What’s happening today
CPJustin Trudeau removes his mask before announcing the Emergencies Act will be invoked. (Adrian Wyld / The Canadian Press)
Emergencies Act invoked: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will face more questions in the House of Commons after invoking the federal Emergencies Act to end protests against COVID-19 vaccination requirements and restrictions. Premier Heather Stefanson said Monday she’s opposed to using the act to deal with protests in Manitoba. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Relaxed restrictions: New pandemic health orders, which include lifting capacity limits on indoor public gatherings with fully vaccinated attendees and allowing businesses to open at 100 per cent capacity with proof of vaccination, are now in effect in Manitoba. READ MORE
At the Olympics: Canada is currently playing the Russian Olympic Committee team in men’s curling after beating China last night. Team Canada faces the host nation, China, in men’s hockey this morning. READ MORE
Some Russian troops pulling back: Russia said some units participating in military exercises would begin returning to their bases, boosting hopes the Kremlin might not invade Ukraine imminently. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Insurance brokers Rosealie Van Deynze (from left), Chelsea Scheer-Kosowan, Suzanne Percival and Vincent Kluz take a break from work to make snow angels on Monday. The CancerCare Manitoba Foundation is raising funds by asking people to make snow angels in memory of loved ones. For more information, go to http://wfp.to/1kb. (Jessica Lee / Winnipeg Free Press)
Your forecast: Cloudy with about 5 to 10 cm of snow falling until mid-afternoon, a high of -12 C, wind chill as low as -30 and wind from the southeast at 10 km/h increasing to 30 km/h and gusting to 50 beginning later this morning.
In case you missed it
Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury makes a save as Winnipeg Jets’ Paul Stastny looks for a rebound during the first period in Winnipeg, Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Greenslade
Beaten by Blackhawks: The Jets lost to the Chicago Blackhawks in their final home game with attendance limited to 50 per cent capacity at Canada Life Centre. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
Plea reversal bid rejected: A former sex-trade worker has lost a legal bid to withdraw her guilty plea to second-degree murder for killing a man in his Nassau Street home more than a decade ago. Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
Border crossing quiet: The Pembina border crossing was nearly empty Monday, with no vehicles driving towards Canada. A blockade was set up on the Emerson side of the border Thursday to protest COVID-19 mandates. The Grand Forks Herald reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Feb. 15, 1938: The Winnipeg Free Press reported a fire devastated an apartment block on Provencher Avenue in St. Boniface, driving 100 residents outside in the freezing cold; 37 families were left homeless and four businesses were destroyed in the blaze, which took the combined efforts of St. Boniface and Winnipeg fire crews to quell. As negotiations continued between Germany and Austria on provisions to update a 1936 accord, a sticking point was Austria’s objection to Adolf Hitler’s suggestion a Nazi sympathizer be made Austria’s minister of the interior, with control of the police.
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