What’s happening today
CPConservative Leader Erin O’Toole during question period in the House of Commons on Monday. (Justin Tang / The Canadian Press files)
Tory leader to learn his fate: Conservative MPs will vote on whether to keep Erin O’Toole as leader or select a new one for the third time in just over six years. About one-third of the 118-member caucus signed a letter that trigged the leadership review. If O’Toole is removed by a majority vote, the caucus would then pick an interim leader. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Flag-bearers named: Women’s hockey captain Marie-Philip Poulin and short-track speedskater Charles Hamelin have been named Canada’s flag-bearers for Friday’s opening ceremonies at the Winter Olympics in Beijing. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Possible missile arrangement: The U.S. could be willing to make a deal over missile deployments if Russia steps back from the brink in Ukraine, according to a leaked document published in a Spanish newspaper. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Team’s new name: The Washington Football Team, which is using the name temporarily after decades of complaints from Indigenous people about its original nickname, will announce its new name this morning. The franchise apparently fumbled the announcement by using the new name, seemingly inadvertently, in a video weeks ago.
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny with a high of -22 C, wind chill as low as -41 this morning and peak winds at 15 km/h. An extreme cold warning is in effect. READ MORE
In case you missed it
Derik Hamilton / The Associated PressFlyers forward James van Riemsdyk celebrates his goal against the Jets. (Derik Hamilton / The Associated Press)
Failure in Philly: The Jets have lost seven of their last eight games and were beaten by a Philadelphia Flyers team that had won only once in its previous 14 games. Last night’s game was the last for the Jets before the NHL all-star break. Jeff Hamilton reports from the road. READ MORE
Two protest arrests: The Ottawa Police Service announced last night it had arrested and charged two men in connection with the convoy protest against COVID-19 restrictions that continues to keep the nation’s capital at a standstill. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
‘It was so sad’: A Winnipeg woman is speaking out about what she witnessed while spending 12 hours in a packed ER waiting room. Katie May reports. READ MORE
‘Absolutely incorrect’: The grand chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs says a Manitoba MP’s equating people who carry Nazi flags to those who vandalized statues after unmarked graves were discovered at former residential school sites is “quite alarming and very disrespectful.” Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Feb. 2, 1956: The Winnipeg Free Press reported city aldermen were holding a closed meeting to discuss a top-to-bottom reorganization of the Winnipeg fire department. Night shopping was the trend of the future, according to the president of Simpsons Ltd., who said Canadian cities that allowed stores to remain open only one or two evenings a week had “antiquated” laws. A coroner’s jury in Portage la Prairie heard there was no nurse on duty in a ward where a mental patient was fatally scalded.
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