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Mainly sunny, with wind becoming west at 20 km/h this afternoon. High -17 C, wind chill -40 this morning and -26 this afternoon. Frostbite can occur in minutes. An extreme cold warning is in effect for the city of Winnipeg.
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What’s happening today
Pat King, one of the organizers of the 2022 convoy protest in Ottawa, is set to be sentenced in an Ottawa courtroom today. Superior Court Justice Charles Hackland found King guilty on five counts in November, including mischief and disobeying a court order. The Canadian Press reports.
“Freedom Convoy” organizer Pat King returns to court following a break in Ottawa in November 2024. (Sean Kilpatrick / The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
A third man who was wrongfully convicted of the 1973 slaying of a Winnipeg restaurant worker has filed a lawsuit over the miscarriage of justice that saw him spend years behind bars, ahead of anticipated discussions meant to reach financial settlements without going to trial.
Lawyers working on behalf of Clarence Clifford Woodhouse — including James Lockyer of Innocence Canada, a legal organization that advocates on behalf of the wrongfully convicted — filed a statement of claim in Manitoba Court of King’s Bench Feb. 7 naming the provincial government and its attorney general, the City of Winnipeg and the federal attorney general as defendants.
It’s the latest development in a legal odyssey that has spanned more than 50 years and sparked lawsuits from the wrongfully convicted men from Pinaymootang First Nation, who have since been declared factually innocent. Erik Pindera has the story.
Clarence Woodhouse speaks to the media in 2024 as he leaves court with family and his lawyers after being acquitted and declared innocent. (Mike Deal / Free Press files)
On the bright side
New ice and water-safety lessons are teaching refugee and immigrant students to navigate all seasons on the Canadian Prairies in response to a handful of accidental drownings in Winnipeg and nearby waterways in recent years.
The St. James-Assiniboia School Division has begun piloting “winter 101” classes for newcomer students and offering free swimming lessons to entire families of foreigners who are making a home in Manitoba. Maggie Macintosh has the story.
Lena Sprague, instructor, left, instructs a group of new immigrant students on winter safety at St James Collegiate in the St James Assiniboia School Division last week. (John Woods / Free Press)
On this date
On Feb. 19, 1952: The Winnipeg Free Press reported all voters in Manitoba, not just electric ratepayers, would be allowed to vote on the future and independence of the Manitoba power industry. In London, foreign ministers of the three Western powers and the chancellor of West Germany said they had removed obstacles to Germany’s entrance to the European community. Manitoba’s provincial treasurer spoke on local stores’ shortage of butter during debate at the legislature over whether to lift the ban on manufacturers artificially colouring margarine. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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