What’s happening today
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in Winnipeg Tuesday. (Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian Press files)
Trudeau in town: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mayor Brian Bowman are holding a news conference at a bus garage to announce funding for Winnipeg Transit infrastructure. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Committees consider buildings: The city’s executive policy committee will vote on designating the Manitoba Club as a heritage building, while a lower committee will vote on the downtown Hudson’s Bay building. READ MORE
Home stand starts: The Jets face the New York Rangers at Bell MTS Place at 7 p.m. Meanwhile, Mike McIntyre says having to overcome some obstacles this season might benefit the Jets, one of the NHL’s youngest teams. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Today will be overcast with periods of snow ending this afternoon (about 2 cm is expected), a high of -8 C and windchill as low as -22 in the late afternoon.
In case you missed it
Dozens of young women in Winnipeg — mainly students at universities — expressed alarm about the tactics of two women who didn’t identify themselves, their religion or offer any pamphlets or printed material. (Trevor Hagan / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Cult concerns: City police say proselytizers targeting lone women on university campuses are not breaking any laws. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Rock show review: Erin Lebar has a review of last night’s Arkells concert. The Hamilton alt-rockers are one of the biggest acts in Canadian music, and it shows. READ MORE
Health-care consolidation: A six-week process in which more than 12,000 people who work in the health-care system will change employers starts today, Dan Lett writes in his latest column. READ MORE
On this date
On Feb. 12, 1982: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Henry Fonda was the sentimental favourite for an Oscar for On Golden Pond. In Winnipeg, some lawyers were fuming over changes to the Manitoba Law Society’s rules governing advertising. The province intervened in an attempt by the town council in Rivers, Man., to deny welfare to a man and his family and have them return to Ontario. In Ottawa, an attempt by the Progressive Conservatives to force a non-confidence vote failed.
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