Your forecast
Mainly cloudy with 30 per cent chance of light snow or freezing drizzle this morning, with a high of -10 C and a low of -12.
What’s happening today
The Winnipeg Jets face the Canadiens in Montreal, starting at 6 p.m. Jeff Hamilton talks to Jets forward Pierre-Luc Dubois about his new foundation to help “kids that didn’t necessarily have the money to play hockey, whether it be the equipment, the registration fee, finding ice, all that stuff,” according to Dubois. Read more here.
The Pierre-Luc Dubois Foundation’s golf tournament raises money to help children who otherwise might not be able to afford to play hockey take part in the game. (Jeff McIntosh / The Canadian Press files)
In town, craft brewery Sookrams is teaming up with the Park Theatre for a double-feature movie night that will kick off at 6:30 p.m. with Phantom of the Paradise followed by Labyrinth.
Fans of Phantom of the Paradise, such as Gloria Dignazio, who was featured in a documentary about Winnipeg’s love for the widely panned film, will get to see it Tuesday. (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press files)
Today’s must-read
RCMP officers and U.S. border agents are still affected by an Indian family’s American dream that ended in a tragic -35 C nightmare last January. Chris Kitching has the story.
Officer Kathryn Siemer with the U.S. Border Patrol (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On Jan. 17, 1952: The Winnipeg Free Press reported city council had reversed its decision on only allowing ratepayers to vote on whether the electric utility should be publicly owned, and would instead put the question to the entire electorate in a referendum. Vehicles towed buildings from the mining community of Sherridon to Lynn Lake, moving the entire town to its new desitnation, 164 miles north. British prime minister Winston Churchill urged the U.S. to maintain control of nuclear weapons technology. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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