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Matt Slocum / The Associated PressPhiladelphia Eagles’ Nick Foles holds up the Vince Lombardi Trophy after the NFL Super Bowl 52.
Eagles soar: The Philadelphia Eagles regained the lead late in the fourth quarter and defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis on Sunday. It’s the team’s first Super Bowl victory. Eagles quarterback Nick Foles, who took over the starting role late in the regular season after an injury, was named the game’s MVP. READ MORE
Record-tying win for rink: Jennifer Jones won a record-tying sixth national women’s curling championship last night, defeating East St. Paul’s Kerri Einarson. Meanwhile, Reid Carruthers’ team defeated Mike McEwen’s in the provincial men’s championship in Winkler. Melissa Martin and Jason Bell report. READ MORE
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BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS filesMayor Brian Bowman says he’s open to ‘ideas and discussions’ around a cooling-off period.
‘Open to ideas’: Asked about a string of civil servants who have recently left their jobs, Mayor Brian Bowman says he’s open to discussion about a cooling-off period that restricts departing employees from certain employment and lobbying. A cooling-off motion for council members he introduced last fall is under review. Jessica Botelho-Urbanski reports. READ MORE
More payments for province: Federal documents show Manitoba is set to receive more than $2 billion in equalization payments in the next fiscal year — an 11 per cent increase of $217 million. It’s the biggest boost in such payments in a decade, The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
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MATTHEW DAE SMITH / LANSING STATE JOURNAL FILESLarry Nassar listens to a victim impact statement in Eaton County Circuit Court in Charlotte, Mich.
Coverups concerning: A new approach is needed for investigating allegations of sexual misconduct, Dan Lett says in his latest column. If there’s a God, he writes, there’s “a special place in hell for those who, for their own misguided and selfish reasons, cover up the crimes of a sexual predator.” READ MORE
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Justin Timberlake: Timberlake paid tribute to Prince, who died in 2016, and Prince’s hometown of Minneapolis, at his Super Bowl halftime performance on Sunday.
On this date
On Feb. 5, 1943: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the Russians had encircled German forces in the Don Basin, while German armies in the Caucasus were also pinned down. The R.A.F. and the R.C.A.F. struck at multiple points in Germany’s “Fortress Europe” hitting northern Italy, the German Ruhr, and Nazi-occupied France; Winnipeg fliers took part in the strike on Turin. The Newfoundland Field Artillery joined the British 1st Army in North Africa. READ MORE
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