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April showers don’t only mean May flowers – they also mean time inside with a good book. Fortunately, Chris Hall from McNally Robinson Booksellers returned to the Classic 107 studios for the April edition of ‘What to Read’! 

Two people are in hospital following a fire early Tuesday morning in the St. Boniface Industrial Park.

The fire broke out just before 3:30 a.m. in an industrial building in the 0 to 100 block of Panet Road. 

When crews arrived, they found a small fire, which they were able to quickly extinguish.

Two people working in the building were injured, with one being transported to hospital in unstable condition and the other in stable condition. 

The cause of the fire is believed to be accidental. 

Fire officials continue to investigate.

It has been a year of many firsts for the Winnipeg Baroque Festival, and that will continue on Thursday night as the Festival presents its first concert to feature wind instruments.  

Fierbois – the duo of oboist Caitlin Broms-Jacobs and pianist Madeline Hildebrand – will be sharing a program entitled Love & Madness, with musical highlights from the French Baroque tradition with some Italian masterworks. 

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising that a government led by him would use the notwithstanding clause to override Charter rights to implement his tough-on-crime agenda — something no prime minister has ever done.

Poilievre was campaigning in Montreal on Monday, where he announced he would pass a law to allow judges to impose consecutive life sentences in cases of multiple murders. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in 2022 that imposing consecutive life sentences violates an offender's Charter rights.

Some of the bills now before the Manitoba legislature will have to wait until the fall to be passed into law.

The Opposition Progressive Conservatives have exercised their right under legislature rules to hold back five bills for further debate beyond the summer break.

One bill would forbid liquor licences in urban convenience stores and gas stations — a move the Tories say will affect small businesses and customer choice in the few locations where such licences have been issued.

Two men are in custody following a month-long investigation by the Winnipeg Police Service’s Property Crime Unit into a series of vehicle thefts, break-ins, and frauds across the city.

The investigation began in March after a spike in property-related crimes, including stolen vehicles, licence plates, and personal items from cars. Police say the suspects frequently used stolen vehicles to commit further offences and often swapped licence plates to avoid detection.

The Manitoba government is planning to expropriate a private property in south Winnipeg that has seen clashes between its owner and area residents.

Premier Wab Kinew says the government will take over the area known as Lemay Forest and turn it into a provincial park.

The owner of the 18-hectare property started cutting down trees in the winter and planned to develop an assisted living facility.

Area residents and conservationists opposed the move, citing the pristine forest and the area's history, which included an orphanage and a cemetery.

The Manitoba government says it is repatriating energy by not renewing two hydroelectric export contracts to Minnesota.

Premier Wab Kinew says the contracts are set to expire at the end of this month and amount to 500 megawatts of power that will now be available for Canada.

Kinew says 50 megawatts of power will be set aside to go toward the potential development of a transmission line that would connect parts of Nunavut to Manitoba's grid.

The St. James community is rallying together to help a family who recently lost everything after their Crestview area townhouse went up in flames. 

The fire broke out shortly after 4 p.m. on Friday at the Fairlane Meadows in the 200 block of Fairlane Avenue. 

It took crews about four hours to get the fire under control. 

The family of four, including two young children, were able to escape without injury. Their cats were rescued by firefighters and are currently at the emergency vet. 

One of the hallmarks of the Flash Photographic Festival is its "Bring Your Own Venue (BYOV)" element that allows audiences to encounter photography in unlikely places. The exhibit on display at X-Cues Cafe and Lounge in Winnipeg’s West End takes things a step further by taking the viewer to an unlikely place.