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Defenseman Sami Niku skates during Jets practice at the MTS Iceplex in Winnipeg on Thursday, April 19, 2018.
Jets can clinch: The Jets host the Minnesota Wild in Game 5 at 6:30 p.m. and can become the first Winnipeg NHL team to win a playoff series since 1987. With Josh Morrissey suspended, and Tyler Myers and Toby Enstrom possibly still out with injuries, rookie defenceman Sami Niku could make his playoff debut. Mike McIntyre reports.
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High times: This afternoon’s 4/20 cannabis celebrations are expected to be the last before marijuana is legalized. The Winnipeg event runs from noon to 6 p.m. at the legislature. Solomon Israel reports. READ MORE
Parley postponed: The provincial government and the Manitoba Metis Federation had been scheduled to discuss a proposed $67.5-million deal that threatens to delay a Hydro transmission line to Minnesota, but the meeting has been cancelled. MMF president David Chartrand says he’ll be at Crown Services Minister Cliff Cullen’s office this morning to show he didn’t cancel the meeting. Nick Martin reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: There will be a mix of sun and cloud today, with a high of 15 C. Fans headed to the Jets street party will enjoy some pleasant weather — it will be sunny, 14 C or 13 C, with wind from the southwest at 20 km/h around puck drop.
In case you missed it
Robert Vance was killed by Walter Leroy Moody Jr., with a mail bomb in 1989.
Execution in Alabama: An 83-year-old Alabama inmate convicted of killing a federal judge and a civil rights lawyer with mail bombs in 1989 was executed last night. Walter Leroy Moody Jr. is the oldest inmate to be executed since the death penalty was reinstated in the U.S. in 1977.
Slated to be sentenced: A U.S. woman is scheduled to be sentenced today for her part in a plot to go on a shooting rampage in a Halifax mall. The Crown is seeking a sentence of 20 years to life in prison for Lindsay Souvannarath, 26. READ MORE
Around the Water Cooler
Carving out an area for special protection could help mitigate the impact of climate change and industry on beluga whales.
Call for conservation area: A report is calling on the federal government to protect beluga whales in Churchill. The document by Oceans North recommends a National Marine Conservation Area be established in the western Hudson Bay.
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#GameStruck4: Tweeters are sharing the four video games that they feel define them.
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On this date
On April 20, 1960: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that South Africa’s government would “reconsider” its policies towards black South Africans, but would not necessarily abandon apartheid. A Brandon union representing striking packinghouse workers was said to be considering reaching out to Teamsters Union head Jimmy Hoffa for support. Unemployment in Canada reached 9.1 per cent. In East Germany, communism was increasingly taking hold. READ MORE
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