What’s happening today
Cole Perfetti celebrates his goal against Russia on Monday. (Jason Franson / The Canadian Press)
Going for gold: Team Canada faces the United States in the gold-medal game at the world junior hockey championships in Edmonton at 8:30 p.m. CT. Cole Perfetti scored in Canada’s 5-0 semifinal win over Russia Monday night, while Ville Heinola, another Jets prospect, had two assists in Finland’s loss to the U.S. Finland and Russia play for bronze at 4:30 p.m. CT. READ MORE
Decision day in Georgia: The polls have opened in Georgia, where voters will decide control of the U.S. Senate in two runoff elections. If the Democrats win both two seats, they will control both chambers of Congress and the White House. Because of the number of mail-in votes, the winners might not be known tonight, as with the extended wait for the state’s presidential results in November. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
New COVID-19 numbers: Provincial health officials will announce the latest COVID-19 numbers at 3:30 p.m. Meanwhile, 43 personal care homes are classified as having outbreaks, but 25 have two or fewer cases. Sixteen of the sites had no active cases as of Monday, but staff members and residents were still being monitored. Katie May reports. READ MORE
Survey says: A poll suggests nearly half of Canadians — 48 per cent — visited with family or friends over the holidays despite pleas by public health officials to limit their contacts to stop the spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. READ MORE
Facing long lockdown: Tough new pandemic restrictions took effect in England and Scotland at midnight local time as the battle to contain a new strain of COVID-19 continues. Under England’s lockdown, which will remain in place until at least mid-February, all schools are closed for in-person learning except for the children of essential workers and vulnerable students. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: A mix of sun and cloud for much of the day, with a high of 4 C, wind chill as low as -17 this morning and wind from the southeast at 10 km/h increasing to 20 km/h.
In case you missed it
Policing parties: City police handed out 11 fines to people for violating pandemic restrictions at two New Year’s Eve parties. Julia-Simone Rutgers reports. READ MORE
Pipeline project: Niigaan Sinclair’s latest column is on how a pipeline replacement project is faring differently in Canada and south of the border. READ MORE
Support centre: The province’s new online hub for remote teachers and students launched Monday. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Jan. 5, 1968: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the temperature was expected to hit -40 overnight, and the Manitoba Motor League urged motorists to leave their cars at home until the cold spell ended. The Manitoba government was soon expected to close a $720,000 deal with federal authorities for the older portion of the Fort Osborne Barracks. The Soviet Union protested to the United States over what it called serious damage done to one of its ships by a U.S. air raid near Haiphong. In Ottawa, the solicitor general hoped to introduce legislation that would overhaul Canada’s Juvenile Delinquents Act.
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