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SuppliedMohinder Singh, with her granddaughter, Aryia. Her death sparked a review of WRHA emergency-room facilities.
Death sparks overhaul of ERs: We begin with the latest development in a story Free Press reporter Randy Turner broke earlier this month. The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority says it is overhauling the assessment and review procedures of all emergency-room facilities after identifying “quite troubling” issues in the wake of the death of a woman who suffered an undiagnosed brain aneurysm after spending two hours lying on the floor of a hospital waiting room. WRHA president and CEO Milton Sussman says the moves are critical in light of the death of Mohinder Singh, who was transported to Seven Oaks after experiencing a severe headache Oct. 14, 2015 after collapsing in her Maples home. READ MORE
Your forecast: If you’re itching to do some yard work, you’ll appreciate the Winnipeg weather forecast from Environment Canada. We’re in for a good stretch of partly sunny days and temperatures sneaking into double digits this week, although today’s high is just 9 C. On Friday, there will be cloudy periods and a high of 10 C, and we can expect some sunshine and highs of 11 C for both Saturday and Sunday. So, rake to your heart’s content. But maybe leave some time for a bike ride, a stroll through the park or a trip to the driving range.
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MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSPremier-elect Brian Pallister speaks to media Wednesday afternoon.
Pallister gets to work: Premier-designate Brian Pallister said Wednesday he will name a cabinet in two to three weeks and convene the legislature within three to four weeks. He also announced there would be a spring budget and that the legislative session could last into the summer. READ MORE
DNA linked to couple: Results of forensic DNA testing, revealed in court Wednesday, established a link between the remains of six infants found in October 2014 in a Winnipeg U-Haul storage locker and Andrea Giesbrecht and her husband. Giesbrecht, the 42-year-old woman charged with six counts of concealing a child’s body, may have had as many as 18 different pregnancies — giving birth to two children, undergoing 10 legal abortions and then possibly delivering the six other babies, court heard. READ MORE
Girl’s body recovered: The body of Jodi Hofer, an 11-year-old girl from the Woodland Hutterite Colony who drowned after falling in a spillway Tuesday, was found at about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday morning by Hutterite men in a rowboat. She and her second cousin were trying to walk over a partially submerged bridge when they fell in. The other girl was pulled from the frigid water by other children but Jodi couldn’t be saved. READ MORE
Up next
Celebrating a milestone: Manitobans born in 1926 will be the invited guests today as the Hon. Janice Filmon, lieutenant-governor of Manitoba, hosts events to honour Queen Elizabeth II’s 90th birthday. Teas have been scheduled for Government House, 10 Kennedy St., at 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Over in London, Britain’s oldest and longest-serving monarch is celebrating the big day at Buckingham Palace while her government and subjects add gun salutes, fireworks, tributes in Parliament and televised retrospectives.
Duffy awaits fate: In Ottawa, a judge will issue a long-awaited ruling this morning on the more than two dozen criminal charges against Sen. Mike Duffy. The 31 counts of fraud, bribery and breach of trust were laid in July 2014. Duffy has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges before Ontario Court Justice Charles Vaillancourt. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSLiberal Leader Rana Bokhari
Questions about leadership: Rana Bokhari’s fate as Liberal leader could be known tonight when the party’s executive meets to conduct a post-mortem on the Manitoba election campaign in which the Liberals won three seats and almost doubled their popular vote. Bokhari finished a distant third in the Fort Rouge riding and questions have been raised as to whether the Liberals can continue to pay a leader without a seat in the legislature. READ MORE
Blackhawks’ Shaw punished: Free Press sports writer Ed Tait weighs in on the disgraceful behaviour of Chicago Blackhawks’ forward Andrew Shaw. On Tuesday night, he used a homophobic slur and flipped a double-barrelled, middle-finger salute to the on-ice officials in a fit of rage on the ice during the NHL playoff game. Now, he’ll miss pivotal Game 5 of Chicago’s first-round playoff series with St. Louis tonight, forfeit $5,000 and undergo sensitivity training. READ MORE
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Chyna
#RIPChyna: Former WWE wrestler Joan Marie Laurer, better known by her stage name Chyna, has died at the age of 46. Most active in the 1990s, she was one best-known and most-popular female professional wrestlers in history. READ MORE
#HappyBirthdayYourMajesty: The official date was April 20, but Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 90th birthday, and thousands on Twitter are still wishing her a happy birthday. READ MORE
On this date
On April 21, 2006: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Prime Minister Stephen Harper was introducing three separate bills as part of his “tough on crime” platform, which included no more conditional sentences, mandatory minimum prison terms and a higher age of sexual consent. Harper was in Manitoba and viewed flooding damage near Morris as well as addressing the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce in Winnipeg.
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