Your forecast
Increasing cloudiness. Wind up to 15 km/h. High -18 C, wind chill -35 this morning and -28 this afternoon. Risk of frostbite. UV index 1 or low.
Canadian scientists say the recent stretch of exceptional global temperatures shows no signs of letting up in 2026.
Scientists with Environment and Climate Change Canada say global average temperatures this year are expected to be around 1.44 C warmer than pre-industrial averages. The Canadian Press reports.
A head of wheat is silhouetted by the sun in a wheat crop near Cremona, Alta., in 2022. (Jeff McIntosh / The Canadian Press files)
What’s happening today
♜ Public Domain’s Chess Club takes place Tuesdays at 8 p.m. at 633 Portage Ave. Public Domain supplies some chess sets, though you’re encouraged to bring your own, and they keep the boom-bap hip hop flowing.
🎶 Winterruption, co-produced by Real Love Winnipeg and the West End Cultural Centre, has become a frozen tentpole event for music fans in Winnipeg.
The festival, which starts today and features more than 50 acts, matches the brightest Prairie artists with national and international counterparts at seven venues across the city: Public Domain, the Park Theatre, the Handsome Daughter, Sidestage, the WECC, Park Alleys and Shorty’s Pizza. Ben Waldman has a preview here.
Synthetic Friend plays the Handsome Daughter on Saturday following the release of its new EP, Catching the Outlines. (Supplied)
Today’s must-read
The province has launched a new funding stream to help faith-based organizations strengthen security following a series of hate-fuelled incidents targeting synagogues and mosques in Winnipeg.
The NDP government announced a $1-million program Monday to deliver immediate funding for security upgrades at religious and cultural institutions facing threats of hate crimes.
Premier Wab Kinew said the funding will be available provincewide, with organizations also able to draw on the expertise of Dave Dalal, a former Winnipeg police officer, who will offer tailored advice on security measures. Scott Billeck has the story.
Premier Wab Kinew said the security funding will be available provincewide for places of worship. (Mike Deal / Free Press)
On the bright side
For Shauna McAllister, working at Canadian technology companies as a Cree and Métis woman meant she was often the only Indigenous person in the room.
“When it comes to being an individual who is proud of their identity and wants to incorporate that into their work, that can be very lonely,” McAllister, a sales lead for Indigenous majority-owned company R8dius told The Canadian Press.
But she and others are hoping to change that by participating in an inaugural conference bringing together hundreds of Indigenous technology professionals in Vancouver this week, starting today. Read the full story here.
Shauna McAllister is participating in the inaugural Indigenous Tech Conference in Vancouver. (Paige Weir Creative photo / The Canadian Press)
On this date
On Jan. 20, 1936: The Winnipeg Free Press reported King George V remained seriously ill, resting at Sandringham House, and a council of state would be appointed to act for the king. (George V died later that day). In London, the body of famed author Rudyard Kipling, who had died two days earlier, would be buried at Westminster Abbey. At the Winnipeg Auditorium, the season’s new motor vehicles were on display for thousands of weekend shoppers, even as the city saw a new low-temperature record for the season at -39 F. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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