Coronavirus outbreak
In this Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, photo, a staff member wearing a hazardous materials suit hauls a bin at a hospital that reported a coronavirus death in Yichang in central China’s Hubei Province. China is swiftly building a 1,000-bed hospital dedicated to patients infected with a new virus that has killed 26 people, sickened hundreds and prompted unprecedented lockdowns of cities during the country’s most important holiday. (Chinatopix via AP)
Hospital being built: China is quickly building a hospital for patients with the new virus, which has killed 26 people, and shut down transportation in at least 13 cities with a total population nearly as large as Canada’s. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Prairie lab pitches in: A lab in Saskatoon is using its research on different strains of the virus to help develop a vaccine. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
‘We are prepared’: Dr. Brent Roussin, the province’s chief provincial public health officer, said the threat to Manitobans remains low. Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE
Weather
SHANNON VANRAES / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSPremier Brian Pallister announces financial disaster assistance for municipalities, homeowners, farms and small businesses affected by last October’s snow storm at a press conference at the Manitoba legislature on Thursday.
Your forecast: Mainly cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of flurries this morning, a high of -4 C, peak winds from the southeast at 10 km/h and wind chill as low as -13 this afternoon. Meanwhile, Premier Brian Pallister announced Thursday disaster financial aid will be offered in the wake of the huge October snowstorm that downed trees and power lines. Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE
What’s happening today
FILE – In this Jan. 22, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. They are circling each other like wary boxers, with taunts on Twitter, snarky asides and belittling depictions of one another. They rose to prominence in Manhattan on parallel tracks, amassed wealth real and perceived and displayed a penchant for putting their names on things. President Donald Trump and Mike Bloomberg could hardly be more different as people but now they both want the same job: Trump’s. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Set to end statements: Democrats will conclude their opening statements in the impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump. Trump’s defence is expected to begin their statements in the Senate on Saturday. READ MORE
Set to speak: Donald Trump will become the first sitting U.S. president to attend the March for Life in Washington, D.C. The annual rally is one of the anti-abortion movement’s biggest events. READ MORE
State of the city: Mayor Brian Bowman will make his annual state of the city address at a chamber of commerce luncheon at the RBC Convention Centre. The Free Press will be there.
Texas suspect lived in tent: A man who illegally crossed the U.S. border into Manitoba while wanted for murder in Texas is scheduled for another detention review and admissibility hearing in Halifax. New documents filed with the Immigration and Refugee Board state Derek Cameron Whisenand was living in a tent with his dog when he was arrested. READ MORE
In case you missed it
WILLIAM J. HENNESSY JR.Courtroom sketch of Patrik Mathews.
Face to face: In his first column for the Free Press, reporter Ryan Thorpe recounts locking eyes with the former reservist he exposed after going undercover to enlist in hate group The Base. Thorpe was in Maryland for Patrik Mathews’ appearance in federal court Wednesday. READ MORE
Dire situation: In his latest column, Mike McIntyre says pressure is mounting on the Jets to save their season after losing four consecutive games heading into the NHL all-star break. READ MORE
On this date
On Jan. 24, 1946: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the seven-man crew of an RCAF training plane, including two Winnipeg men, was feared dead after the plane struck a mountain in south-central Alberta. The federal minister of veterans affairs predicted in Winnipeg that quick action would be taken by the federal government to relieve the housing crisis, with regard in particular to the needs of ex-servicemen in the wake of the Second World War. Canada’s navy acquired its first aircraft carrier, the H.M.C.S. Warrior. READ MORE
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