Your forecast
Mainly cloudy with a 60 per cent chance of light snow, with a high of -6 C and a low of -14.
What’s happening today
Veg Out, the annual vegan restaurant event hosted by Winnipeg VegFest, began Thursday and continues until Jan. 28, with nearly 30 restaurants participating.
The Chic Pea, Marion Street Eatery’ Veg Out entry, is a vegan chickpea frittata with roasted chickpeas, spicy tomato jam, gobi cauliflower, spinach, pesto and caramelized onions. (Supplied)
Today’s must-read
A Winnipeg high school is being accused of violating students’ privacy after removing the door of a girls’ washroom in an effort to curb a spike in indoor vaping. Malak Abas has the story.
Photos of the now-doorless washroom show stalls clearly visible from the hallway. (Supplied)
On this date
On Jan. 20, 1972: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the air transport industry in Canada was losing $2 million to $3 million per day owing to the ongoing air traffic controllers’ strike. Prime minister Pierre Trudeau said there were no immediate plans to recall Parliament to deal with the strike. In Winnipeg, the contracts of taxi cab companies operating in the city faced public scrutiny and were possibly in contravention of provincial legislation. In Rhodesia, police poured into the Harari African suburb of Salisbury after a night of burning and pillaging by African gangs. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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