What’s happening today
Manitoba Legislative Building (Daniel Crump / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Back in session: The Manitoba legislature is set to resume, one day after six prominent people published an open letter calling for the Tory government to share the contents of 19 bills it has introduced. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Toronto trial: A judge is expected to deliver a verdict in the case of a man who killed 10 people by driving a van on a Toronto sidewalk in 2018. Alek Minassian’s lawyers argued he should be found not criminally responsible for his actions because he is autistic. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Latest on vaccines: Members of Manitoba’s vaccine implementation task force are holding a news briefing this morning. Meanwhile, the first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are set to arrive in Canada. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
New COVID-19 numbers: Health officials will release Manitoba’s latest COVID-19 data, one day after announcing the South Africa variant has been detected here. Danielle Da Silva reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: A mix of sun and cloud with a high of -1 C, wind chill as low as -16 this morning and peak winds from the southeast at 20 km/h.
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Jets split mini-series: The Winnipeg Jets scored five goals in a win over the Vancouver Canucks after getting shut out by the same team the night before. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
Rockets strike base: No one has claimed responsibility for an attack on a military base in western Iraq that hosts U.S and Iraqi troops. At least 10 rockets struck the base. READ MORE
On this date
On March 3, 1992: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that mortgage sales in Winnipeg were shattering records, with 1,125 such sales taking place in 1991, the highest number since 1980; the transactions were indicative of families losing their homes or businesses forced into receivership, evidence of the ongoing recession. A four-year-old girl who uses a wheelchair could not get access to the second-floor library at the school where she attended a nursery school program, because the building was not designed to accommodate a handicapped child. The school board chairman said there was a five-year plan to make all schools handicapped-accessible, but that plan was “out the window” due to provincial government cutbacks. A 21-year-old man braved thin ice on the river beneath Maryland Street bridge to rescue a young boy who had fallen through the ice.
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