Looming tariffs, teaching literacy, Dangerfield cases, NHL to WPS
Plus: What'll be on RMTC's stage next season

Good evening. Here’s a look at what our newsroom has been working on today:

'Totally out of our control and very frustrating'

Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press:

Trump says Canada facing 25 per cent tariff but oil might get a 10 per cent levy

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he is considering a lower tariff on Canadian oil as the White House confirmed he is going forward with 25 per cent levies on imports from ... Read More

Gabrielle Piché:

‘Shop Canadian’ rallying cry gains strength

Prospect of cross-border tariffs, price increases puts public, politicians in patriotic mindset Read More

Julia-Simone Rutgers:

Tariff tremors ripple across the family farm

Producers on both sides of the border share common ground as trade threats loom Read More

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'It’s been life-changing'

Maggie Macintosh:

A new read on literacy

Heeding scientific evidence, Evergreen School Division pivots to customized literacy programming strategy Read More

'We need to keep on digging'

Dan Lett and Katrina Clarke:

Raising reasonable doubt

Amid renewed calls to search for potential wrongful convictions, the province has yet to conduct a comprehensive review of George Dangerfield’s legal career Read More

'We are going to go big'

Ben Waldman:

Favourites and firsts

New RMTC season balances beloved stories with contemporary premières Read More

Guns 'n' Hoses

Mike McIntyre:

No stranger to laying down the law

Former NHLer suiting up for police service for charity hockey game against firefighters in Winnipeg Read More

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Local

Chris Kitching: Manitoba students’ science projects aimed at eye health, wildfire prevention take top marks

Erik Pindera: Not responsible for senior’s death, WRHA claims in court papers

Kevin Rollason: Help arrives in Peguis to help gird for expected flood

Morgan Modjeski: City fire inspectors using own vehicles putting them at risk, union says

Malak Abas: MHCA president to retire at year end

Brent Bellamy: Hand-drawn 1884 map captures Winnipeg at moment when frontier hadn’t fully given way to a metropolis

Malak Abas: Restaurants left out of affordability measure

Connor McDowell: Not consulted on Clear Lake motorboating: Chief

Joyanne Pursaga: City’s hopes for buyer to reopen inner-city pool drying up

Gabrielle Piché: Feeling the pulse: province considers legislation to protect St. B cardiac centre

Opinion

Editorial: A horror movie, starring you and your money

Free Press: Letters, April 13

Brent Bellamy: Finding a fitting way to build in the Exchange District

Andrew Lodge: The need for regulation in a digital age

Maureen Scurfield: Many strong women around, if you look a bit harder

Jen Zoratti: Moon mission Earth photo could change your worldview

Russell Wangersky: It’s green for go on spring-loaded imaginings

Editorial: Ground squirrels and city sports fields

David McLaughlin: Donald in Wonderland — apologies to Lewis Carroll

David Nutbean: A new horseman of the apocalypse? Maybe.

Arts & Life

Ben Sigurdson: Parallel lines

Georgia Nicols: Today’s horoscope

Ben Waldman: Laser’s blue light gives green light to enter world of pure imagination

Reviewed by Jordan Ross: Late teen’s dealings with London’s criminal underworld unpacked in riveting, remarkable account

David Sanderson: For celluloid champion, nothing beats spooling up vintage film format to ‘purr’ on a projector

AV Kitching: Drumroll, please: School of Rock celebrates 10-year mark

Ben Sigurdson: Writing community rallies to relaunch book awards

Ben Sigurdson: Manitoba Book Awards back for 2026

Reviewed by Zilla Jones: Finely drawn Jerusalem plays home to teen’s plight in vivid coming-of-age novel

Sports

Mike McIntyre: From ‘who’s that?’ to household name

Ken Wiebe: Jets’ season on the brink

Mike McIntyre: ‘It’s been a lot of fun for me’: Jets’ Vilardi honoured by team nomination for humanitarian award

Taylor Allen: Njegovan forms new Manitoba rink

Doug Ferguson, The Associated Press: Rory McIlroy pulls away with birdie binge and sets Masters record with 6-shot lead at halfway mark

