What’s happening today
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Relaxed restrictions: Restaurants are permitted to reopen for dine-in service under revised provincial rules that took effect at midnight. Gyms and personal services such as nail salons can also reopen. READ MORE
Warming spaces set to open: The city is opening its downtown and St. Boniface libraries as daytime warming spaces for people living on the streets, starting at 10 a.m. All City of Winnipeg libraries will otherwise remain closed to users despite being permitted to open under the new provincial rules. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE
New COVID-19 numbers: Health officials are scheduled to announce the province’s latest COVID-19 numbers at a news conference this afternoon. The province reported three deaths and 90 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. Meanwhile, the CEO of Providence Therapeutics says a Manitoba-made vaccine would be ready for use one day after it is approved by Health Canada. The vaccine, announced by Premier Brian Pallister on Thursday, is still in Phase 1 of clinical trials. Martin Cash reports. READ MORE
Trump trial nears end: Defence lawyers representing former U.S. president Donald Trump will make their case for acquittal at his impeachment trial in the Senate. The defence has up to 16 hours to make its case but is expected to use only three or four. A vote on convicting Trump is expected Saturday. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Suspects plotted attack, police say: Fourteen people have been arrested in Denmark and Germany on suspicion of preparing terrorist attacks, Danish police announced today. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly sunny with increasing cloudiness this afternoon, a 30 per cent chance of light snow beginning in the late afternoon, a high of -28 C, wind chill as low as -45 this morning and peak winds at 15 km/h from the southwest.
In case you missed it
Winnipeg Jets’ Kyle Connor (81), Paul Stastny (25), Blake Wheeler (26) and Mark Scheifele (55) celebrate Wheeler’s goal against Ottawa Senators goaltender Matt Murray (30) during second period NHL action in Winnipeg on Thursday, February 11, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
Still perfect vs. Sens: The Winnipeg Jets beat the Ottawa Senators at Bell MTS Place last night and are 4-0 against the team this season. The Jets play twice on the long weekend, hosting the Sens again on Saturday afternoon before travelling to Edmonton to face the Oilers on Monday night. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
Delay under microscope: The provincial government is investigating why it took 13 days to transfer a COVID-19 sample from a provincial lab to the nearby National Microbiology Lab, delaying the discovery of the first case of the U.K. variant in Manitoba. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Siloam CEO quits: In his latest column, Niigaan Sinclair says now that Siloam Mission CEO Jim Bell has resigned amid controversy over Indigenous programming at the Christian homeless shelter, “the real work at Siloam begins.” READ MORE
On this date
On Feb. 12, 1971: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a Quebec judge quashed sedition charges against five men detained under the War Measures Act; they had been charged with seditious conspiracy to overthrow the Canadian and Quebec governments between 1968 and 1970, but the judge found the period of time too long, as well as finding fault with the wording of the charges. In Ottawa, the opposition criticized the government for failing to introduce measures to stem the rising tide of unemployment. In Manitoba, the company owning the Lord Selkirk cruise boat was placed into receivership.
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