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Two private lots for sale south of the Perimeter Highway, with forested areas and land bordering on the Seine River, in Winnipeg on Thursday, May 23, 2019. The city is considering buying them to preserve the treed areas and potentially link trails on the Seine River north of the Perimeter. For Ryan Thorpe story.
Winnipeg Free Press 2019.
Potential park purchase: A committee will vote next week on whether the city should consider buying some land south of the Perimeter Highway in hopes of creating a municipal park. Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Increasing cloudiness with 5 to 10 mm of rain and wind from the southeast at 20 km/h beginning late this morning, and a high of 12 C.
What’s happening today
British Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in London, to attend Prime Minister’s Questions at the Houses of Parliament, Wednesday, May 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Quitting as Conservative leader: Theresa May announced she will step down as Tory leader on June 7 but remain Britain’s prime minister until the party chooses a replacement. READ MORE
Métis exhibit at museum: The Manitoba Museum will unveil an exhibit this morning on the Métis people of Ste. Madeleine, who were forced to relocate.
‘Such a tragic thing’: Members of a Ukrainian Catholic Church are set to meet to discuss what to do next after its statue of St. Volodymyr was decapitated. The bronze figure was blessed by Pope John Paul II in 1984. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
In case you missed it
Toronto Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard (2) steals the ball from Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) during first half action in Game 5 of the NBA Eastern Conference final in Milwaukee on Thursday, May 23, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Raptors win on road: The Toronto Raptors are a win away from their first trip to the NBA Finals after beating the Milwaukee Bucks, the first road win of the series for either team. It’s the first time the Raptors have led a conference final. READ MORE
Fiery end to standoff: Police pulled the suspect in an armed standoff from the window of a home on Nairn Avenue after it caught fire Thursday night. Police say the man ran into the home after a crash on the Nairn Overpass and an earlier gun-related incident in the Chalmers area.
On this date
On May 24, 1989: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that in Winnipeg, residential consumers of natural gas would pay $38 more, or a 6.3 per cent increase, per year under a proposed rate hike before the Public Utilities Board. A task force urged the Manitoba government to spend $20 million more on the province’s daycare system. In Beijing, there were mounting indications of a political resurgence by the forces of Zhao Ziyang, general secretary of the Communist Party, who had lost a Politburo battle resulting in Premier Li Peng’s declaration of martial law.
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