What’s happening today
TREVOR HAGAN / WINNIPEG FRESSIt appears as though the rooming house known as “Murder Mansion” is going to be demolished, Sunday, February 11, 2018.
Murder Mansion burns: A fire broke out early this morning at a boarded-up rooming house known as Murder Mansion that’s slated for demolition. The blaze at the building, located at the intersection of Balmoral Street and Cumberland Avenue, is a suspected arson, and traffic is blocked off on Balmoral between Cumberland and Notre Dame avenues and on Cumberland between Spence and Balmoral streets.
Assault on Agnes Street: Police are investigating at the scene of a serious assault that took place on Agnes Street Wednesday night. One man is in hospital in critical condition this morning, and no arrests have been made.
Weather
Your forecast: There will be a mix of sun and cloud today, with a high of -3 C, a 30 per cent chance of flurries early this morning and a 60 per cent chance late this afternoon, and wind from the northwest at 20 km/h gusting to 40 in the early afternoon.
In case you missed it
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSPremier Brian Pallister scrums with the media about tax issues with his property in Costa Rica at the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg on Wednesday.
Pallister on property: Premier Brian Pallister says he’s asked a lawyer in Costa Rica to determine whether his vacation property there is subject to a tax on luxury homes after the Free Press reported his holding company had been flagged for non-payment. “We’ll do the right thing. We’ll investigate… and if we owe money, we’ll pay it,” Pallister says. Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE
Still waiting for strategy: A review of the winter maintenance strategy for the city’s active transportation network has been postponed an eighth time. Coun. Janice Lukes says she thinks Mayor Brian Bowman is delaying the report’s release, which he denies. “There’s no way it would take longer than two years. There’s absolutely no way,” Lukes says. Jessica Botelho-Urbanski reports. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
THE CANADIAN PRESS / Patrick DoyleWinnipeg Jets players celebrate their game winning goal against the Ottawa Senators at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa on Monday. The Jets returned to Winnipeg Wednesday after a raucous road trip that saw them win three out of four games.
Face-off with Flames: The Jets host the Calgary Flames in their penultimate game of the regular season at 7 p.m. at Bell MTS Place. Meanwhile, the Nashville Predators, who lead the Central Division by three points, play in Washington at 6 p.m. The Preds can clinch the division with a win or a regulation loss by the Jets. Jason Bell reports on Winnipeg’s wild, three-game road trip. READ MORE
Growing game: Paul Wiecek has a column on a uniquely Canadian sport that is slowly starting to grow again. More than 30,000 people across the country are keeping it alive despite long odds, Wiecek writes. READ MORE
Trending now
#onstorm: Heavy weather hit parts of Ontario, with high winds causing damage to signs and scattering recycling and garbage containers in residential areas.
On this date
On April 5, 1948: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that 15 people were killed when a British transport plane collided with a Russian fighter plane over Berlin. In Manitoba, the suspension by the public utilities board of all of the city of St. Boniface’s spending would do “irreparable damage” to the city, according to its mayor. READ MORE
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