What’s happening today
John Woods / The Canadian PressPeople block highway 75 with heavy trucks and farm equipment and access to the Canada/US border crossing at Emerson, Man., Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. The blockade was set up to rally against provincial and federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates and in support of Ottawa protestors. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
Emerson protest to end: Manitoba RCMP announced Tuesday they have brokered a deal with protesters that will see them dismantle a blockade just north of the U.S. border crossing near Emerson. RCMP Chief Supt. Rob Hill said the remaining protesters are expected to leave by today. Carol Sanders and Erik Pindera report. READ MORE
Premier to visit grieving community: Premier Heather Stefanson is set to visit Pimicikamak Cree Nation after two teenagers and a toddler were killed in a fire on Saturday. Katie May reports. READ MORE
Inflation info: Statistics Canada will deliver its inflation reading for last month. The annual pace of inflation was 4.8 per cent in December, the fastest rate since September 1991. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
No sign Russia withdrawing: Russia says it is withdrawing more soldiers and weapons from its border with Ukraine, but NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg says there is no sign Moscow is in fact decreasing its troop levels. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSA front-end loader pushes snow around at a city snow dump site on Tuesday. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press)
Your forecast: Cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of light snow until after noon, then a mix of sun and cloud, a high of -15 C, wind chill as low as -33 and wind from the northwest at 30 km/h increasing to 40 km/h and gusting to 60 this afternoon. Cody Sellar reports on how more than double the amount of snow has fallen this winter compared with the same time last year. READ MORE
In case you missed it
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSEthan Brinkman, a grade 12 student at Sisler High School, weighed in on what should and shouldn’t be included in a post-COVID learning plan for students.
‘Signalling a shift’: A Winnipeg School Division trustee wants the board to shift focus from the crisis of the pandemic to planning and implementing a recovery from its impacts. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
Helping the homeless: A new report shows outreach workers with Main Street Project and St. Boniface Street Links made contact with homeless Winnipeggers in places such as encampments and bus shelters nearly 21,000 times during the last five months of 2021. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE
Precious pages: The Share the Magic Book Program has partnered with the Rotary Club of Winnipeg to deliver thousands of books to children in remote Indigenous communities. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Feb. 16, 1948: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that teams from across Canada were in Winnipeg for the Dominion high school curling championships. The parliamentary prices committee received information that large baking companies were pressuring independent grocery stores to sell bread at a profit of two to three cents a loaf instead of the customary one cent per loaf. A Manitoba government committee recommended the creation of a retirement fund for teachers funded by individual contributions and public money.
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