Your forecast
I’m not kidding about that extreme cold warning. Mainly sunny today with a high of -20 C, wind chill as low as -45 this morning and -30 this afternoon.
What’s happening today
The Winnipeg Jets host the St. Louis Blues at the Canada Life Centre, starting at 7 p.m. As Mike McIntyre reports, the Jets are coming off their third straight loss after facing the Phildelphia Flyers on Saturday.
Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck (37) is taken out of the game during the third period against the Philadelphia Flyers in Winnipeg, Saturday. (John Woods / The Canadian Press)
Today’s must-read
High-stakes high school exams are becoming increasingly uncommon in Manitoba, as educators re-evaluate the value of end-of-semester tests counting for up to 30 per cent of a student’s final mark. Changes brought on during the pandemic and assessing the stress on students have pointed to a different approach. Maggie Macintosh reports.
Teacher Jared Suderman and grade 11 student Angelina Morris at Glenlawn Collegiate. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
On the bright side
Despite the cold snap, Angie Masse and her husband Clint kept their snow maze in St. Adolphe open over the weekend. “We don’t make any big decisions until we check the weather in the morning… You just do the best you can. The goal is always for people to come and have a good time, and enjoy what they see when they get here.” Tyler Searle has the story.
A worker puts finishing touches on the snow maze in St. Adolphe, which measures nearly 60,000 square feet and contains five buildings and a variety of sculptures constructed from snow. (Tyler Searle / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On Jan. 30, 1924: The Manitoba Free Press reported in New York, W.H. Anderson, head of the Anti-Saloon League, was convicted of forgery on charges he had made false entries in the organization’s books. In Winnipeg, the widely known and respected Red Cross commissioner for Manitoba, George J. Seale, died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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