Free Press Leader for May 17 – Winnipeg Free Press

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A mix of sun and clouds with a 30% chance of showers early this morning and a 60% chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. Winds from southeast 30 km/h gusting to 50 km/h. High 22 C, UV index 6 or higher.

What's happening today?

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to visit a Winnipeg school today to promote his government's school meal program.

The government's spring budget included a pledge to develop a national plan to feed 400,000 more children across the country. The Canadian Press reports on this.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the Marguerite-Bourgeois school in Karake, USA, Thursday. (Ron Ward/The Canadian Press)

Victoria University Professor Gina Starblanket publishes the third edition Making room for local feminism (Fernwood Publishing) at McNally Robinson's Grant Park location, 7 p.m

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Mitchell McCunes plays West End Cultural Centre, 8pm Tickets: $15 plus.

Singer-songwriter Mitchell McCunes (Tim Smith / Brandon Sun files)

Must read today

Thousands of drivers have been hit with speeding tickets after being caught by the first mobile speed camera installed in a construction zone on the Perimeter Highway south of Winnipeg.

Winnipeg police said 14,183 tickets were issued in the first six weeks (March 15 to April 30) from mobile units set up east and west of St. Mary's Road.

“The statistics show a real need for enforcement,” said traffic division Insp. Mark Philippot. “The truth is, the police can't be everywhere, so using photos is one of our tools to help with that.” Chris Kitching has the story.

City police took over from the Manitoba RCMP on May 1 to become the primary traffic enforcer in the southern half of the perimeter. (Files by Michaela McKenzie/Free Press)

On the bright side

Scientists once thought that dinosaurs were lazy, cold-blooded creatures. Studies have since shown that some can regulate their body temperature, but when and how this change occurs remains a mystery.

Now, a new study suggests that the first hot-blooded dinosaurs may have roamed the Earth around 180 million years ago, roughly half of the time the planet has existed. This is reported by the Associated Press.

This picture shows a dromaeosaur incubating its eggs in the snow. (David Bonadonna/University of Vigo/University College London via Associated Press)

On this day

On May 17, 1972: The Winnipeg Free Press six locations in the province's south broke heat records, with Winnipeg reaching 33 degrees, making it Canada's national hot spot, but in Thompson, the mercury dropped below freezing and snow fell on the city. In Ottawa, the five-member Le Dain Commission recommended removing the penalty for simple possession of cannabis. Read the rest of today's article here. Find more information here.

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