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Brian Pallister is being called a “part-time premier” by the NDP.
’Part-time premier’: Premier Brian Pallister will give a state of the province speech at a Brandon Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Yesterday, the NDP criticized called Pallister for skipping an appearance at a budgetary committee for the second time in three days. Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE
The block list: The Manitoba NDP will announce three government bills it will delay until late November. Legislative rules allow the NDP to delay as many as five government bills, and the party has already said it will block the carbon tax and red-tape-reduction bills. Nick Martin reports. READ MORE
Border beer: A Supreme Court of Canada decision to be released today could significantly change interprovincial trade. The case involves a New Brunswick man who was charged after driving to Quebec to buy alcohol. READ MORE
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Weather: Today will be sunny with a high of 14 C and wind at 10 km/h.
What’s happening today
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Prince probe: County prosecutors in Minnesota will announce in a morning news conference whether criminal charges will be laid in Prince’s death from an accidental fentanyl overdose two years ago this week. The rock star did not have any prescriptions for fentanyl. READ MORE
Grit get-together: The Liberal party’s national convention begins in Halifax tonight. With approximately 3,000 expected to attend, it’s seen as the unofficial start of the party’s re-election campaign. READ MORE
Bombers in the black: The Blue Bombers announced a $5.1-million operating profit for last year, an increase of $2.3 million compared with 2016. Total game revenue increased by $1.6 million (14 per cent). Jeff Hamilton reports. READ MORE
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Josh Morrissey: The Winnipeg Jets defenceman has been suspended for one game for cross-checking the Minnesota Wild’s Eric Staal. READ MORE
On this date
On April 19, 1950: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Soviet Russia’s campaign for free passage through the gateway to the Black Sea was reopened with a new demand for a revision of controls of the Dardanelles. In Manitoba, a 50 per cent increase on the government levy on fire insurance premiums was approved in committee. An ice jam in the Pembina River, just south of the Canada-U.S. border, sent swirling flood waters into the town of Gretna. READ MORE
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