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Partly sunny skies with a high of -7 C and a low of -9, and wind chill of -29 this morning.
What’s happening today
The head of Canada’s spy agency is among the witnesses expected at a Parliamentary committee studying allegations of foreign interference in elections today. Representatives from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, the RCMP and Elections Canada will return to the House affairs committee, where some of them have testified before. The Canadian Press reports.
Today’s must-read
Manitoba’s female politicians, regardless of party affiliation, stand united against online harassment, which often targets women in public office more than their male peers. Danielle Da Silva has the story.
Rochelle Squires had been a minister in former premier Brian Pallister’s first cabinet for less than 24 hours when the online abuse began. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press files)
On this date
On March 2, 1968: The Winnipeg Free Press reported Britain’s bitterly fought immigration bill became law when it was passed by the House of Lords following a record 19 hours of debate; the new law limited to 1,500 (plus dependents) the number of Asians with British passports who could immigrate to the country annually and unrestricted entry now applied only to those who were born in Britain or could show British ancestry, meaning, in effect, white people. In Manitoba, voters in Killarney looked likely to prove pivotal in the Turtle Mountain provincial byelection. Search our archives for more here.
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