U.S. politics
Patrick Semansky / The Associated PressHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., tears her copy of U.S. President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address after he delivered it to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday.
Pelosi on a tear: Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, ripped up a copy of U.S. President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech while millions of people watched, calling it “a manifesto of mistruths.” Earlier, Trump appeared to ignore Pelosi when she tried to shake his hand, although it wasn’t clear whether he saw it. READ MORE
Impeachment acquittal expected: The Senate is expected to vote to acquit Trump at about 3 p.m. CT, ending his impeachment trial. It’s believed no more than one Republican will vote to convict, while as many as three Democrats might vote to acquit Trump on one or both counts. READ MORE
Still waiting for Iowa: Only 71 per cent of the results from Monday’s Democratic presidential caucuses have been released, and it’s not known when the winner will be announced. Former mayor Pete Buttigieg has a slight lead over Sen. Bernie Sanders based on the partial results. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny until the afternoon, then cloudy with a 60 per cent chance of light snow, a high of -6 C, wind at 20 km/h deceasing to 10 km/h later this morning and wind chill as low as -17 this morning. Up to 2 cm of snow tonight.
What’s happening today
Hiroko Harima / Kyodo News / The Associated PressMedical workers in protective suits lead a passenger tested positive for a new coronavirus from the cruise ship Diamond Princess at Yokohama Port on Wednesday.
Coronavirus crisis: A cruise ship with 251 Canadians onboard has been quarantined off the coast of Japan after more than 10 people — none Canadian — tested positive for the new virus that has killed nearly 500. There are more than 2,800 passengers and crew members on the ship. READ MORE
Talking trees: A report up for discussion at city hall says meeting the goal of Mayor Brian Bowman’s One Million Tree Challenge over 20 years would require $43 million, about 50,000 tree plantings per year and up to five years of planning. Here’s our story on the initiative’s launch last September. READ MORE
In case you missed it
Mike Sudoma / Winnipeg Free PressRoland, a guest at Wednesday afternoon’s Oak Table program hosted in the Augustine United Church building, works on some of his artwork after getting some lunch.
Fretting over funds: A local church says discord between the federal and provincial governments is thwarting its efforts to transform into a community-outreach hub. “Our main concern right now is the federal government. We’ve had assurances and promises that money will be available to us, but we haven’t seen anything yet,” the chairman of Augustine United Church told the Free Press. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Jets in tailspin: The Jets earned a point in an overtime loss to the Nashville Predators at Bell MTS Place last night but have lost six of their last seven games. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Feb. 5, 1937: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that in Montreal, the chairman of the committee representing 17 railway unions said the majority of members, unhappy with the delay in restoring wages that had been cut, would likely support a general strike ballot being circulated. In Ottawa, Canada’s justice minister declared that fascism and communism were fanatical political doctrines equally abhorrent to Canadians and while he said he would support Canada’s need to defend itself, if a war in Europe were to break out between these two factions, Canada should not support either. READ MORE
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