Your forecast
Mainly sunny with a high of -1 C and a low of -11; windchill near -20 this morning, with wind south 30 km/h gusting to 50, becoming northwest 20 near noon.
What’s happening today
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Winnipeg to meet with health-care workers, and make an announcement on child care along with Premier Heather Stefanson. Tyler Searle reports.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a party fundraiser at the Hotel Fort Garry in Winnipeg on Thursday. (John Woods / The Canadian Press)
The NHL trade deadline is today, although teams across the league have been busy ahead of today’s cutoff of 3 p.m. ET with most, if not all, of the big names already off the board.
Right wing Patrick Kane joined the New York Rangers earlier this week. (John Minchillo / The Canadian Press / The Associated Press)
Starting today, Winnipeg’s NAfro Dance is hosting a trio of performances this weekend that explore time and space.
WAKATI, which translates to “time” in the Shaili language, is a collaboration between NAfro founder Casimiro Nhussi and Egyptian-born colleague Mohamed El Sayed. Each choreographer has created an original 30-minute piece with eight dancers and eight musicians focused on the program’s central theme. For more information, visit nafrodance.com/
Egyptian-born choreographer Mohamed El Sayed is collaborating with Winnipeg’s NAfro Dance in WAKATI. (Supplied)
Today’s must-read
The City of Winnipeg wants to hire and train 24 peace officers to patrol buses and bus stops this year to combat rising violence on the public transit system. During his first state of the city address Thursday, Mayor Scott Gillingham revealed his goal is to have the promised transit security team in place by the end of 2023. Joyanne Pursaga has the story.
Mayor Scott Gillingham said a plan is coming together to put a promised Transit security team in place. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On March 3, 1978: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the solicitor general warned Progressive Conservative MP Tom Cossitt he could face arrest, search and seizure if he did not return what the federal government categorized as a stolen top secret security document related to spying in Canada. The minister responsible for the Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corp. said the province was looking to get out of public housing and leave it to the private sector. In Switzerland, police sent out an Interpol alert for suspects who stole Charlie Chaplin’s body from the tiny Swiss cemetery where he had been buried. Search our archives for more here.
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