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Mark Humphrey / Associated Press filesIn this image taken with a fisheye lens, snow is removed from in front of Bridgestone Arena, Friday in Nashville, Tenn.
Manitoba is getting light snow this morning, but not much compared to the weekend’s “Snowzilla” blizzard in the U.S. East Coast, which was buried by up to 100 centimeters.Our snowfall today is more like a “No-zilla”, with only a dusting expected.Today’s high will be minus 6C, according to Environment Canada. Wind from the northwest will blow at 20 km/h, gusting to 40.The sun is expected to shine Tuesday, with a high of minus 7. READ MORE
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John Woods / Winnipeg Free PressFamily and friends of missing woman Claudette Osborne-Tyo gather for a vigil Sunday on Selkirk Avenue at King Street, where Osborne-Tyo made a payphone call before she disappeared in 2008.
LGBTTQ* policy: A detailed and pioneering draft transgender policy to be introduced today would ensure students and staff in Winnipeg School Division could be addressed by the pronouns they choose, dress as they wish, and be protected from discrimination. READ MORE
Something stinks in St. B: St. Boniface Coun. Matt Allard has established a website stbsmell.ca to chronicle complaints of odors in the area, and the site’s online form has garnered more than 200 responses since it was set up in the summer. The Loveday mushroom plant and the Darling International (formerly Rothsay) animal rendering plant are the top stinkers. READ MORE
Where’s Claudette Osborne?: Hoping to bring someone forward with information, family and friends put up posters and held a candelight vigil for Claudette Osborne, who was 21 years old when she went missing in 2008. It was held on Selkirk Avenue at King Street, where it is believed she used a payphone before she disappeared. READ MORE
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Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free PressWorkers continue to put the finishing touches on the Great Ice Show at The Forks Sunday before the area opens to the public on Monday.
Farewell John Harvard: The funeral for the former Lieutenant-Governor and federal MP will be held today at the Victoria Inn, 1808 Wellington Ave., at 1 p.m. Harvard died of cancer on Jan. 9, at 77.
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Ice, ice baby: The Great Ice Show opens today at The Forks after 40 Chinese ice artists carved out over 100 creations ranging from penguins and snakes up to dinosaurs, a giant polar bear head — featuring a toboggan slide from its mouth — and a replica of the Manitoba Legislature. It’s pr-icy, admission is $25 for adults and $15 for children and youth. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
JOE BRYKSA / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSWinnipeg Jets’ Mark Scheifele.
Scheifs on the mend: Centre Mark Scheifele, out of the Winnipeg Jets lineup since Jan. 7 after crashing into the boards, hopes to be back in action Tuesday against the Arizona Coyotes. The goal-starved Jets – they have just four goals in their last four games and have been held to a goal or less in 10 of their last 16 – could certainly use him. READ MORE
School taxes may rise: It’s likely to become more expensive to live in the Winnipeg School Division catchment area. Trustees will look at a 5.1 per cent increase in school property taxes in their 2016/17 draft budget this evening. The division is facing added costs with the planned construction of a new school in the Waterford Green housing development in northwest Winnipeg. READ MORE
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Alexandra Paul / Winnipeg Free PressFred Copeland and his family at the international arrivals lounge.
Exhausted, relieved and frustrated, a group of bedraggled Manitoban tourists on a Cuban holiday touched down in Winnipeg Saturday evening, 36 hours after they’d seen a bed, a toothbrush or a decent meal. READ MORE
On this date
On Jan. 25, 1939: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a suspect was sought after a child had been found murdered. Her caregiver in the home had been confronted by a man demanding certain documents of her and who then restrained her. The six-year-old girl’s father, Steve Eiler, had been away from the home on Young Street, having received a mysterious letter asking if he was interested in securing evidence against his wife. Eiler and his wife had separated in 1935 and divorce proceedings were pending. He had care of their two daughters. The mysterious sender of the letter never appeared at the place appointed, and Eiler discovered the tragedy when he returned home. Police had so far made no arrests.
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