Your forecast
Cloudy, with periods of light snow beginning this morning. Wind becoming west at 20 km/h then northwest at 40 gusting to 60 this morning. Temperature falling to 0 C this afternoon.
What’s happening today
At McNally Robinson Booksellers (Grant Park) at 7 p.m., Winnipeg-born but Nova Scotia-based Lori Neilsen Glenn will launch her essay collection The Old Moon in Her Arms: Women I Have Known and Been. Guided by the Cree concept of kinship of all creation and the elliptical path of the moon, the book brings together fragments of prose that explore Glenn’s life as a wife, mother, scholar, writer and more. Glenn will be joined in conversation by former Shelagh Rogers, former host of CBC’s The Next Chapter.
The Winnipeg Jets host the Vancouver Canucks at Canada Life Centre, starting at 7 p.m.
Today’s must-read
Winnipeg’s Salvation Army has set up a temporary emergency shelter with 80 beds to cope with a sharp increase in refugee claimants seeking safe places to stay when arriving in Canada.
Organizations that help newcomers seeking asylum said the upward trend of arrivals could continue, renewing calls for more housing options or a long-term shelter specifically for refugees.
“We’re trying to get ahead of it, prepare for more and ensure everybody who needs a bed in our community will have a safe place, if they need it,” said Mark Stewart, executive director of the Salvation Army’s Centre of Hope. Chris Kitching has the story.
Annamaria Babuskova, public relations co-ordinator with the Salvation Army, inside the converted shelter space. (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press)
On the bright side
A Lorette mother is warning parents to keep a close eye on their children, after her eight-year-old daughter Nevaeh became trapped inside a play structure last weekend, prompting a call to emergency services.
“Playgrounds may look like all fun and games, but they can be potentially dangerous, too,” said Keanna Deslaurier.
“This is definitely one of those calls that you don’t forget,” said Taché Fire Chief Allan Rau, who helped respond to the call. Rau estimated Nevaeh was trapped inside the drum for roughly 15 minutes. Tyler Searle has the story.
Nevaeh, 8, with a stuffed, white teddy bear given to her by RM of Taché firefighters after they freed her. (Supplied)
On this date
On April 18, 1968: The Winnipeg Free Press reported mayor Stephen Juba revealed plans to revitialize the downtown included an enclosed skywalk system along Graham Avenue that would connect with stores at the second-storey level and protect pedestrians from the weather. A 41-year-old man convicted of robbing the Toronto Dominion bank at Stafford Street and Corydon Avenue was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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