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Your forecast: After some of the best May long weekend weather in recent memory, we can likely tolerate a bit of unpredictability in terms of the forecast this week. Take today, for example. Environment Canada is calling for a mix of sun and clouds; however, there’s a 30 per cent chance of showers this afternoon with a risk of a thunderstorm late in the day. The high temperature is 26 C. On Wednesday, expect a 60 per cent chance of rain and a high of 23 C. On Thursday, expect a mix of sun and clouds and a high of 24 C, while we could get showers Friday.
In case you missed it
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free PressGord Downie makes a point.
Sad news from the Hip: Quintessential Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip has announced that lead singer Gord Downie has terminal brain cancer. The group posted the announcement on its website this morning, calling it “very tough news.” Downie received the diagnosis in December and has been dealing with the news in private. But the band still intends to tour this summer, and dates and locations should be announced this week. READ MORE
EgyptAir crash investigation: Human remains retrieved from the crash site of EgyptAir Flight 804 suggest there was an explosion on board that may have brought down the aircraft in the east Mediterranean, a senior Egyptian forensics official said on Tuesday. The official, who is part of the Egyptian team investigating the crash that killed all 66 people on board the flight from Paris to Cairo early last Thursday, has personally examined the remains at a Cairo morgue. READ MORE
IIIU probes crash: The Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba has taken over the investigation into a serious crash that followed a police chase early Monday morning. Winnipeg police officers were pursuing a westbound vehicle around 2:45 a.m. on Redwood Avenue when the suspect vehicle crashed into a car at the intersection of McPhillips Street and Redwood. The driver of the vehicle got out and ran away. Two adults in the second vehicle and four youths in the suspect vehicle were all transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The IIU investigates all serious incidents involving on- or off-duty police officers in Manitoba. READ MORE
Up next
BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSAndrew Balfour
Andrew Balfour: Internationally renowned conductor Andrew Balfour and the innovative Winnipeg-based vocal group Camerata Nova interpret the legacy of the residential school system in a production called “Take the Indian: A Vocal Reflection on Missing Children.” It’s on Wednesday, 7 p.m., at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights
Around the water cooler
JOE BRYKSA / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSWater bombers were brought in to fight the fire near Nora Lake.
Back to the lake: Residents and cottagers near Florence and Nora lakes are able to return to their homes and cabins. The province has lifted the evacuation order that has been in place for the area for the last two weeks. While Florence and Nora lakes are in the clear, the Mantario Trail is still closed. There are still fires burning on the Ontario side of the Beresford wildfire. READ MORE
Wheat Kings battered: The Brandon Wheat Kings are now winless after a pair of games at the Memorial Cup national junior hockey championship in Red Deer, Alta. The Wheat Kings suffered a 9-1 defeat at the hands of the London Knights on Monday. Brandon plays host Red Deer on Wednesday night in a must-win game to advance to the playoff round of the four-team championship. READ MORE
Trending now
Zade Rosenthal / MarvelCaptain America/Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) in ‘Captain America: Civil War.’
#GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend: Some Marvel fans are asking the company to embrace diversity and potentially follow through on the development of the close relationship between Steve Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America, and “Bucky” Barnes, a.k.a The Winter Soldier, over the course of multiple films. Are Steve and Bucky more than just friends? They could be.
#IAmNotWearingPantsBecause: Here’s a couple of silly answers from the Twitter world: “I was exposed to gamma radiation so I am in fact the hulk now”; “I’m a liar, and they were on fire”; “The crew from ‘Cops’ is filming my arrest”; and, “Donald Duck is my role model.”
On this date
On May 24, 1977: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a fire destroyed about a fifth of the town of Cobalt, ON. South Moloccan gunmen held 150 hostages captive in the northern Netherlands and demanded freedom for 21 jailed countrymen and a jumbo jet. In Manitoba, Winnipeggers celebrated Viictoria Day with sparklers and many could hear a 21-gun salute on the grounds of the Manitoba Legislative Building. Winnipeg theatregoers could take in such movies as Young Frankenstein, Annie Hall, Rocky, Freaky Friday, Slap Shot and The Greatest.
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