What’s happening today
A sign displays the price of a litre of regular grade gasoline at an Esso gas station as a motorist waits at a red light, in Vancouver, on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Canadians slashing spending: Four-fifths of Canadians are looking for ways to cut back on spending amid high inflation rates, a poll released today found. READ MORE
Set to release stats: Statistics Canada will release retail trade figures for January this morning.
Friday night faceoff: The Winnipeg Jets host the Boston Bruins at 7 p.m. Jeff Hamilton reports on a couple of Jets forwards who have been rumoured as potential trade targets. READ MORE
Weather
A coyote peers from the riverbank at The Forks earlier this week. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
Your daytime forecast: Sunny this morning with a mix of sun and cloud this afternoon, a high of 3 C, wind chill as low as -8, and wind from the south at 20 km/h increasing to 30 km/h and gusting to 50 in the afternoon.
What’s happening this weekend
Jeff McIntosh / The Canadian Press(Jeff McIntosh / The Canadian Press files)
Disruption may cause ‘irrevocable damage’: A nationwide work stoppage for Canadian Pacific Railway could begin at midnight CT on Sunday. The union representing engineers, conductors and other train employees gave strike notice Thursday after the railway issued a 72-hour lockout notice. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
High school hoops: The undefeated Dakota Lancers will face the Westwood Warriors in the varsity girls’ final of the AAAA high school basketball championships on Saturday afternoon. The top-ranked John Taylor Pipers will play the second-ranked St. Paul’s Crusaders in the boys’ final that evening. Mike Sawatzky reports. READ MORE
Battle with Blackhawks: The Jets face the Blackhawks in Chicago at 6 p.m. on Sunday.
In case you missed it
Jessica Lee / Winnipeg Free PressCollège Jeanne-Sauvé players lift the trophy after beating J.H. Bruns. (Jessica Lee / Winnipeg Free Press)
High school hockey champs: The Collège Jeanne-Sauvé Olympiens shut out the J.H. Bruns Broncos to win the Winnipeg Women’s High School Hockey League’s Division 1 championship. “It feels so good,” Olympiens captain and Grade 12 forward Hannah Sobkow said. “It’s such a great way to wrap up the past four years of high school.” Taylor Allen reports. READ MORE
Ottawa to mirror Manitoba method: The federal government plans to follow Manitoba’s shift to reporting COVID-19 cases, with only data on the most severe cases published weekly. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Senior back in city: An 80-year-old Winnipeg woman who was transferred to a hospital 350 km away is now at Deer Lodge Centre. Katie May reports. READ MORE
Selkirk to spruce up street: The City of Selkirk will spend $7.2 million to revitalize the downtown section of Eveline Street. Cody Sellar reports. READ MORE
Brackets busted: Tiny Saint Peter’s upset second-seeded Kentucky in the first round of the men’s NCAA basketball tournament. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
On this date
On March 18, 1982: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that mayor Bill Norrie and three city councillors would go ahead on their planned trip to Taiwan focusing on trade development and cultural exchanges, even if the federal government recommended against it. The External Affairs department raised concerns because Canada maintained no diplomatic relations with Taiwan. In Ottawa, a 15-day blockade of Parliament engineered by Tory MPs, in which they refused to adjourn the March 2 session, ended after the governing Liberals agreed to split up an omnibus bill. READ MORE
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