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Your forecast: The hits just keep on coming from Mother Nature. As if the snow isn’t enough to drive us all a little crazy, the temperatures over the next few days won’t help matters. Today, expect plenty of clouds, a 30 per cent chance of flurries, wind gusts up to 50 km/h and a daytime high of just 0 C. The overnight low is -13 C. On Friday, the high is just -4 C but the temperature drops to -14 C before sunrise Saturday. More snow is expected on the weekend, with daytime highs of 1 C both Saturday and Sunday.
In case you missed it
PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Mohinder Singh with grand-daughter Aryia in happier days.
Apology to family: The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority has apologized to the family of a woman who died from a brain hemorrhage after being left to lie on an emergency room floor at Seven Oaks General Hospital. Milton Sussman, CEO of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority acknowledged Mohinder Singh’s family has waited too long — five months — for answers. She died Oct. 14, 2015, a day after she went to the ER. READ MORE
Poor optics for NDP: Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger admitted he knew his former top political advisor had faced past criminal charges. Heather Grant-Jury, 53, had already faced media glare over theft charges, from her time as president of the Winnipeg Labour Council. Court papers obtained by the Free Press show while she was an employee at the former Zellers store on McPhillips Street, she and her father, Herbert Grant-Jury, were charged with stealing merchandise. The charges were later stayed. READ MORE
Death of child: A northern Manitoba woman has been accused of killing her two-year-old son more than a year ago. The RCMP has charged a 36-year-old woman from Waywayseecappo First Nation with second-degree murder in connection to the death of the toddler in January, 2015. She is to appear in Brandon provincial court this morning. A number of residents told the Free Press the boy was dead less than two days after reportedly being returned to his biological mother by child-welfare authorities. READ MORE
Up next
DAVID LIPNOWSKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESNDP Leader Greg Selinger.
Battling in Brandon: The leaders of Manitoba’s three main political parties will be in western Manitoba today for the Brandon Chamber of Commerce debate and luncheon at the Victoria Inn, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. NDP leader Greg Selinger, Tory leader Brian Pallister and Liberal leader Rana Bokhari are all expected to participate. Later, Bokhari and Selinger have both accepted invitations to take part in the Brandon Sun/CKLQ debate at 7 p.m. at the Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium.
Shark attack: The Winnipeg Jets apparently do know the way to San Jose, because they’re already in the California area getting set for tonight’s game with the Sharks. The Jets began their final three-game road trip with a 2-1 overtime victory in Anaheim, and they close out the season Saturday in Los Angeles. Game time is 9:30 p.m. CDT
Remembering Vimy Ridge: A wreath-laying ceremony takes place this morning at 10:30 a.m. to honour the 99th anniversary of the First World War’s Battle of Vimy Ridge. It will be held at a monument which was originally erected on Vimy Ridge in France and, in 1924, was moved to its present location in Vimy Ridge Memorial Park near Portage Avenue and Canora Street.
Around the water cooler
TANNIS TOOHEY / TORONTO STAR FILESA Porter Airlines plane at Billy Bishop Airport on Toronto Island.
Taking a flyer: A Toronto-based airline will test the Winnipeg market with a pair of round trips to southern Ontario to bookend the federal Liberal Party of Canada’s convention in Winnipeg next month. Porter Airlines has been eyeing the market here for a while, they tell the Free Press, so the trips next month will test local response for service in the future. READ MORE
Precious photos: Winnipeg mother Elizabeth Spence began posting photos on Instagram after the birth of her first child six years ago. Nothing could have prepared her for the worldwide sensation she created in recent weeks with nap time photos of her third child, Archie, now five months old, with Nora, the family’s eight-year-old rescue dog. READ MORE
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JASON FRANSON / THE CANADIAN PRESSWayne Gretzky watches a video of days pass during the Edmonton Oilers farewell ceremony at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alta., on Wednesday.
#FarewellRexallPlace: The Edmonton Oilers said a final goodbye Wednesday night to the building where the team has played since 1974. The Oilers easily defeated the Vancouver Canucks 6-2 in the emotional final home game of the season. The team gets a new rink in time for the 2016-17 NHL campaign. The likes of Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Paul Coffey and Grant Fuhr were on hand for the night of nostalgia. READ MORE
Merle Haggard: The American country music legend died of pneumonia Wednesday – his 79th birthday. Haggard had been scheduled to perform at this summer’s Dauphin Country Fest. He was known for his hits “Okie from Muskogee,” “Mama Tried,” “If We Make It Through December” and “Are the Good Times Really Over.” READ MORE
On this date
On April 7, 1996: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Manitoba’s Child Advocate was calling on the provincial government to release recommendations made by the chief medical examiner when children die int eh care of child welfare agencies. A 12.9-kilometre bridge linking New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island would soon make ferrymen’s jobs in the Northumberland Strait obsolete. A University of Manitoba study found that the most likely winners of TV’s “Jeopardy!” game show were middle-class white men.
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