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Your forecast: The March meltdown continues today with a high of 2 C, and cloudy skies. But on Wednesday, the clouds will part like stage curtains opening to reveal (drum roll, please) sunshine, the star of the show that begins a five-day run in Winnipeg. Thursday will be sunny with a high of 10. Friday will be sunny with a high of 12. Saturday will be sunny with a high of 8. Sunday will be sunny with a high of 11. And Monday will be sunny with a high of 10.
In case you missed it
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSPremier Greg Selinger prepares to announce the NDP’s fiscal outlook at the Manitoba Legislature this afternoon.
Aiming at high earners: If elected on April 19, Manitoba’s NDP government announced Tuesday, it plans to create a fourth – higher — tax bracket. Anyone earning more than $170,000 per year would have that income taxed at a rate of 20.9 per cent. Currently, the highest Manitoba provincial tax rate is 17.4 per cent. That rate would continue for those who earn between $67,001 and $170,000. READ MORE
Right to die: After being diagnosed with stage four breast cancer last month, 90-year-old Jess Bowness stopped taking her insulin so that she could die on her own terms. Because the law on medically assisted dying won’t be in place until June 6, it took 26 agonizing days for Bowman to die. READ MORE
Up next
Fuel feud: The public is invited to join students and University of Winnipeg faculty today to discuss whether the University of Winnipeg should become the first university in Canada to end its investments in fossil fuels. Many students allege that investing and profiting in fossil fuel contradicts the university’s stated values of sustainability, social justice and Indigenization. The event takes place in Convocation Hall on the second floor of Wesley Hall at the U of W’s main campus from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. READ MORE
Largest beaded artwork: The creator of the largest Métis beaded artwork in the world visits the Canadian Museum for Human Rights’ Indigenous Perspectives gallery today. Jennine Krauchi created a seven-metre tall “octopus bag” (also known as a “fire bag”) covered in a traditional Métis floral beadwork pattern, using thousands of antique fur-trade era beads from the mid-1800s. The finished work weighs over 27 kilograms, and is displayed as part of an exhibit about the displacement of Métis people who lived in communities on government road allowances.
Around the water cooler
FRED CHARTRAND / THE CANADIAN PRESSPrime Minister Justin Trudeau (left) along with Minister of Public Services Judy Foote and former Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion take part in celebrating International Women’s Day participating in an unveiling of a stamp celebrating the Women’s right to vote on Parliament Hill, Tuesday.
Suffragette stamp: Winnipeg’s Tétro Design created the stamp released Tuesday by Canada Post commemorating 100 years of women first having the vote in Canada. Partner Andrea Tétrault said the stamp’s design is “simple and symbolic” yet “loud and proud.” A new $1 coin was also unveiled on Tuesday. READ MORE
Heritage Classic a winner: It’s too early to predict the economic impact of Winnipeg hosting the NHL’s Heritage Classic and legends outdoor hockey games in October at Investors Group Field, but hotel rooms are already starting to fill up with reservations while restaurants and bars are hoping they will also be able to cash in. The legends game, featuring alumni players from the Winnipeg Jets and Edmonton Oilers is on Oct. 22 and the regular season NHL game on Oct. 23. READ MORE
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Sir George Martin
George Martin: The legendary Beatles producer, sometimes referred to as “the fifth Beatle,” passed away Tuesday at the age of 90. Martin is credited with taking the band from a rowdy club act to musical and cultural revolutionaries. READ MORE
On this date
On Mar. 9, 1916: The Manitoba Free Press reported that the French had driven German forces from the greater part of Corbeaux Wood. In Great Britain, A.J. Balfour, the first lord of the admiralty, criticized Col. Winston Churchill’s attack on the naval administration. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson remained intent on keeping the United States out of the European war. The grain market was bearish.
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