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MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSWinnipeg police arrested a 38-year-old man after a passerby saw him sexually assaulting a woman in her 50s inside this bus shelter at Garry Street and Portage Avenue on Friday evening.
Bus stop attack: A Winnipeg man has been charged after a homeless woman was sexually assaulted in a downtown bus shelter. Erik Pindera reports. READ MORE
Good news for farmers: At the annual meeting of Keystone Agricultural Producers, Manitoba’s new agriculture minister, Derek Johnson, spoke to the group for the first time. He announced record levels of AgriInsurance coverage for 2022, which is expected to exceed $4.66 billion. Farmers are also hoping for better growing conditions this year after 2021 saw the worst drought in 70 years. Martin Cash reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Temperatures are still cold this morning at -19 C, but the expected high today is zero degrees. The wind from the south is 50 km/h gusting to 60 this morning, along with periods of light snow.
In case you missed it
Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck makes a save on Florida Panthers’ Anton Lundell during the second period of NHL action in Winnipeg on Tuesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Greenslade
Florida makes it 5 straight: The Jets lost to the Florida Panthers and are winless in their past five games. It was the team’s first home game in more than a month and its first of the season in front of only 250 people, per pandemic restrictions. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
No chance for parole: A judge sentenced Kristopher Watt to life in prison, without eligibility for parole for 12 years, Watt pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the November 2018 death of Maurice Cameron. Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
Skipped by Skip: Monstrosity Burger, a Winnipeg restaurant facing up to $1 million in fines for violating COVID-19 pandemic public health orders, is no longer available for orders on popular delivery app Skip the Dishes. Malak Abas reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Jan. 26, 1945: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the Red Army had advanced to within about 90 miles of Berlin and captured four rail towns to the northeast. The British 2nd Army and the U.S. 9th Army cleared the entire west bank of the Roer river for 40 miles from Holland to south of Duren. Francophones in Quebec were angry at federal politicians they accused of betraying a promise not to introduce conscription.
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