What you need to know
Angelo Mondragon, Manitoba Rural Hotel Association president and Notre Dame Hotel owner, sees the provincial government’s proposed legislative changes as a mixed bag.BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES
Booze bill: Rural hotel owners have mixed feelings about a provincial bill that will allow their vendors to sell coolers and cider but also permit privately run liquor outlets to sell single-serving domestic beer. Bill Redekop reports. READ MORE
SNC-Lavalin saga: At a meeting of the House of Commons’ justice committee, Conservative and NDP MPs will demand former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould testify again, but without restrictions on what she can say about the SNC-Lavalin affair. READ MORE
Court case: The Manitoba Metis Federation will be back in court this morning seeking to overturn the provincial government’s nixing a $67.5-million deal between the MMF and Manitoba Hydro. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: There will be a mix of sun and cloud with a high of 1 C and windchill as low as -10 this morning. A special weather statement is in effect for Winnipeg and other parts of southern Manitoba, with a major winter storm moving snow and strong winds this evening and Thursday.
What’s happening today
In this grab taken from video, Britain”s Prime Minister Theresa May speaks during the Brexit debate in the House of Commons, London, Tuesday March 12, 2019. Britain’s attorney general punctured Prime Minister Theresa May’s hopes of winning backing for her Brexit deal Tuesday, saying last-minute changes secured from the European Union didn’t give Britain the power to cut itself free of ties to the bloc. (House of Commons/PA via AP)
Britain on the brink: One day after the United Kingdom’s Parliament rejected another Brexit deal, lawmakers will vote on whether to rule out leaving the European Union without a deal on March 29. READ MORE
Second sentencing: Paul Manafort, U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, is expected to be sentenced to more prison time, a week after he was sentenced to 47 months for other offences. READ MORE
In case you missed it
The San Jose Sharks’ Joe Pavelski scores with 4.3 seconds left to quash the Winnipeg Jets’ hopes for overtime.TREVOR HAGAN / THE CANADIAN PRESS
Deflating defeat: San Jose captain Joe Pavelski scored with less than five seconds remaining in the third period as the Sharks beat the Jets 5-4 at Bell MTS Place Tuesday night. “That sucks,” Jets winger Mathieu Perreault said after the game. Jason Bell reports. READ MORE
Pause on death penalty: California Gov. Gavin Newsom will sign an executive order placing a moratorium on executions. California has the most death-row inmates of any state but hasn’t executed an inmate since 2006. READ MORE
On this date
On March 13, 1984: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a woman in Bedford, N.Y., was stunned to receive a telephone bill of $109,500 due to charges for long-distance calls, most of which she never made. Sherritt Gordon Mines agreed to proceed with a mine deepening project in Leaf Rapids, but only if it received $17 million in financing from the federal and provincial governments. Mike Riley, skip of Manitoba’s Canadian Brier championship winning team, received a hero’s welcome in Winnipeg. READ MORE
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