What you need to know
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Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries has remained tight-lipped on whether any policy changes have been implemented to better protect staff and deter would-be thieves.
Reducing rampant theft: Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries will today announce a plan to curb thefts and robberies at its stores. Last year, theft incidents increased to 2,602 compared with 658 in 2017. In February, the MLL experimented with using special duty constables. READ MORE
Protest in Parliament: A marathon voting session continues in the House of Commons this morning. The Tories are dragging things out to protest the Trudeau government’s shutting down further investigation into the SNC-Lavalin scandal. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Today will be sunny with wind at 20 km/h this morning and in the early afternoon, and a high of 4 C.
What’s happening today
National Archives of Canada
A crowd gathers outside the Union Bank of Canada on Main Street during the Winnipeg General Strike on June 21, 1919.
Examining exhibition: We’ll take a tour of an exhibition on the Winnipeg General Strike opening at the Manitoba Museum on Friday. It’s called Strike 1919: Divided City. READ MORE
Sin city shinny: The Jets face the Golden Knights in Las Vegas at 9 p.m. The team is 2-0 on its three-game road trip after shutting out the Ducks in Anaheim Wednesday night. Jason Bell reports. READ MORE
Strauss stocks: Levi Strauss & Co., the first maker of blue jeans, is going public today. The 166-year-old company previously went public in 1971 but returned to family control in 1985. READ MORE
In case you missed it
Nathan Denette / The Canadian Press files
High-speed hookups: The Liberal government’s promise to connect every household to high-speed internet by 2030 will be difficult to fulfil in Manitoba, a firm that installs Internet hookups in rural areas tells the Free Press. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Gun ban after massacre: New Zealand is banning “military-style” semi-automatic guns and high-capacity magazines after the shootings at two Christchurch mosques last week. READ MORE
On this date
On March 21, 1945: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that British prime minister Winston Churchill told parliament that much of Europe faced partial or total famine in the coming winter, and that Britain’s stocks of food would reach minimum levels. U.S. forces advanced to within five miles of German chemical centre Ludwigenshafen-Mannheim. Canadian prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King said Canadian delegates to the United Nations organization conference must “exert the utmost effort” to obtain Canada a voice in the security council more in accord with the country’s war effort. READ MORE
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