Grace Anne Paizen: Around the PWHL: Sirens sell out MSG; The Canadian wall; Irwin in for MacLeod; Playoff race logjam

Taylor Allen: Cool Runnings-inspired curling series set in Winnipeg years in the making

Joshua Frey-Sam: Canadian men’s rugby squad returns to the ‘Peg for first time in 33 years

Ken Wiebe and Mike McIntyre: Seattle Kraken forward McMann looks to have no shortage of suitors for next season

Ken Wiebe: Jets look to maintain momentum against Flyers at home

Business

Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press: Northern trade corridor top of mind as Manitoba premier plans meeting with PM

Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press: TSX rises more than 200 points, U.S. stock markets mixed amid focus on Middle East

Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press: Manitoba premier works on grocery tax-cut pledge as business group calls for more

Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press: High diesel prices could hit consumers harder than gas costs — for months

Gabrielle Piché: Manitoba delegation to pitch Churchill at Arctic Encounter Summit

Paul Wiseman, The Associated Press: IMF chief warns that Iran war will slow global economic growth

The Canadian Press: RBC plans to invest up to $1 billion through new Canadian growth fund

Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press: TSX falls while U.S. markets rise amid hopes Middle East ceasefire holds

Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press: Running out of storage space for your files? Here’s how to find more — affordably

Malak Abas: Manitoba small-business owners post second-highest rate of concern about rising crime

More on tariff threat

Paul Wiseman, The Associated Press: What are tariffs and how do they work?

The Canadian Press: Saskatchewan Premier Moe says staying hopeful ahead of U.S. tariff threat

Matthew Scace, The Canadian Press: Alberta awaits details as U.S. now promises reduced 10 per cent tariff on oil

Liam Casey and Allison Jones, The Canadian Press: Doug Ford pledges $22 billion in stimulus package if re-elected as Ontario premier

Marcy Nicholson, The Canadian Press: B.C. Premier Eby bemoans ‘chaos’ and ‘confusion’ as U.S. tariff threat looms

Ian Bickis, The Canadian Press: S&P/TSX composite falls on tariff fears, U.S. markets also slip

Paul Wiseman, The Associated Press: From avocados to autos, Trump tariffs on Canada and Mexico could hit close to home

Canada

Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press: Ottawa defers effective date of capital gains changes to 2026, promises exemptions

David Baxter, The Canadian Press: Conservative fundraising for 2024 nearly doubles Liberal, NDP total

Nick Murray and Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press: Carney vows to kill consumer carbon pricing, shift to green incentives

Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press: ‘Her traumatic legacy’: American killer and fugitive lived 50 years in Alberta town

Maura Forrest, The Canadian Press: Preschoolers get nearly half their calories from ultra-processed foods, study says

Craig Wong, The Canadian Press: StatCan estimates GDP rebounded at year-end but uncertainties mount for economy

The Canadian Press: NHL, NHLPA expect salary cap to climb $25.5 million over next three season

David Friend, The Canadian Press: How Beyonce, Charli XCX and Taylor Swift could help Canadians win big at the Grammys

World

Lindsay Whitehurst, Zeke Miller, Claudia Lauer And Adriana Gomez Licon, The Associated Press: ‘Heartbreaking’ search for those killed in DC air crash as army helicopter’s black box recovered

Julia Frankel, The Associated Press: Expected release of high-profile male hostages sparks excitement and anxiety in Israel

Eldar Emric And Dusan Stojanovic, The Associated Press: Serbian anti-graft protesters march to a northern city and plan to block bridges

Jill Lawless, The Associated Press: 5 years after Britain left the EU, the full impact of Brexit is still emerging

Maria Sherman, The Associated Press: FireAid combines music’s biggest acts and stories of loss to raise money for LA wildfire relief

Jaimie Ding And Olga R. Rodriguez, The Associated Press: Man agrees to plead guilty for flying drone that damaged firefighting aircraft in LA wildfire

Mark Anderson, The Associated Press: Bettors are split on Eagles and Chiefs at the Super Bowl

Charlotte Graham-mclay, The Associated Press: A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Māori

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