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Star stops by: Actress Julia Roberts was in Winnipeg last weekend but initially couldn’t get a table at the packed Falafel Place on Sunday morning. Eva Wasney reports on the Oscar-winner’s time here. READ MORE
Renumeration released: St. Boniface Hospital’s CEO, who commutes home to Montreal on weekends, is probably the top earner among hospital administrators in Manitoba. Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE
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Your forecast: Sunny with a mix of sun and cloud beginning in the late afternoon, a high of 26 C and wind from the southeast at 15 km/h starting later this morning.
What’s happening today
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Police responded to a call at 495 Camden Place in Wolseley early April 10, 2017, and found the body of Judy Kenny, 54. A kitchen knife was protruding from her eye.
Still on stand: The Crown will cross-examine defendant Brenda Schuff at her second-degree murder trial. Schuff, who is accused of killing neighbour Judy Kenny in Wolseley in 2017, testified Tuesday she doesn’t remember stabbing Kenny. Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
Music by Mendes: Toronto-born pop sensation Shawn Mendes is playing at the downtown arena tonight. Erin Lebar has a preview. READ MORE
Hearing from Hicks: In Washington, the House Judiciary Committee will hear testimony from a person linked to U.S. President Donald Trump’s inner circle. Former White House communications director Hope Hicks will be interviewed behind closed doors. READ MORE
In case you missed it
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Corey Hart in concert Tuesday evening.
Hart’s hits: We have a review and photos from Canadian singer Corey Hart’s concert at Bell MTS Place last night. Eva Wasney reports. READ MORE
Pipeline project: In his latest column, Niigaan Sinclair says the Liberal government’s approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project is about getting re-elected, not “the national interest.” READ MORE
On this date
On June 19, 1931: The Manitoba Free Press reported that heavy rains combined with near-freezing temperatures in Alberta had led to four deaths and one missing person; a sixth person in hospital was near death. In London, the movement toward a European conference to consider revision of war debts, particularly German reparations, appeared to be progressing. A New York aviator set a record in his tri-monoplane, making a non-stop flight from Vancouver, B.C., to Agua Caliente, Calif., in seven hours, 45 minutes and 31 seconds. READ MORE
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