What you need to know
Daniel Crump / Winnipeg Free PressAdam Hockett says while he felt for his deceased neighbour and the neighbour’s family, he found the idea of living in the uncleaned apartment to be unacceptable.
Seeped through ceiling: A St. Vital man found himself in an uncomfortable situation after he noticed blood leaking into the bathroom of his apartment. Ben Waldman reports. READ MORE
Anti-pipeline protests: A march in support of the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs will go from the Manitoba legislature to the law courts and back, from noon to 1 p.m. today. With Prime Minister Justin Trudeau back in Ottawa after an overseas trip, the NDP is seeking an emergency debate in the House of Commons on the blockades that have shut down much of the country’s rail system. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly sunny with a daytime low of -19 C and high of -16 C, with wind from the northwest at 20 km/h increasing to 30 km/h, wind chill as low as -30 and a risk of frostbite.
What’s happening today
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESWinnipeg Jets’ mercurial Jack Roslovic.
A royal affair: The Jets host the Los Angeles Kings at Bell MTS Place at 7 p.m. Meanwhile, Mike McIntyre has a story on the inconsistent play of Jets forward Jack Roslovic. READ MORE
Talking trees: The city’s executive policy committee will vote on giving Trees Winnipeg $140,000 so it can co-ordinate a campaign to plant one million more trees over the next two decades. READ MORE
Bloomberg qualifies for debate: Michael Bloomberg has qualified for a Democratic U.S. presidential debate for the first time. The New York billionaire will join the other major candidates onstage in Las Vegas on Wednesday. READ MORE
Big bankruptcy claim: The Boy Scouts of America, facing hundreds of lawsuits over sexual abuse, have filed for bankruptcy protection in U.S. federal court. READ MORE
In case you missed it
THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP – John L. RussellA cluster of zebra mussels. Manitoba’s provincial government has asked for increased federal assistance to control the invasive species of mollusk at the Manitoba-U.S. border.
Stopping invasion species: A briefing note obtained through access-to-information laws shows the provincial government pushed Ottawa to beef up boat inspections at the U.S. border to keep zebra mussels out of Manitoba. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
COVID-19 crisis: Canadians on a quarantined cruise ship docked near Tokyo, Japan, have been told a flight to bring them home is expected to depart Tokyo on Thursday. Meanwhile, 88 more cases of the new coronavirus on the Diamond Princess have been confirmed, for a total of 542. READ MORE
On this date
On Feb. 18, 1918: The Manitoba Free Press reported that only one of six German airplanes making an attack on London the previous night succeeded in reaching the capital; the raider dropped one bomb, resulting in four casualties. In Winnipeg, speaking through a meeting at the Grand theatre, under the auspices of the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party of Canada, the quarter-million Ukrainian citizens of Canada denounced the separate peace treaty entered into by Ukraine with the Central Powers. READ MORE
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