What you need to know
Lars Hagberg / THE CANADIAN PRESSProtesters stand near closed train tracks in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory near Belleville, Ont. on Tuesday, as they protest in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs opposed to the LNG pipeline in northern British Columbia.
Pipeline protests continue: The Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs, whose opposition to the construction of a pipeline in British Columbia has spurred protests nationwide, are slated to visit a rail blockade in Ontario today. READ MORE
Exchange District crash: Traffic in the Exchange District — westbound on Bannatyne Avenue at King Street and southbound at Princess Avenue at William Street — will be blocked for several hours after an early morning crash. Police will release more information on the two-vehicle collision later today.
Canadians coming home: Uninfected Canadians who were on the Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined in Yokohama will board a chartered flight home today and then be placed under another two-week quarantine in Cornwall, Ont. Forty-seven other Canadians, who are among the hundreds of passengers who tested positive, will remain in Japan for now. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny with a daytime low of -18 C and high of -7 C, with peak winds at 30 km/h, wind chill as low as -30 this morning and a risk of frostbite.
What’s happening today
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The front doors to Portage Place Shopping Centre.
Starlight Investments is prepared to buy the mall from its current owner, Vancouver-based Peterson Group, and then buy the land the mall is built on and the underground parkade from North Portage Development Corp.
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Portage Place plans: The company seeking to buy Portage Place is expected to announce its plans to redevelop the downtown mall will include community space that’s open to the public 24 hours a day.
Jets on road: The Jets will seek their third consecutive win when they face the Senators in Ottawa at 6:30 p.m. Meanwhile, Mike McIntyre has an article on the Jets’ newly acquired defenceman, Dylan DeMelo, READ MORE
Stone to be sentenced: Roger Stone, a longtime ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, is set to be sentenced to prison time in federal court. The prosecutors who convicted Stone of witness tampering and lying to Congress resigned last week after Attorney General William Barr overruled their sentencing recommendation. READ MORE
In case you missed it
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSThe residence at 604 Stradbrook Ave. once belonged John Bracken, Manitoba premier from 1922 to 1943. The current owners plan to demolish the building to make way for a 32-unit apartment complex.
Historic home: The city’s board of adjustment approved a plan to demolish the former home of the province’s longest-serving premier at a meeting Wednesday evening. Katie May reports. READ MORE
Bloomberg bashed: Billionaire candidate Michael Bloomberg was repeatedly attacked by his fellow Democratic candidates for U.S. president in Wednesday night’s debate, his first since joining the race late. READ MORE
Dance card: The Royal Winnipeg Ballet unveiled the lineup for its 2020-21 season at a launch event Wednesday night. Eva Wasney reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Feb. 20, 1948: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that in Prague, members of three outspoken anti-Communist parties resigned from Czechoslovakia’s cabinet in the growing fight against Communist attempts to dominate the coalition government. Manitoba highways slowly opened up in the wake of a storm that swept through the province. George Sangster and his youthful rink from the Granite curling club would represent Manitoba at the upcoming Dominion championship in Calgary. READ MORE
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