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Your forecast: We’ll be soaking up some rays the next few days. Environment Canada is offering a sun-filled forecast through to Sunday, although temperatures drop as the week goes on. Today, expect a mix of sun and cloud and a daytime high of 9 C, while Wednesday figures to be sunny and 7 C. On Thursday, we’re in for a partly sunny day, with a 30 per cent chance of late-day showers and a high of 4 C, but the overnight temperature drops to -13 C and warms to just 1 C on Friday. We fall to -1 C on Saturday, with a projected overnight low of (gasp, cough) -17 C.
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Chase Martens
Little Chase drowned: Suspicions were confirmed Monday when RCMP said an autopsy showed a two-year-old Manitoba boy who went missing last week drowned. Chase Martens walked away from his family home near Austin on Tuesday evening, prompting an extensive search involving hundreds of people. His body was found in a creek on Saturday, just a half-kilometre from his back yard. RCMP had indicated Saturday after delivering the grim news that no foul play was suspected. READ MORE
Candidates discuss LGBTTQ issues: Six candidates for the upcoming provincial election participated Monday evening in Pride Winnipeg’s election forum. But one candidate, in particular, received much of the attention. Wab Kinew, the NDP candidate for the riding of Fort Rouge, made headlines earlier in the campaign for past homophobic and misogynist slurs in tweets and rap music lyrics, was given a personal invite by Pride Winnipeg president John Niemczak to attend this year’s Pride Parade on June 5. and Kinew said he’d absolutely be there. “I think that one of the things that I can do is to talk about how I’ve grown and my own story of transforming myself into a more respectful person,” said Kinew. READ MORE
Struggles for first responders: Some first responders in Winnipeg are paying out-of-pocket for mental-health services to avoid facing a perceived stigma in the workplace — months after provincial legislation was implemented aiming to make it easier to receive treatment for work-related, post-traumatic stress disorder. Police, paramedics, firefighters and military personnel are still likely to “go underground” when seeking help for mental illness, says a local clinical psychologist. READ MORE
Up next
WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESJuggler Mike Battie entertains the crowd at the 2015 Festival of Fools at The Forks.
Foolish fun: The seven-day Festival of Fools continues at The Forks today. The free family festival — a perfect way to entertain the kids on spring breaks — features jugglers, clowns, acrobats and circus workshops, plus a bunch of hilarious shows.
Give ’em all your lovin’: Fans of ZZ Top will be saving all their hugs and kisses, too, for the boys from Houston, who stop by the MTS Centre tonight as part of their Hell Raiders Tour 2016. There are still good seats available through Ticketmaster.ca and prices range from $39.50 to $89.50.
Around the water cooler
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSA highrise residential building project at Portage and Main may be announced as early as next month.
Rising up at famous corner: A high-rise residential building project at Portage and Main may be announced as early as next month. Winnipeg-based Artis REIT is said to be in the late stages of planning a towering rental residence at the famous, blustery intersection corner, next to the old Trizec building at 360 Main St. The $140-million project would not only include the construction of a 40-storey apartment tower, but the $35 million recladding of the 30-storey office tower at 360 Main. READ MORE
Sentencing in Gardens scandal: A sentencing hearing begins today for the man at the centre of the Maple Leaf Gardens sex abuse scandal. Gordon Stuckless pleaded guilty almost two years ago to 100 charges related to the sexual abuse of 18 boys decades ago. He was later found guilty of two additional charges of gross indecency linked to two of the 18 victims. READ MORE
Box office smash: So, the much-anticipated film “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” hasn’t been getting much love from critics, but movie goers are ignoring them and heading to see the superhero faceoff in droves. The movie opened to a massive $170-million in ticket sales over the Easter weekend and is on its way to covering the nearly $400 million it took to create and market the project. It stars Ben Affleck as Batman and Henry Cavill as Superman. READ MORE
Trending now
#MakeABetterWorldIn4Words: This one starting making a move on social media Monday evening. Here’s a couple of goodies to think about: Love more, hate less; Bring back family dinners; Stop trashing the planet; Do volunteer work, often; Smile at a stranger; and, Please, thanks, you’re welcome.
Jets: The Winnipeg Jets put in another spirited performance Monday night, battling the host Philadelphia Flyers to a 2-2 draw in regulation time before surrendering a goal to forward Claude Giroux with just 14 seconds left in overtime. READ MORE
On this date
On March 29, 1907: The Manitoba Free Press reported that thirty people were killed in a train wreck in California. Winnipeg’s growth was “without parallel,” according to Rev. Neil Herman, in remarks made during a lecture in Halifax, N.S. In Winnipeg, a stretch Blackwood’s Portage Avenue frontage between Vaughan Street and Colony Street was sold for a quarter of a million dollars, or $800/foot.
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