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Mainly sunny. Wind up to 15 km/h. High -17 C, wind chill -30 this morning and -24 this afternoon. Risk of frostbite.
🌱 “It’s Groundhog Day… again.” The spotlight is on Gobbler’s Knob in western Pennsylvania on Monday morning, when handlers of a groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil announce whether he saw his own shadow, thereby predicting six more weeks of winter or an early spring.
Thousands attend the annual event that exploded in popularity after the 1993 Bill Murray movie, Groundhog Day. The Associated Press has more here.
What’s happening today
🛼 Roller derby can come with real physical risks — bruises, torn ligaments and broken bones. For the members of Indigenous Rising, however, participating in the full-contact sport has been a deeply healing experience.
The groundbreaking all-Indigenous female roller derby team is the subject of Rising Through the Fray, a new documentary at Dave Barber Cinematheque, 100 Arthur St., on now until Wednesday. Eva Wasney has a preview here.
Members of Indigenous Rising represent their own Indigenous nations from around the world, rather than their birth countries.(Nish Media)
Today’s must-read
Tenants of a Wolseley apartment building that has been without a working heating system for almost a month were still waiting for the outage to be resolved Sunday afternoon.
A provincial spokesperson said Friday the landlord of 875 Westminster Ave. told the Residential Tenancies Branch that repairs were expected to be completed that day.
Tenant Raina Enns told the Free Press a Thorwin Properties manager sent an email Sunday that said the installation of a new boiler is going well, and the company hopes to get the heat going Monday. Chris Kitching has the story.
The building at 875 Westminster Ave. has been without heat for almost a month. (Mike Deal / Free Press files)
On the bright side
Shirley Lozinski struggles to remember when exactly it was that she started volunteering with Meals on Wheels Winnipeg.
“I never really thought about it because I never thought I would be doing it this long,” the 70-year-old says. After a moment, Lozinski narrows it down to 1988.
When she got involved with the organization, which provides home delivery of meals to anyone who cannot prepare a meal for themselves, she figured it would be temporary. Today, she is one of the organization’s longest-serving volunteers. Aaron Epp has more here.
For volunteers Shirley Lozinski and Brett Caren, delivering meals is not only an opportunity to connect with seniors in need, but an opportunity to connect with family and friends alike. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press)
On this date
On Feb. 2, 1928: The Manitoba Free Press reported an eight-year-old girl died in a farmhouse fire near Cardiff, Sask. In Rome, Italian leader Benito Mussolini declared the entire Italian citizenry would receive military training and the Fascist militia would become part of the regular Italian army during time of war. A Winnipeg barrister successfully defended a boy against charges of stealing four fur coats valued at $575, but outside the courtroom discovered his own chinchilla coat had been stolen. Search our archives for more here.
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