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Nomads field in jeopardy: The home of the North Winnipeg Nomads football program, Charlie Krupp Stadium, is a possible site of a new North End police station. The field on McPhillips Street opposite McPhillips Station Casino is one of two areas the Winnipeg Police Service considers preferred location. Aldo Santin reports. READ MORE
Your forecast: Fortunately for people with outdoor plans, including the Teddy Bear’s Picnic on Sunday, the weekend weather is looking clear and sunny, although there is the possibility of rain showers on Saturday. Today’s high will be 21 C, with wind from the west at 20 km/h, gusting to 40.
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Transit funding changed: The Pallister government is abandoning a longstanding commitment to cover 50 per cent of municipal transit costs, it was disclosed on Thursday. Free Press reporter Larry Kusch asks what this will mean to the City of Winnipeg. READ MORE
Team supports beaten player: The University of Winnipeg women’s Wesmen basketball team is rallying around a team-mate who was brutally beaten, allegedly by her boyfriend’s brother. Basketball Manitoba official Adam Wedlake said: “Twelve sisters who do everything together, and prior to this, anybody’s who’s ever played any type of sport at that level, knows what it’s like — living together, travelling together, the highs the lows, the roller-coaster of emotion. ” Alexandra Paul reports. READ MORE
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Sgt. Dave Bessason (left) with Dante, an explosive-sniffing dog.
Red Hot Chili Peppers: The MTS Centre is sold out for tonight’s show that starts at 8 p.m. The Winnipeg arena greeters will include a bomb-sniffing dog as part of enhanced security measures following the deadly explosion at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, U.K. Sunday night. READ MORE
Thunder From Down Under: They seem allergic to shirts, have muscle-ridged torsos that glisten with oil, and they move as if their hips have swivels. The male dancers perform tonight at 8 p.m. at the Club Regent Event Centre.
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Nelly Furtado will be a star attraction at the 11th-annual celebration of indigenous peoples along with Daniel Roa in Winnipeg.
Aboriginal Day line-up: Grammy-winning artist Nelly Furtado and Manitoba francophone singer-songwriter Daniel Roa will headline this year’s Aboriginal Day Live in Winnipeg on June 21. The free daytime program of activities and live evening concert at The Forks will also feature performances by Skyler, Sonia Eidse, Chuck Copenace Group, Renée Lamoureux and 11-member musical collective Burnt Project 1. Ashley Prest reports. READ MORE
Bridges of Madison County: Paula Potosky is outstanding as the romantic lead in the stage musical. “She anchors the play with an emotionally true performance augmented by a soaring soprano,” writes reviewer Randall King. READ MORE
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U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron in Belgium .
NATO: Trending after NATO leaders met in Brussels, Belgium, with U.S. President Donald Trump scolding fellow leaders for not spending more on defence, while at the same time breaking a tradition of U.S. presidents since Truman reaffirming the country’s commitment to Article 5 of the NATO agreement, which outlines the organization’s collective defence principle. READ MORE
On this date
On May 26, 1977: The Free Press reported that the executive director of an organization representing francophones outside Quebec said the anglophone provinces of Canada treated francophones with “scornful indifference,” in sharp contrast to the privileged manner in which the anglophone minority in Quebec was treated. In Edmonton, the chairman of the Council for Canadian Unity said English-speaking Canadians would have to accept their French-speaking counterparts as equals in Confederation if Canada were to survive as a nation. Heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali would not be coming to Winnipeg to perform with the symphony at a gala concert. Winnipeg moviegoers could see such films as Bad News Bears, Young Frankenstein, Aces High, And Now For Something Completely Different, Three Days of the Condor, and, improbably… “Sundance Cassidy and Butch the Kid.” READ MORE
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