What you need to know
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City of Winnipeg Coun. Russ Wyatt announced Thursday that he has entered rehab for alcoholism and drug abuse.
‘I couldn’t go on’: In an exclusive statement to the Free Press, Coun. Russ Wyatt said he’s on leave from city council so he can get treatment for drug and alcohol abuse. Wyatt, who is at the Aurora Recovery Centre near Gimli, said he has yet to make up his mind about whether he’ll seek reelection. Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
State of the city: Mayor Brian Bowman will deliver his last state of the city speech before this fall’s election at the convention centre during the noon hour. Yesterday, Bowman said he will be seeking reelection. READ MORE
Senators seek input: Senators will hear from Indigenous elders, youth and community members in a public meeting at the Neeginan Centre this morning. The committee is on a fact-finding mission for a report on how best to forge a new relationship with Indigenous peoples. A second meeting on the implications of the legalization of marijuana for Indigenous communities starts this afternoon.
Weather
Your forecast: It will be sunny this morning, with a mix of sun and cloud in the afternoon, wind from the southeast at 20 km/h and a high of 2 C. You can expect to wake up to snow Saturday, with periods of light snow expected at about 5 a.m.
In case you missed it
A car crashed into a Winnipeg fire hall early Friday morning.
Car crashes into fire hall: A car crashed into a fire-paramedic station on Marion Street early this morning. The car went through one of the station’s bay doors and came to a stop on its side. No firefighters were hurt.
Cost of cannabis: Documents tabled Monday in the House of Commons show Ottawa will spend an average of $46.4 million annually until 2022 for public servants to regulate cannabis on a full-time basis. As of January, there were 282 jobs within the Cannabis Legalization and Regulation Branch, but it’s not clear how many of those roles are new. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
Patrik Laine leaves the ice after getting hurt against the Los Angeles Kings Tuesday night. (Trevor Hagan / The Canadian Press)
Finn’s foot: The Jets will face the Anaheim Ducks at Bell MTS Place at 7 p.m. without star sniper Patrik Laine. He’s expected to miss at least two games after bruising his foot when he blocked a shot in a win against the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday. Jason Bell reports. READ MORE
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John Bolton: U.S. President Donald Trump has chosen John Bolton, who has a reputation as an uncompromising nationalist hawk, as his new national security advisor, who will take over from H.R. McMaster. READ MORE
On this date
On March 23, 1966: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Winnipeg teachers would get a seven per cent raise in the fall, if “senior legal opinion” agreed that the school board could legally pass on extra provincial government grants directly to the teachers. U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson decried isolationist tactics and said NATO member nations must show unity. In Ottawa, the feeling on Parliament Hill was that abolishing the death penalty in Canada remained unlikely. READ MORE
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