Fox News aside, blanket TV coverage set for Jan. 6 hearing

RRC shelter support worker program grads seek to make difference in lives of province’s most vulnerable

Pauline Pollard didn’t hesitate when asked what advice she would give her teenage self, a pregnant young mother of one in an abusive relationship.

“Leave sooner,” she said, citing everything she’s learned over the last 25 years, including at Red River College Polytechnic’s shelter support worker program.

The 43-year-old said she has “a lot of compassion” for women of all ages who find themselves stuck in unsafe situations.

It’s far easier in retrospect to see the warning signs, noting that in her case, an ex-boyfriend started confiscating her clothes and makeup before his controlling behaviour escalated to physical violence.

Beijing behind the scenes: On women’s hockey’s biggest stage, it’s not just the players under pressure

Alex Clarke of Weyburn, Sask., is a Canadian linesperson who isn’t part of Team Canada at the Olympics.

Rock musical Rent's themes of acceptance and hope prove timeless

When you work in show business, you know one thing’s for sure: no matter what happens, the show must go on.

There’s perhaps no better illustration of this than the musical Rent when, on the morning of its first preview, its composer Jonathan Larson died at the age of 35 of an aortic aneurysm.

What followed has become a theatre legend. With the permission of Larson’s parents, the grieving cast performed a staged reading that evening — but by the end of Act I, they couldn’t contain their energy. They rose to their feet and continued with a full performance. At the end of the curtain call, a voice rang out over the applause, shouting, “Thank you, Jonathan Larson.”

A re-imagining of Giacomo Puccini’s opera La Bohème, Rent follows a year in the lives of seven young people as they struggle to follow their dreams in New York City’s East Village during the height of the AIDS epidemic. While the specifics of the show may not be relatable to everyone, the underlying themes of hope and love have proven to be timeless and universal.

Man pleads guilty to shotgun slaying

A WINNIPEG drug dealer has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in a March 2025 killing that saw the body of a 30-year-old man dumped in a garbage bin and dragged to a West End alleyway.

Frederick Francis Mathias Baker, who was 28 upon his arrest early last year, shot Bronson Emery Dale Kequahtooway once in the thigh with a sawed-off shotgun and left him with a fatal wound, Crown prosecutor Matt Armstrong told Court of King’s Bench Justice Brian Bowman on Wednesday.

A split second after Baker shot Kequahtooway in the thigh, the victim was shot in the head with a sawed-off .22 rifle. The man accused of being armed with the rifle, Eric Matthew Morrissette, remains before the court on a second-degree murder charge.

“Either wound would have been fatal on its own,” said Armstrong.

Today’s horoscope

MOON ALERT: Avoid shopping (except food and gas) and important decisions after 9 p.m. today. The moon is in Scorpio.

ARIES (March 21-April 19)

Although mild quarrels might arise about how to share the expense of something — don’t let this rankle you. Instead focus on socializing, the arts, sports and fun activities with kids. This is a great day to shmooz!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)