What’s happening today
CPA police officer speaks with a trucker parked in Ottawa’s downtown core on Wednesday. (Adrian Wyld / The Canadian Press)
Powers debate in Parliament: A motion on specific powers in the Emergencies Act will be debated in the House of Commons. Another motion on the powers must also be passed in the Senate. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the act on Monday amid ongoing protests against pandemic mandates and restrictions. Ottawa’s interim police chief said officers will clear the streets in the next few days and are ready to use methods people are not used to seeing in the capital. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Let’s get Kraken: The Jets will host the expansion Seattle Kraken for the first time in a game that was originally scheduled for Jan. 8. The Jets played in front of a home crowd with no capacity restrictions last night for the first time this year. Jeff Hamilton reports. READ MORE
‘Seen the opposite’: NATO allies are accusing Russia of adding as many as 7,000 troops near its border with Ukraine and disseminating “disinformation” by saying it was sending some soldiers back to their bases. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny with a daytime high of -24 C, wind chill as low as -41 this morning and peak winds from the south at 20 km/h beginning late this afternoon. An extreme cold warning is in effect. READ MORE
In case you missed it
Premier Heather Stefanson (right) hugs a relative of the North family. (Jessica Lee / Winnipeg Free Press)
‘Horrific and tragic time’: Heather Stefanson was in Pimicikamak Cree Nation on Wednesday, her first visit to a First Nation since becoming Manitoba’s premier. She met with the grandparents of the three children killed in a fire this weekend. Danielle Da Silva and Jessica Lee report. READ MORE
Many missing in mudslides: At least 94 people are dead and dozens are missing after mudslides in Petropolis, Brazil. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
‘Twisted and disturbing’: Crown attorneys are seeking a 30-year sentence for a man who sexually abused nine young victims, including five from two generations of the same family, over 25 years. His job was processing student photos, and court heard he used those photos to groom his victims. Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
Well disaster at wedding: Thirteen women and girls died after falling into an abandoned village well during a wedding in northern India. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
‘Swirling storm of anxieties’: A website has been launched with mental health resources tailor-made for school staff in Manitoba. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Feb. 17, 1958: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the Canadian Wheat Board’s position as exclusive buyer of prairie wheat, oats and barley was threatened by an appeal case before the Supreme Court. A storm system dropping 58 inches of snow in the eastern U.S. had killed 72 people. Poland suggested an air-land inspection system for a proposed nuclear-weapon-free zone in central Europe.
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