was fired by the media company, which had paid $13 million to five women to settle multiple claims against O’Reilly. READ MORE
On this date
On April 20, 1992: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that an immigration board hearing ruled that a person did not have to be a permanent resident in order to be a Canadian citizen, in a landmark case of a Winnipegger who was a landed immigrant in Canada but also spent 12 years in Italy running an olive farm, getting married and having children. In other news, fistfights broke out at an Easter dinner at Mission House. READ MORE
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