What’s happening today
BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSCity of Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman
City leaders meet: Mayors from Canada’s large cities, including Winnipeg mayor Brian Bowman, are meeting with cabinet ministers in Ottawa today to discuss municipal priorities and the upcoming federal budget. The federal Liberals will introduce their budget on Feb. 27. READ MORE
Going slow on pot: Tory senators are balking at an attempt to speed up consideration of a bill to legalize recreational marijuana, which the Trudeau government hopes to have in place this July. Conservative Sen. Larry Smith indicated Wednesday that his senators need more time than the government wants. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: The cold has returned. Expect a high of -17 C today, with north winds of 40 km/h, gusting to 60 km/h. The skies will clear tonight and the low will be -21. On Friday, a high of -9 is forecast.
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Jessica Botelho-Urbanski / Winnipeg Free Press”I do not want in five or 10 or 15 years to hear something like this happened, where someone comes forward and says, ‘Well, I raised this,’ and I’m going to know that I didn’t do anything about it because I didn’t know. I don’t want that situation. So I’m accountable,” said Premier Brian Pallister.
Sexual harassment: With the provincial NDP reeling over sexual harassment allegations against former cabinet minister Stan Struthers, Premier Brian Pallister confided Wednesday that two unrelated sexual misconduct complaints have made their way to his desk since the Progressive Conservatives were elected to government in April 2016. Both complaints were dealt with to the complainants’ satisfaction, he said, refusing to disclose more details other than they were from two individuals who were either civil servants or political staff. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
A memorial of items have been left at the crosswalk on St. Anne’s Road between Varennes and Bank avenues.
Traffic light sought: Folks who live near the crosswalk on St. Anne’s Road where an eight-year-old boy was struck and killed by a truck on Tuesday are calling for a traffic light to be installed at the intersection. Brian Mayes, the area’s city councillor, said he will ask city staff — for the second time in six years — to study whether a traffic light can be installed there. READ MORE
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Broward County Jail / HandoutNikolas Cruz
Florida: Seventeen people were killed in Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Wednesday afternoon when a man opened fire with an AR-15. Nineteen-year-old Nikolas Cruz, a former student of the school, has been arrested and charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. READ MORE
On this date
On Feb. 15, 1904: The Manitoba Free Press reported that the conflict between Russia and Japan was intensifying, with Port Arthur besieged by Japanese forces; the newspaper correspondent judged that even with Russian reinforcements it would not be long before Japan controlled the Liao Tung peninsula. Winnipeg rinks won the Blue Ribbon in the curling competition underway. READ MORE
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