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The Costa Rica question: Is it acceptable for the province’s premier to spend five to eight weeks of the year at his vacation home in Costa Rica? A survey done for the Free Press asked the question. Larry Kusch has the answers. READ MORE
Your forecast: Dare you? Dare you go outdoors without a jacket? It should be warm enough. It will be sunny with a high of 12 C today, and a high of 15 on Friday. Rain could be on the way, though. There’s a 40 per cent chance of showers on Friday, and a 70 per cent change on Saturday.
In case you missed it
Bill Wozney is a co-owner of Physiotherapy on the Red, and Nicole Rach-Gregoire is listed as the office manager on the clinic’s website. (Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press)
Selkirk tragedy: Money may have motivated a suspected double-murder-suicide in Selkirk Monday. Nicole Rach-Gregoire and her husband were found dead, along with Bill Wozney, the woman’s former employer. Sources say the woman was fired in a conflict involving money in the six-figure range. Ashley Prest reports. READ MORE
Speaking up for the vulnerable: The Free Press is currently wrestling with government bodies trying to conceal details of the brutal 2014 murder of a 21-month-year-old child by her mother, the tragic conclusion to a young life full of abuse and neglect. As columnist Dan Lett puts it: “Vulnerable children deserve better treatment. It will not come from a process that is left to fester in the darkness of secrecy.” READ MORE
Up next
New Vimy exhibit: The RCA Museum at CFB Shilo opens on Friday an exhibit called In The Footsteps Of Vimy, which explores Canada’s most famous battle of the First World War. It includes a large interactive aerial view of the battle, a mockup of an underground tunnel, contemporary films, artillery guns, and equipment of both the Canadians and the Germans. Contact www.rcamuseum.com READ MORE
Home and Garden Show: The Winnipeg Home and Garden Show at the RBC Convention Centre opens today and runs through Sunday, with guest interior designers and renovation experts, and many exhibitors. The complete list of vendors and speakers is available at http://winnipeghomeandgardenshow.com/. READ MORE
Night of firsts: The Winnipeg Jets face the playoff-bound Columbus Blue Jackets tonight at 6 p.m. CT at Nationwide Arena. Winnipeg centre Jack Roslovic makes his NHL debut in his hometown of Columbus, while goalie Eric Comrie gets his first-ever NHL start for the Jets. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSParents and students of Kelvin High School gather at the legislative building.
Pallister loves Kelvin: When 500 young people wearing the red Clippers coloors of Kelvin High School rallied at the legislature on Thursday, Premier Brian Palliser told them: “I love Kelvin, my mother graduated from Kelvin.” Still, the premier wouldn’t agree to build the school’s long-awaited second gym. Nick Martin reports. READ MORE
Blue in the black: The Winnipeg Blue Bombers released their 2016 annual financial report Wednesday, posting an overall operating profit of $2.8 million. The upcoming year is expected to be equally successful financially with football proceeds boosted by big draws such as the Canada women’s soccer-friendly match, Nitro Circus, the Manitoba Marathon, Guns N’ Roses and more than 30 amateur sporting events. Jeff Hamilton reports. READ MORE
Trending now
Kendall Jenner
Pepsi: Unfortunately for the soft-drink brand, it’s not trending because people are suddenly extolling the virtues of a sugar-infused carbonated beverage, but rather because the company rolled out an advertisement featuring Kendall Jenner that many felt co-opted the Black Lives Matter movement. READ MORE
On this date
On April 6, 1968: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that rioting swept more than a dozen U.S. cities in the wake of the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. The U.S.S.R. supported North Vietnam’s decision to move toward possible peace talks with the U.S. In Ottawa, the federal Liberal party voted to choose a new leader, with justice minister Pierre Trudeau as the frontrunner to succeed Lester B. Pearson as prime minister. READ MORE
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