Good morning!
Your weather: Hump day could feature some humps of snow on our cars, roads and sidewalks. We’re not talking mountains of the white stuff, but possibly enough to force a shovel into our hands. Environment Canada is calling for a 60 per cent chance of flurries late in the morning and in the afternoon. Today’s high temperature is -3 C. We could see some flurries tonight as well, and the overnight low is -16 C. Expect a sunny Thursday with a high of -6 C, while the outlook for Friday is clear and -1 C.
In case you missed it
SuppliedCooper Nemeth was last seen Feb. 14.
Horrible details: Winnipeg teen Cooper Nemeth is believed to have been killed within a few hours of vanishing from a Winnipeg house party on Valentine’s Day — the victim of a drug-related robbery, severe beating and shooting. Court documents indicate police believe the homicide happened “on or about Feb. 14,” the same day Cooper went missing. READ MORE
Fifth homicide of 2016: Police are asking for the public’s help as they investigate Winnipeg’s fifth homicide of 2016. Marilyn Rose Munroe, 41, was found dead in her Pritchard Avenue home Monday after police were called there for a report of someone in medical distress. READ MORE
Jones trying to keep up: Team Canada, also known as the Jennifer Jones foursome from Winnipeg, won a pair of games at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts on Tuesday to improve to 4-2. The defending national curling champions trail Alberta’s Chelsea Carey (6-1), a former Winnipegger, and Northern Ontario (5-1). Manitoba’s Kerri Einarson is 3-3. READ MORE
Up next
Supplied renderingConstruction equipment is on the site of the proposed True North Square tower project in downtown Winnipeg. If it comes to fruition, the project will alter the city’s skyline.
True North Square: A press conference at 10 a.m. today is expected to provide further details of the three-building complex that True North Developments plans for a pair of vacant lots at 225 Carlton St. The plans include a 19-storey office and retail tower, a 28-storey hotel and residential tower and a nine-storey office building. Today’s announcement is expected to identify the project’s partners and lead tenants. Free Press business writer Murray McNeil will report.
Solemn gathering: Premiers, federal ministers and indigenous leaders meet in Winnipeg today for a three-day roundtable on missing and murdered indigenous women. The RCMP has estimated at least 1,200 indigenous women have gone missing or been murdered since 1980. Although they make up 4.3 per cent of the Canadian population, they account for 16 per cent of female homicides and 11.3 per cent of missing women. READ MORE
Bark for your park: The city is exploring options for the creation of a downtown off-leash dog park. An open house today will get an update on the project, see results from the online survey conducted in January and provide feedback on possible locations. It’s from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Carol Shields Auditorium, second floor of Millennium Library, 251 Donald St.
Around the water cooler
Trevor Hagan / THE CANADIAN PRESSWinnipeg’s Andrew Ladd celebrates after scoring a short-handed goal against the Dallas Stars during second-period NHL action in Winnipeg, Tuesday.
Later, Ladd: The only captain the Winnipeg Jets 2.0 has ever had, Andrew Ladd, is almost certainly going to be traded between now and the NHL trade deadline on Monday. Ladd may have played his final home game as a Jet in Tuesday’s 5-3 loss to the Dallas Stars, giving fans something to cheer about with a shorthanded goal in the second period. READ MORE
Name change, new life: Vince Li, who beheaded a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus in Manitoba in July 2008, has changed his name and wants to leave his group home to live independently. Li appeared before a Criminal Code Review Board on Monday under the new name of Will Baker. READ MORE
Trending now
#UpdateAFairyTale: This is a riot, trust us. Here’s just a sample on Twitter early this morning: Jack & Jill went up the hill to get better cell reception; “Siri, who’s the fairest one of all?”; Humpty Trumpty built a big wall; and, Charlotte’s Webcam.
#PinkShirtDay: Today is Pink Shirt Day, when people in schools, workplaces and communities across Canada are encouraged to wear pink to stand up against bullying.
On this date
On Feb. 24, 1947: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the East Kildonan Ski club faced charges of racial discrimination from members of the Jewish community who said their children had been refused membership. “The club is on municipal property” said Reeve W.P. Larsen, “and neither my council nor myself will tolerate such practices.” Larsen added, “We thought we had every reassurance from them that racial discrimination would not be made a policy at the club. They are on municipal property and I intend to do everything in my power to wipe out this feeling or their lease will be cancelled in quick order.”
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