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What the provincial budget means for you
Plus: Police HQ inquiry, LaGuardia crash investigation and Del Barber's new pizza joint

Good evening. The Manitoba government tabled its financial plan for the coming year today, and that’s the focus of our coverage this evening.

Once you’re up to speed on what’s in store for you in the budget — the implications on your grocery budget, income taxes and more — catch up with the Winnipeg Jets’ performance against the Golden Knights.

Puck drop is 7 p.m.; you can find game results and analysis on our website later tonight and in tomorrow’s newspaper.

 

 

 

'This is focused on people'

Chris Kitching:

NDP budget highlights cost-of-living help, health care, funds for Churchill port expansion

Finance Minister Adrien Sala said the NDP is on track to fulfil its 2023 election promise to balance the books in their first term. Read More

 

Chris Kitching:

Here are 15 highlights from Manitoba's 2026-27 budget

Here are 15 things to know about the budget. Read More

 

Tom Brodbeck:

NDP’s spin machine kicks into high gear when it comes to deficit

If “huge progress” looks like this, Manitobans should brace themselves for what failure might bring. Finance Minister Adrien Sala declared on Tuesday that the NDP government has made “huge progress... Read More

 
 
 

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'If I’m not allowed to make profit, I wouldn’t sign'

Joyanne Pursaga:

‘I’m guessing’

Contractor tells inquiry he can’t provide accurate estimate of company’s costs on police HQ project Read More

 

Kevin Rollason:

Caspian misses deadline, city off to court to fight for $28-M settlement

The city is going to court after a Winnipeg construction company missed the deadline to pay millions in a settlement for fraud and construction deficiencies connected to the Winnipeg Police Service headquarters project. Read More

 
 

'I wasn’t scared or panicked'

Safiyah Riddle, The Associated Press:

Pilots killed in LaGuardia collision were young Canadians who had long dreamed of flying planes

The pilots killed in Sunday's collision between a plane and a fire truck on a runway in New York were two young, ambitious Canadian men that had long dreamed of becoming pilots. Macke... Read More

 

Jake Offenhartz, Jennifer Peltz And Rob Gillies, The Associated Press:

Stories of survival emerge from deadly New York airport collision as officials investigate its cause

Moments after an Air Canada jet collided at high speed with a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, killing the pilots and hurling a flight attendant from the aircraft, the passengers took their escape into their own hands. Read More

 

Michael R. Sisak, Josh Funk And John Seewer, The Associated Press:

Seconds before LaGuardia crash, controller cleared the fire truck to cross the runway, NTSB says

NEW YORK (AP) — One of only two air traffic controllers on duty at LaGuardia Airport cleared a fire truck to cross a runway just 12 seconds before an Air Canada flight touched down, leaving l... Read More

 
 

'Intentional and artful without being pretentious'

Eva Wasney:

New slice of life

Singer-songwriter Del Barber trades life on the road to open small-town pizza parlour Read More

 
 
 

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Local

Kevin Rollason: First World War soldier’s remains traced to Manitoba
Free Press: Doctor to receive award for saving nurse from attacker
Erik Pindera: Sentence for man caught with 2M illegal cigarettes
Scott Billeck: Siloam staff asked to take workplace culture survey
Free Press staff: Non-profits, union leaders, business reps react to Manitoba’s budget
Tessa Adamski: Budget doesn’t address rural paramedic staffing issue: union
Gabrielle Piché and Scott Billeck: ‘Making life a little bit easier’: PST cut for most food items in Manitoba
Gabrielle Piché: NDP includes $10M for ‘unlocking opportunities’ in Manitoba’s North
Nicole Buffie: Striking RM of Tache workers issue flood warning
Tyler Searle: Semi transporting paint catches fire on Trans-Canada
 

