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Bringing Nellie home: A home and cabin that were the residences of famed author and suffragist Nellie McClung are currently being moved back to the southwestern town of Manitou, where she lived before moving to Winnipeg in 1911. They will be on display for visitors. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
Your forecast: Sunday’s end of the Festival du Voyageur doesn’t mean it’s time to doff our tuques. The winter festival is over, but winter weather remains. Today’s high will be -11, with increasing cloudiness near noon. The low tonight will be -18.
In case you missed it
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSCostumed interpreters re-enact a Red River Skirmish at Fort Gibraltar during the last day of the Festival du Voyageur. Using flintlock muskets and black powder, the actors demonstrated how a battle might have been fought between the members of La Compagnie de La Vérendrye and The Forces of Lord Selkirk in the 18th and early 19th century.
Hé-ho, time to go: With a successful end to the Festival du Voyageur, organizers say two improvements this year will likely become permanent: wood carving with chainsaws, and a liquor licence change that let festivalgoers wander the site with drinks in hand instead of being confined to tents. READ MORE
Migration through Emerson continues: At least 11 more migrants crossed the international border to Emerson this weekend, bringing the total to more than 130 since the beginning of the year. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
Up next
Legislature back in session: The Manitoba Legislature returns Wednesday and it’s a likely bet the tens of thousands of people who belong to public sector unions will anxiously watch to see how the Pallister government will follow through on its suggestions that government employees need to embrace austerity.
Organic waste collection: A city council committee will today consider a report recommending a garbage-and-recycling review that won’t be complete until 2018. The timing is significant because the review will include the contentious issue of curbside organic-waste collection and the review would stall the issue until after the next election.
Around the water cooler
WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESPremier Brian Pallister says the influx migrants is a national issue.
Pallister’s predicament: Manitoba needs more revenue because of its anemic provincial economy and the lack of growth in federal transfer payments. But don’t expect the premier to raise taxes, writes Dan Lett: “Pallister hiking taxes of any kind is about as likely as U.S. President Donald Trump visiting a mosque.” READ MORE
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Chris Pizzello / Invision / The Associated PressBarry Jenkins, foreground center, and the cast accept the award for best picture for “Moonlight” at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
#Oscars: The big upset at the Acadamy Awards Sunday night saw frontrunner La La Land awarded Best Picture, only for officials to hastily take it back, saying there had been a mistake; Moonlight instead won for Best Picture. READ MORE
On this date
On Feb. 27, 1962: Prime minister John Diefenbaker said Canadian forces should not be denied the right to use nuclear weapons if Canada became involved in a nuclear war, but admitted that this would not be possible unless the United States agreed to joint control of the weapons. Record cold temperatures were set for Manitoba, with Brandon reaching -42. The United States Weather Service predicted a Red River Valley flood that might crest four feet higher in Fargo than in 1950. In Algeria, the rebel parliament accepted a peace agreement with France to end the Algerian war. READ MORE
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