Your forecast
Snow ending this morning then clearing, but with blowing snow this morning and early this afternoon. Wind from the southwest at 50 km/h gusting to 70, becoming west 20 gusting to 40 this afternoon. High -10, wind chill -23 this morning and -18 this afternoon.
Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for parts of northern Saskatchewan and northern Manitoba, with up to 20 centimetres expected in some regions before tapering off Monday evening. The Canadian Press has more here.
And as Nicole Buffie reports, the Westman region of Manitoba got walloped by a blizzard Sunday morning, closing highways and threatening power supplies.
(Ruth Bonneville / Free Press files)
What’s happening today
Big Sugar, led by Winnipeg-born singer-guitarist Gordie Johnson, celebrates the deluxe U.S. vinyl release of its 1993 album Five Hundred Pounds (now dubbed 500 Pounds) with a two-set show that will lean both on tunes from the album (including breakout hit Ride Like Hell) as well as the rest of its catalogue, which saw the group infuse roots and reggae influences into their sound. Burton Cummings Theatre, 8 p.m.
Big Sugar (Supplied)
Today’s must-read
Overburdened doctors across the province have had their tedious and time-intensive clerical duties cut more than 10 per cent over the last year.
A new report shows Manitoba has exceeded its target of reducing administrative work, including filling out virtual and hard-copy forms, to free up schedules so physicians can spend more time with patients.
Dr. Randy Guzman called the progress thus far “a good start.” Maggie Macintosh has the story.
Dr. Randy Guzman, hospital-based specialist and vascular surgeon based at St. Boniface Hospital, says he spends up to two hours daily on burdensome clerical work. (Supplied)
On the bright side
The Manitoba legislature will be illuminated in teal on Wednesday, thanks to Amanda Sobey. The special lighting recognizes World Lymphedema Day, an annual event that raises awareness about lymphatic diseases. Sobey, president of the Lymphedema Association of Manitoba, bought the light herself.
The 42-year-old West St. Paul resident started volunteering with the association in 2021. Aaron Epp has more here.
Amanda Sobey of the Lymphedema Association of Manitoba (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press)
On this date
On March 4, 1922: The Manitoba Free Press reported after three hours of discussion in the Manitoba legislature, no decision was reached on whether to amalgamate the agricultural college with the university. Montreal’s city hall was destroyed in a fire that caused $1 million worth of damage. In Saskatoon, no injuries were reported when a streetcar crashed over the traffic bridge onto the rocks of the riverbank below. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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