What you need to know
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stands during question period in the House of Commons in West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on February 5, 2019. The opposition parties are charging back into the House of Commons today, loaded with questions for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about what his office did to try to help the embattled Montreal engineering company SNC-Lavalin in its corruption case. Before MPs left for a week in their ridings, Jody Wilson-Raybould was veterans affairs minister and Gerald Butts was Trudeau’s principal secretary, his closest adviser. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Questions amid controversy: Members of Parliament return to the House of Commons today for the first time since two resignations amid the SNC-Lavalin controversy. Opposition parties will have plenty of questions for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, one day after Gerald Butts resigned as his closest adviser. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Today will be sunny with a high of -12 C, and wind chill as low as -34 this morning and -20 in the late afternoon.
What’s happening today
Rate hike recommended: A proposed 4.7 per cent increase to residential water and sewer rates is among the items on the agenda for the executive policy committee meeting at city hall. READ MORE
Convoy in capital: A protest convoy of western Canadians who are pro-pipeline and against the carbon tax is rolling into Ottawa and could bring much of the capital’s downtown to a standstill for two days. READ MORE
Curling continues: Team Manitoba plays twice at the Scotties national women’s curling championship in Sydney, N.S., while Jennifer Jones’ Team Canada plays once. Melissa Martin reports on the rough day Jones had Monday. READ MORE
In case you missed it
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Trevor HaganWinnipeg Jets head coach Paul Maurice pointed out after Saturday’s loss to the Ottawa Senators that his team looks slow right now.
Talking about practice: Mike McIntyre ponders Jets head coach Paul Maurice’s approach to practice after his players lost to the NHL’s worst team twice in eight days. READ MORE
Sorry for spill: A St. Lazare rancher said a CN executive phoned him Monday to apologize, two days after a 37-car derailment on his property. It’s not clear how much oil was spilled. READ MORE
On this date
On Feb. 19, 1923: The Manitoba Free Press reported that a royal commission heard there was no evidence found at the Winnipeg offices of Standard Shipping to show that any official of the company had communicated with any person regarding a general fixing of steamship rates for carrying grain on the Great Lakes. Steel workers in Sydney, N.S., voted to end their strike and return to work. Two train coaches derailed on the Brandon-Estevan line; two passengers were hurt.
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