What you need to know
The duvet cover Tina’s body was found in.
Cops in court: Two police detectives are expected to testify today at Raymond Cormier’s trial for the killing of Tina Fontaine. The detectives showed witnesses a photograph of the duvet the victim’s body was found wrapped in. READ MORE
Dozens feared drowned: Approximately 90 people are presumed to have drowned after a boat carrying migrants capsized off Libya’s coast early today. At least 10 bodies from the smugglers’ boat have since washed ashore. READ MORE
Woodchuck on winter: Winnipeg Wyn, the Prairie Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre’s resident woodchuck, will make her Groundhog Day “prediction” for a late winter or early spring at about 9:30 a.m. today. Such events are usually based on whether or not the animal supposedly sees its shadow, but the centre has its own tradition.
Weather
Your forecast: Today will be increasingly cloudy with periods of light snow beginning this morning, a high of -16 C, wind chill of -32 and wind of up to 15 km/h.
In case you missed it
Fred Chartrand / The Canadian Press filesIndigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott (from left), Grand Chief Arlen Dumas and Northern Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett shake hands after participating in a signing ceremony to improve child and family services in Manitoba First Nations communities last year.
Draft document: The Free Press has obtained a draft of the document provincial ministers deliberated on at a meeting in Ottawa last week aimed at reforming Child and Family Services. The next morning, the federal government shelved the idea of getting the “commitment to action” signed during the two-day meeting. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSVegas Golden Knights score against the Winnipeg Jets during the 2nd period making the score 2-1 for Vegas at Bell MTS Centre Thursday evening.
Goal decision galls: Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck and captain Blake Wheeler were livid last night after a loss in which a goal was allowed after Hellebuyck took a slash to the head. “I feel like I got kind of screwed on this. Maybe I should start diving a little bit. That’s just ridiculous,” Hellebuyck says. READ MORE
‘Politicized’ probe: A White House official said Congress will likely be informed today of U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision on clearing the path for publication of a classified memo on the Russia investigation, The Associated Press reports. Trump lashed out at the FBI and Justice Department on Twitter today, saying they “have politicized the sacred investigative process in favour of Democrats and against Republicans.” READ MORE
On this date
On Feb. 2, 1923: The Manitoba Free Press reported that firefighters’ work was made more dangerous in battling a blaze at an Edmonton hardware store by exploding ammunition ignited during the fire; Somerville’s hardware store on 101st street suffered a loss estimated at $100,000. In Manitoba, the government had not yet decided on any policy regarding the provincial hydro system. News concerning the success or failure of a Canadian trade mission to Australia was expected with the Canadian delegation’s arrival in London, en route to Canada. READ MORE
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