Today in Ottawa
Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILESPrime Minister Justin Trudeau
Back from break: Members of Parliament return to the House of Commons after a long break. The first major legislation they’re expected to debate is the new North American free trade deal, which has already been ratified by Mexico and the United States. Meanwhile, Elections Canada data provided to the Free Press provide a poll-by-poll analysis of how Manitobans voted in October’s federal election. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Meeting Maduro’s foe: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet with Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who is seeking to bolster support for his effort to remove socialist President Nicolás Maduro. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of flurries, a high of -8 C, wind from the northwest at 10 km/h and wind chill as low as -15 this morning.
What’s happening today
Czarek Sokolowski / The Associated PressPoland’s President Andrzej Duda walks along with survivors through the gates of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday.
Auschwitz anniversary: Survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp gathered in Poland to mark the 75th anniversary of its liberation. Richard Lowy, whose father and aunt were subjected to experiments by Dr. Josef Mengele at Auschwitz and survived, spoke at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights on Sunday. Melissa Martin reports. READ MORE
Impeachment trial continues: The impeachment trial for U.S. President Donald Trump resumes at noon in the Senate, with his lawyers continuing their opening statements. This morning, Trump said claims his former national security adviser John Bolton made about Trump in a book manuscript, first reported Sunday, are false. READ MORE
In case you missed it
Billie Eilish accepts the award for record of the year for “Bad Guy” at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)
Teen cleans up at Grammys: Billie Eilish won album, song and record of the year and was named best new artist at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles Sunday night. The 18-year-old is the first artist to win all four awards since Christopher Cross in 1981. READ MORE
Containing coronavirus: China’s government announced it is extending the Lunar New Year holiday to discourage travel and help prevent the spread of the new virus that has killed more than 80 people. READ MORE
Killed in crash: People are mourning across California, the U.S. and the world after basketball legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven other people were killed when their helicopter crashed into a hillside in foggy conditions Sunday. READ MORE
‘It was terrifying’: A south St. Vital couple say they have been overwhelmed by the support they’ve received since their son Matthew Isaak, 10, was diagnosed with a brain tumour. “People have been so generous, so amazing, so kind,” Matthew’s father, Jordan Isaak, told reporter Danielle Da Silva. READ MORE
On this date
On Jan. 27, 1956: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Soviet premier Nikolai Bulganin wrote to U.S. president Dwight Eisenhower that Russia wanted friendship with the U.S.; U.S. officials were studying the implications of Bulganin’s apparent gesture toward world peace. In Winnipeg, an armed bandit robbed a Bank of Commerce branch at Portage Avenue and Garry Street in the early afternoon. A five-month-old St. James boy died in his home as a result of malnutrition due to his parents’ neglect, a coroner’s jury ruled. READ MORE
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