The Wrap: Landfill search details, Larry Updike dies, Stanley Cup fever, and a documentary on Wilfred Buck

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

'We cannot guarantee success, but we can guarantee that we’re going to try.'

The Manitoba government released a timeline and other details today from its plan to search the Prairie Green landfill.

Premier Wab Kinew says the province will lead the search and work with an oversight committee, which includes the victims’ families, an Indigenous elder and anthropology experts.

Construction of a healing centre at the landfill is expected to be completed next month, and the search will begin in late fall.

Chris Kitching reports on the plan, and Nicole Buffie looks into recruitment for workers to do the search.

Chris Kitching:

Landfill search to start in fall

‘We cannot guarantee success, but we can guarantee we’re going to try’ Read More

Nicole Buffie:

Slaying victims’ loved ones to join landfill search

Family and friends of slaying victims Marcedes Myran and Morgan Harris plan to be on the team that searches the Prairie Green Landfill for their remains. Melissa Robinson, a cousin of Harris, will ... Read More

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'He was a goddamn legend'

Larry Updike was a beloved local radio personality, ordained minister, talented musician and lifelong advocate for the most vulnerable members of society.

Updike died early Thursday morning following a diagnosis of leukemia and a brief battle with colon cancer. He was 69.

Eva Wasney looks at Updike’s life and 40-year career in broadcasting.

Eva Wasney:

Longtime Winnipeg radio host Larry Updike ‘most intelligent, yet funniest guy’

Larry Updike was a beloved local radio personality, ordained minister, talented musician and lifelong advocate for the most vulnerable members of society. Updike died early Thursday morning followi... Read More

'We’re learning how to do this'

Hockey writer Mike McIntyre is in Edmonton as the Oilers attempt to become the first team since the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1942 to come back from a three-nothing deficit to win the Stanley Cup.

Today, he talks to Panthers coach Paul Maurice, whose legacy is on the line.

Mike McIntyre:

Paul Maurice remains cool, calm and comedic

Florida bench boss laughs off concerns after two consecutive losses Read More

Mike McIntyre:

Hearts racing as Oilers claw their way back into Stanley Cup final

‘It looked like we were done,’ says Edmonton coach after team started series 0-3 Read More

Joshua Clipperton, The Canadian Press:

McDavid, Oilers looking to continue Stanley Cup push in Game 6 against Panthers

EDMONTON - Connor McDavid has spent his entire life pushing toward the biggest moment on hockey's biggest stage. The crisp winter nights on outdoor rinks. The countless hours inside arenas. The lon... Read More

Tim Reynolds And Stephen Whyno, The Associated Press:

Winter in June, again: Oilers and Panthers send this hockey season stretching into summer

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — It's officially summer, and the best two teams in hockey during the winter months of the 2023-24 NHL season are still playing. Whichever team wins Game 6 — and Game 7, if n... Read More

'Nothing that happens is a coincidence'

The story of Winnipeg-based Cree astronomer Wilfred Buck comes to the silver screen in a new documentary.

The film — which includes present-day footage, archival material and cinematic re-enactments — follows Buck from his humble beginnings in Opaskwayak Cree Nation in the vicinity of The Pas to his current status as an in-demand speaker and educator, taking his lessons from education centres, such as Harvard, to remote reserves, where Buck employs an inflatable planetarium to educate kids about the cosmos.

Anishinaabe filmmaker Lisa Jackson’s documentary is a funny, sad and ultimately inspiring look at Buck’s extraordinary life, writes Randall King.

Radheyan Simonpillai, The Canadian Press:

‘Wilfred Buck’ documentary explores the journey and wisdom of Indigenous ‘star guy’

TORONTO – When Wilfred Buck looks up at the sky, he sees Indigenous history and even his own story reflected back at him, as though it were all written in the stars. Buck, the eponymous Cree elder at the centre of Lisa Jackson’s new documentary, is known as “the star guy.” He’s an astronomy expert and educator – with a jovial spirit and a rascally sense of humour – who has spent the last couple of decades gathering Indigenous knowledge that has been passed down orally across generations. He connects the dots – or rather the Cree, Anishinaabe and Lakota […] Read More