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Mark Scheifele looks like a man on a mission.

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People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier took aim at “fake Conservatives” and urged supporters to forgo strategic voting at a rally in Winnipeg on Monday.

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Fresh off being named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list, Diana Virgovicova is headed to Manitoba.

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The Manitoba government has ordered a high school that has been “ungrading” for the last five years to revive — at least partially — its zero-to-100 marking scale.

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Mason Appleton has taken part in plenty of home playoff games. But when he spoke with reporters after the morning skate on Monday, the Jets right-winger shared some thoughts about what the atmosphere means in terms of making a minor adjustment as a player.

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When Linda Daniels and Pope Francis looked into each other’s eyes at the Vatican three years ago, she hoped he would recognize the suffering of Indigenous people who were forced into residential schools as children.

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Ali Khavari is grateful his home is still standing after a fast-moving fire tore through a field near Fermor Avenue, just inside the Perimeter Highway, Sunday evening.

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Pope Francis “was like an elder brother to me, showing the way,” one Winnipeg archbishop said after the pontiff’s death.

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Debra Wall holds a campaign sign and waves at passing drivers as she stands on a corner on Portage Avenue — alone.

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Shelly’s Indigenous Bistro was forced to close Monday after a suspicious fire at its office space on Logan Avenue.

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A Jewish politician in Winnipeg has been targeted in graffiti spree in which his federal election campaign signs were vandalized with antisemitic imagery.

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OTTAWA – NDP candidate Peter Julian is calling for strategic voting in his Vancouver-area riding and party leader Jagmeet Singh is raising no concerns about the practice — which is often maligned by New Democrats.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s purse was stolen at a Washington, D.C. restaurant Sunday night, according to department officials.

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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) —

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TORONTO – Museums and other archival institutions will likely need some financial help if they want to buy Hudson’s Bay artifacts, historians say.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House expressed support Monday for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following media reports that he shared sensitive military details in another Signal messaging chat, this time with his wife and brother.

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TORONTO – London Health Sciences Centre is the latest Canadian hospital to install a weapons detection system in its emergency department as health-care workers across the country continue to grapple with increasing violence.

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Jack Gurevitch is a Montreal Canadiens superfan and a proud Canadian who’s upset by United States President Donald Trump’s tariffs and threats to annex Canada, but he says he won’t let the political situation influence whether he travels to U.S. cities to support his team in the playoffs.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Four House Democratic lawmakers have traveled to El Salvador to call attention to the plight of a man the Trump administration deported to a Salvadoran prison and has refused to help return — even after the Supreme Court ruled that it was the government’s duty to do so.

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CHARLOTTETOWN – Liberal Leader Mark Carney is starting the last week of the election campaign on the East Coast.

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TORONTO – The costs and chaos being caused by metal tariffs are starting to build up after a month in effect, and there’s little hope they’ll be removed in the foreseeable future.

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Google will confront an existential threat Monday as the U.S. government tries to break up the company as punishment for turning its revolutionary search engine into a ruthless monopoly.

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OTTAWA – Canadians hoping to vote early in the upcoming federal election have until the end of the day to visit an advance polling station as the campaign enters its final week.

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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Indonesia and China said Monday they committed to maritime cooperation promoting safety and security in the South China Sea, amid longstanding Indonesian suspicions about China’s actions in waters controlled by Jakarta.

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HONG KONG (AP) — China will sanction United States officials, lawmakers and leaders of non-governmental organizations who it says have “performed poorly” on Hong Kong issues, the foreign ministry announced.

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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian attacks during the 30-hour Easter ceasefire unilaterally declared by President Vladimir Putin over the weekend killed three people in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, the local governor said Monday.

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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humility and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives over climate change and critiques of capitalism, died Monday. He was 88.

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City police leaned on the old saying ‘no news is good news’ following the season’s first Winnipeg Jets whiteout street party.

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It was a true “pinch me” moment for Jaret Anderson-Dolan.

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The good news for the Winnipeg Jets? They’re up 1-0 in their best-of-seven series against the St. Louis by virtue of Saturday’s dramatic 5-3 comeback victory.

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OTTAWA – Elections Canada wants you to know your ballot will count whether you mark it with a pen or with a pencil.

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Two volunteers were among the 18 people celebrated for their contribution to the tourism industry when Travel Manitoba and Tourism Winnipeg handed out their annual awards this month.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — In her 28 years working for the federal government, Shea Giagnorio provided day care for the children of U.S. soldiers, training for employees and oversight for safety net programs.

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VATICAN CITY (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance met briefly with Pope Francis on Sunday to exchange Easter greetings, after they got into a long-distance tangle over the Trump administration’s migrant deportation plans.

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OTTAWA – By most measures, Mark Carney’s resume is stacked.

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MONTREAL – If it’s daytime, odds are a lone box truck is cruising the streets between Toronto and Brampton, Ont., with no one behind the wheel.

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The night began with ear-splitting chants of “MVP, MVP, MVP” serenading Connor Hellebuyck before the puck had even dropped, a nod to his incredible regular-season where he shattered franchise records left and right.

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Mark Scheifele knows that he probably could have found Kyle Connor in open space with his eyes closed.

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Dale Hawerchuk’s statue got its own Winnipeg Whiteout Saturday afternoon.

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The Easter bunny touched down at the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada Saturday afternoon.

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My god, can’t a woman leave Earth for 11 minutes without “putting on her face”? www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

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Home. There’s no place like it. It’s where the heart is. It’s where you go to roost. It can be your castle. It’s where the #NHLJets begin their pursuit of the Stanley Cup on Saturday. My @winnipegfreepress.com feature on “the best atmosphere in hockey.”: www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

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Colleague @mikemcintyrewpg.bsky.social on the Jets trying to use home-ice advantage 👇

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Here’s my extensive playoff preview. On scar tissue and the pursuit of Lord Stanley’s mug 👇

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This show was very entertaining, very loud and very fast — sometimes too fast. My ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 review here:

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It’s the most wonderful time of the hockey year. Our team at @winnipegfreepress.com has you covered every step of the way as the #NHLJets chase the Stanley Cup. Here’s a glimpse at today’s print edition: 6 pieces, nearly 10,000 total words. Join us here: www.winnipegfreepress.com/subscribe

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A new survey from CAA Manitoba shows nearly one in five drivers admitted to getting behind the wheel within three hours of using cannabis.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joseph Seiders, drummer for Canadian indie rock band The New Pornographers, has been arrested and charged with possessing child sex abuse materials, authorities said.

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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed more than 90 people in the last 48 hours, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Saturday, as Israeli troops ramp up attacks to pressure Hamas to release its hostages and disarm.

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