Your forecast
Cloudy, with a 30 per cent chance of flurries early this morning, and snow beginning near noon. Wind up to 15 km/h. High -4 C, wind chill near -9.
What’s happening today
Tonight, from 5-9 p.m., Canada’s first exhibition focusing on Southeast Asian people and their journeys to the province opens at the Manitoba Museum in time for First Fridays at the Exchange. The Manitoba Museum exhibits Hearts of Freedom: Stories of Southeast Asian Refugees until April 7. Admission today is free.
Hearts of Freedom exhibition (Margaret Tebbutt photo)
The new year kicks off with back-to-back nights of the sweet sounds of Motown at the Good Will Social Club, 625 Portage Ave., as the Retro Rhythm Review returns, tonight and Saturday, starting at 8 p.m. Tickets: $25 plus fees at thegoodwill.ca
The Winnipeg Jets face the Anaheim Ducks at the Honda Center, starting at 10 p.m.
From the minds of South Park’s Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the smash hit Broadway musical The Book of Mormon comes to town this weekend to proselytize, presented by Broadway Across Canada. Performances are Friday to Sunday at the Centennial Concert Hall, 555 Main St.; tickets at thebookofmormontour.com
From left: Rema Webb, Andrew Rannells and Josh Gad perform in The Book of Mormon at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre in New York. (Boneau / Bryan-Brown, Joan Marcus / The Associated Press files)
Today’s must-read
The recent death of a patient in the Grace Hospital emergency department has been ruled a critical incident, the Free Press has learned, but details about the case remain unclear, sparking questions about transparency in Manitoba’s health-care system.
The patient, who died Nov. 18, had been in the ER for 33 hours and was triaged, assessed and receiving care while awaiting transfer to an in-patient bed, the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority said at the time. Tyler Searle has the story.
The Grace Hospital (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press files)
On the bright side
There’s a bit of post-Christmas cheer on the menu for elephants and other tenants at the Berlin Zoo: they can chomp on Christmas trees that didn’t find a home.
The tree treats were unwrapped Thursday in what has become an annual event. Elephants tore off branches with their trunks and either gobbled them or tossed them around their enclosure. The Associated Press reports.
An Asian elephant throws a Christmas tree into the air during the annual Christmas tree feeding at Berlin Zoo on Thursday. (Jens Kalaene/dpa via The Associated Press)
On this date
On Jan. 5, 1973: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in Ottawa the survival of the minority Liberal government was assured when it faced Parliament with a legislative package that drew support from the NDP. In Belfast, the head of the militant Protestant group Ulster Defence Association declared war on sectarian assassins, both Protestant and Catholic, that were terrorizing Northern Ireland. In Manitoba, temperatures plunged, reaching -32 F (-36 C) in Winnipeg and -48 F (-44 C) in Flin Flon. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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