What’s happening today
John Woods / The Canadian PressJets defenceman Dylan DeMelo, playing in his first game of the season, collides with Ottawa Senators forward Chris Tierney at Bell MTS Place Saturday.
Set to face Sens: The Winnipeg Jets host the Ottawa Senators at 7 p.m. In his latest column, Mike McIntyre says the inconsistent play of Jets defenceman Dylan DeMelo might be the most surprising aspect of the team’s season so far. READ MORE
Decision on Duffy’s appeal: The Supreme Court of Canada is scheduled to decide whether to hear Sen. Mike Duffy’s challenge of a ruling that prevents him from suing the upper chamber for suspending him. READ MORE
Second run for seat: Green Party Leader Annamie Paul plans to announce her candidacy for her party’s nomination for Toronto Centre in the next federal election. She finished second in a byelection in that riding in October. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
New COVID-19 numbers: Health officials are scheduled to announce the province’s latest COVID-19 numbers at a news briefing this afternoon. The province reported six deaths and 59 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. Meanwhile, today is the final day before pandemic restrictions are relaxed, allowing gyms and nail salons to reopen and dine-in service at restaurants to resume. READ MORE
Civil case continues: A court hearing over intimate images of a woman that were distributed to the Brandon Police Service while she was applying to become an officer continues. A staff sergeant testified Wednesday the plaintiff was asked to withdraw her application because she failed to disclose having an affair with an officer, something she could be blackmailed for. Drew May reports for the Brandon Sun. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly sunny with a high of -26 C, wind chill as low as -45 this morning and peak winds at 20 km/h.
In case you missed it
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESWinnipeg Police Service headquarters.
Plan for police station cells: Construction could begin this fall to modify or replace holding cells at the Winnipeg Police Service headquarters. Suspects are still being detained for lengthy periods, sometimes overnight, despite the concrete rooms having no toilets or furniture. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE
Report casts doubt on design: An engineering report suggests the provincial government miscalculated the effect of two outlets designed to prevent catastrophic flooding in the Interlake region. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Olympic organizer to resign: Yoshiro Mori, the 83-year-old president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, is expected to step down after essentially saying that women “talk too much” and are driven by a “strong sense of rivalry.” The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Feb. 11, 1961: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that U.S. farmers were buying up so much land on the Canadian prairies that the federal government was launching an investigation. Defence minister Douglas Harkness took aim at his critics who said Canada should unilaterally disarm and pursue a course of neutrality, calling such a policy “utterly unrealistic” and said it was “unthinkable that Canada could remain neutral and untouched by future war.” In Winnipeg, Metro city council would seek the authority to make cash grants to area municipalities to relieve “unusually heavy tax loads.” In Great Britain, six scientists published findings that supported their theory that the universe had had a definitive beginning and was ever-expanding.
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