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Your forecast: Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but Winnipeg’s in for another snowfall this morning. Not a lot, mind you – about two to four centimetres. But the wind will increase as well, with gusts up to 50 km/h, making for a pretty lousy day overall. Our high today is a meagre 1 C, and the overnight low tonight is -4 C. Light snow could also fall into Wednesday morning. The high Wednesday is 3 C. Thursday and Friday should provide some relief, with sunshine and highs of 7 C both days forecasted.
In case you missed it
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam RichardsSaskatchewan Premier Brad Wall.
A Wall of support: Premier Brad Wall and his Saskatchewan Party delivered another majority election win Monday. Voting results show the party won 51 seats in the 61-seat legislature. The party also took about two-thirds of the popular vote. The NDP under Cam Broten added just one seat to their pre-election total of nine, and the leader himself lost his own seat in the riding of Saskatoon Westview. READ MORE
Carpenter, U.S. hammer out win: American forward Alex Carpenter scored at 12:30 of the overtime period to hand her squad a 1-0 victory over Team Canada in the gold-medal game of the world women’s hockey championship late Monday night in Kamloops. She is the daughter of former NHL player Bobby Carpenter. The U.S. went undefeated in the tournament en route to a third straight world title. READ MORE
Tough day for Liberals: The provincial Liberal party is down a candidate after leader Rana Bokhari announced it had dropped Elmwood candidate Kurt Berger after his former common-law wife alleged a pattern of abuse. He was charged with assaulting the woman in 2002 after pleading guilty at the time and receiving two years of probation. Bokhari said she read a letter from the victim and asked Berger to step down. READ MORE
Up next
Jets in sunny south: It’s been a disappointing season and they’ll miss the NHL playoffs. But the Winnipeg Jets still have some work to do, finishing up the 2015-16 campaign with games in Anaheim, San Jose and Los Angeles this week. The road trip begins tonight with a battle with the Ducks. Game time is at 9 p.m. on TSN Jets.
Breakfast with Bokhari: The leader of the Manitoba Liberals could really help the campaign struggles of her party Wednesday morning when she speaks at the Manitoba Chamber of Commerce 2016 Leaders Series. The event is slated for 7:30 a.m. at the Delta Hotel, 350 St. Mary Ave. Tory leader Brian Pallister spoke last week, and NDP leader Greg Selinger is scheduled to talk on April 13.
Around the water cooler
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSHazim Ismail is an international student at the University of Winnipeg who is originally from Malaysia. He has a refugee protection hearing on April 5.
Supporters rally: Friends of gay Malaysian man Hazim Ismail have planned a peaceful rally today to protest his possible deportation at an Immigration and Refugee Board hearing this morning. Ismail is seeking protected person status through his refugee claim. He made the claim after receiving death threats from people in Malaysia. His personal safety depends on staying in Canada, he said. The refugee hearing is at 9:45 a.m. on the 7th floor of the Victory Building, 269 Main St. READ MORE
Big grocery bills: Canadians are spending more and more on groceries, with about 57 per cent saying it’s become tougher to feed their families. The findings come from a new online survey of more than 1,500 Canadians by the Angus Reid Institute. It found nearly six in 10 Canadians are feeling the pinch, and includes lower-income as well as middle- and higher-income households. Factors that have contributed to the rising cost of food are the declining value of the Canadian dollar, which drives up the cost of imported foods such as fresh fruits and vegetables; higher transportation costs; and a severe drought last year in California, which reduced the supply of some fruits and vegetables. READ MORE
Oil spill in South Dakota: The TransCanada Corp. has shut down its Keystone pipeline because of an oil spill in South Dakota, drawing fresh criticism about the risks pipelines pose. Mark Cooper, a spokesman for TransCanada, said a local landowner noticed signs of an oil spill around noon local time Saturday and informed the company. READ MORE
Trending now
#BestWeekendIn5Words: Is it too early to think about what you’ll be doing after finishing work or school for the week? Nope. Some suggestions from people on Twitter: “Sun, sea, book and wine”; “Saved Bigfoot from Ted Nugent”; “Sleep, sleep and sleep more”; and “Befriended cute alien, flew bikes.”
Rita Lafontaine: The beloved Quebecois actress and comedienne Rita Lafontaine has died at the age of 76. Originally from Trois-Rivières, she spent decades working in theatre, especially in plays by Michel Tremblay, including his first, “Les Belles Soeurs,” in 1968.
On this date
On April 5, 1968: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that in Memphis, Tenn., Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had been shot and killed by a sniper’s bullet. A white gunman was sought by police. The assassination of Dr. King, an outspoken advocate of equal rights for African-Americans and who espoused non-violence, was met with an outpouring of grief and sparked fears of racial violence. In Ottawa, outgoing Prime Minister Lester Pearson warned delegates choosing a new leader for the Liberal Party that the party must change with the times. In Winnipeg, a man armed with what may have been a toy gun escaped from a Toronto Dominion Bank on Corydon Avenue with $9,000 in cash.
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