Your forecast
Mainly cloudy, with a chance of flurries this afternoon. Expected high is -1 C, falling to -8 this afternoon. Wind chill -3 this morning, falling to -19 this afternoon. Wind from the north 40 km/h, gusting to 60 this afternoon. Low tonight -20.
What’s happening today
The Winnipeg Jets host the Seattle Kraken, beginning at 7 p.m. Mike McIntyre has a story on defenceman Dylan DeMelo, expected to be back in the Jets’ lineup tonight after recovering from a lower-body ailment.
Winnipeg Jets defenceman Dylan DeMelo (right) (Fred Greenslade / The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
William Walter Ahmo was alone in a common area in the Headingley jail when correctional officers pepper sprayed him before a team in riot gear “swarmed and pinned him,” beating the man with batons until he was unconscious, a lawsuit alleges.
Ahmo, 45, and a member of Sagkeeng First Nation, was airlifted Feb. 7, 2021, to Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg. He never regained consciousness and died a week later.
The lawsuit alleges the provincial government and Headingley Correctional Centre guards were negligent and breached their duty of care for the inmate, among other claims of mistreatment and racism. Erik Pindera reports.
Headingley Correctional Centre (Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press files)
On the bright side
Longstanding advice at U.S. national parks such as Yellowstone and Yosemite included “don’t feed the bears” and other wildlife, but new research indicates it’s not harmful to mountain chickadees at Lake Tahoe — as long as proper food is used and certain rules are followed. The Associated Press reports.
University student Michelle Werdann feeds a wild mountain chickadee pine nuts at Chickadee Ridge in Mount Rose Meadows, Nevada. (Jennifer Kent / University of Nevada, Reno / The Associated Press files)
On this date
On Feb. 14, 1936: The Winnipeg Free Press reported fresh political turmoil had broken out in France, following a violent street attack on Socialist leader Leon Blum. In Ottawa, the Liberal government of Mackenzie King survived a House of Commons vote with support from Conservatives and Social Creditors, defeating an amendment to the address in reply to the throne speech proposed by C.C.F. leader J.S. Woodsworth. Snow and blowing snow disrupted streetcar service in Winnipeg, and blizzards smothered B.C. and Ontario. Search our archives for more here.
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