Your forecast
Becoming cloudy this morning then periods of snow and blowing snow. Risk of freezing rain early this afternoon. Snowfall amount 2 cm. Wind becoming north at 30 km/h gusting to 50 early this morning then increasing to 50 gusting to 70 this afternoon. Temperature falling to -11 C this afternoon, wind chill -7 this morning and -22 this afternoon.
The Forks has wrapped up its skating season, an annual sign of spring in Winnipeg, but a local meteorologist is warning the forecast will remain unpredictable for the indefinite future.
“It’s pretty volatile, the weather pattern this week, and it’s quite normal for the springtime,” said Shannon Moody, a meteorologist at Environment and Climate Change Canada. Maggie Macintosh has more here.
Roller skaters Kelly Smith (left) and Dave Rider enjoyed the spring weather during their skate session at Sargent Park Skatepark Sunday morning. (Mike Sudoma / Free Press)
What’s happening today
The 29th annual Freeze Frame International Film Festival started Sunday and continues until March 15 with screenings of 11 family-friendly features, panel discussions, a youth video contest and a bevy of animation and filmmaking workshops. Click here for more information.
New Zealand feature Uproar is screening at Freeze Frame.(Marc Weakley / Cereal TV)
Today’s must-read
Liberal MPs are gathering on Parliament Hill this afternoon to huddle after the party selected its new leader, former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney.
Carney is heading into a day full of briefings and in the coming days will need to be sworn in as prime minister, tap his cabinet and sort out his party’s battle plans for the coming federal election — but the exact timeline for all these things remains unclear.
An early election call is widely expected to follow in the coming days or weeks after Carney is installed as prime minister, as the Liberal party looks to take advantage of the burst of momentum it gained over the past two months. The Canadian Press reports.
Liberal Leader Mark Carney turns to supporters after it was announced he won the leadership as his wife Diana Fox Carney looks on in Ottawa on Sunday. (Adrian Wyld / The Canadian Press)
On the bright side
Fifty children facing illness will receive bespoke sneakers laced with creativity thanks to Yashan Wu.
Wu has launched Happy Feet in collaboration with the Dream Factory, a Manitoba charity dedicated to fulfilling dreams for kids who are battling life-threatening illnesses. The 23-year-old artist is donating 50 pairs of custom-painted sneakers, each designed around the recipient’s interests. Aaron Epp has more here.
Yashan Wu has launched Happy Feet in collaboration with the Dream Factory, a Manitoba charity dedicated to fulfilling dreams for kids who are battling life-threatening illnesses. (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press)
On this date
On March 10, 1925: The Manitoba Free Press reported the province’s attorney general repudiated recent newspaper reports that the government was planning to redistribute and reduce seats in the legislature, saying the matter was never even considered. A coroner’s jury investigating the death of D. Zator in Arborg found he had been shot by Wasyl Podova. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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