Your forecast
Mainly cloudy, with periods of light snow beginning this afternoon. Wind from the north at 30 km/h becoming light early this morning, then becoming south at 30 gusting to 50 this afternoon. High 1 C, wind chill -14 this morning. UV index 2 or low.
What’s happening today
Ontario voters head to the polls today for the provincial general election. The Canadian Press has more here.
From left: Ontario Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner, left to right, Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie, Ontario PC Leader Doug Ford, and Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles (Chris Young / The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
The search for a serial killer’s victims in a Winnipeg-area landfill has uncovered potential human remains, in what Indigenous leaders say is a “painful but significant moment” in their quest for justice.
“It’s an important day for Manitobans. An important day for two families, and an important day I would say, for the country,” Premier Wab Kinew told reporters from his office at the Manitoba legislature Wednesday evening.
The Manitoba government announced earlier in the day the provincial chief medical examiner had been contacted after possible remains were identified Wednesday in material found at Prairie Green Landfill. Adam Treusch and Scott Billeck have the story.
Winnipeg police believe the bodies of two women are located in the Prairie Green Landfill, north of Winnipeg. (John Woods / Free Press files)
On the bright side
Josh Morrissey’s impact on the Winnipeg Jets is significant, with a calm, cool demeanour and ability to come up with big plays at key times.
Turns out the talented defenceman is making similar contributions in the community, where he recently took control of a chaotic situation surrounding a three-vehicle crash that he unwittingly found himself in the middle of.
“It’s not often that people get to see this side of a player,” Jodi Pauley told the Free Press. “And I cannot stress enough how much it meant to us to find out who he was after the fact and how humble he was when the jersey was off.” Mike McIntyre has more here.
Winnipeg Jets’ Josh Morrissey (Mike Deal / Free Press files)
On this date
On Feb. 27, 1953: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in Quebec that Pat Walsh, a well-known labour organizer, had quit the Communist party and its “front organizations” because of orders to save Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, convicted in the U.S. of espionage in connection with sharing nuclear secrets with the Soviet Union. A srping without flooding was forecast for the Red River Valley, occording to flood experts in Winnipeg, North Dakota and Minnesota. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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