Opinion

Michael Abon: Seniors and families deserve better
Pam Frampton: The old house is gone but not forgotten
Editorial: Serious crimes and surprisingly short sentences
Jennifer Anderson: Respite care cuts will break strained system
Maureen Scurfield: Prankster partner’s bedroom buffoonery a bust
Free Press: Letters, March 25
Maureen Scurfield: Let the credits roll on publicly gropey guy
Paul G. Thomas: The need to reform Manitoba’s lobbying legislation
Editorial: Trump threats stoking Manitoban fears
Gwynne Dyer: A series of miscalculations
 

Arts & Life

Georgia Nicols: Today’s horoscope
Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian Press: Hayley Gene Penner, daughter of children’s entertainer Fred Penner, up for Junos songwriter award
Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian Press: TikTok returns to Junos as sponsor after reversal of federal shutdown order
 

Business

Malak Abas: King’s Head owner sues law firm over amalgamation fallout
Aaron Epp: Indigenous Chamber of Commerce Manitoba annual event encourages aspiring entrepreneurs to believe in themselves
Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press: S&P/TSX composite gains ground as oil prices rise, U.S. markets slide
Malak Abas: Downtown Winnipeg eatery among businesses damaged in 2025 arson spree, one of few to reopen
Malak Abas: Wawanesa expands Ontario, Quebec reach with Everest acquisition
Aaron Epp: Empower Women Show turns key light on Manitoba
Ian Bickis, The Canadian Press: Tariff-hit industries struggling as trade war drags into second year
Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press: Average Canadian farmland values soar again, but uplift uneven across country
 

Sports

Ken Wiebe: Jets’ Lambert, Rosen, Salomonsson making strides
Ken Wiebe: Scheifele leads Jets to victory over Golden Knights with goal, two assists — and a fight
Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press: Canadian sport system ‘underfunded and unsafe,’ commission urges Ottawa to step up
Joshua Frey-Sam: Dakota, Maples come out on top at provincials
The Canadian Press: Montréal Victoire place captain Poulin on LTIR, sign defender Mattivi
 

Canada

Allison Jones and Jack Farrell, The Canadian Press: Fraser rejects call from four premiers to appoint judges approved by the provinces
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press: Pride festivals seek federal $3M as corporations pull back support amid DEI backlash
Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press: Federal union denounces CRA decision to end tax drop boxes, calls for reversal
Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press: B.C. mulls plan to weaken DRIPA, in secret document shared with First Nations leaders
Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press: ‘Hoodie-gate’: Is David Eby qualified as fashion police after dressing down B.C. MLA?
Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press: Ottawa floats new rule to keep vessels one kilometre from southern resident orcas
The Canadian Press: RCMP make arrest, urge people to be wary of cold calls offering phone upgrades
 
 

World

Illia Novikov, The Associated Press: Russia fires nearly 400 drones at Ukraine with signs its spring offensive has started
Aamer Madhani, Jon Gambrell, David Rising And Samy Magdy, The Associated Press: Trump administration offers 15-point ceasefire plan to Iran
Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press: Iran’s parliamentary speaker Qalibaf is floated as a possible US contact in talks as war rages
Morgan Lee, The Associated Press: New Mexico jury says Meta harms children’s mental health and safety, violating state law
Andrea Rodríguez, The Associated Press: Aid vessel arrives in Havana as Cuba’s economic and energy crises deepen
Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press: Record-smashing heat spreads: ‘Basically the entire US is going to be hot’
Charlotte Graham-mclay, The Associated Press: Preliminary magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes near Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean, USGS says
Kostya Manenkov, Geir Moulson And James Brooks, The Associated Press: Danish election produces inconclusive result that leaves prime minister’s future unclear
 

One last thing...

Jamey Keaten, The Associated Press:

Geneva’s CERN hails delicate test on transporting antimatter as a scientific success

Scientists in Geneva took some antiprotons out for a spin — a very delicate one — in a truck, in a never-tried-before test drive that has been deemed a success. Read More

 
 

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