What’s happening today
CPA border crossing in Lacolle, Que., is one of five across Canada where on-site COVID-19 testing will be provided starting today. (Paul Chiasson / The Canadian Press files)
Tighter measures for travellers: A mandatory three-day hotel quarantine for most international passengers landing at Canadian airports is now in effect. Meanwhile, people arriving at land borders will be given self-swab kits, and testing will be provided on-site at five high-volume border crossings. On-site testing at the Emerson border crossing begins March 4. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
New COVID-19 numbers: Provincial health officials will hold a news conference on Manitoba’s latest COVID-19 numbers this afternoon. The government announced two deaths and 58 new cases Sunday. Meanwhile, Kevin Rollason reports on how downtown Winnipeg has suffered amid the pandemic. READ MORE
Nearly half a million dead: The U.S. could surpass 500,000 deaths from the coronavirus today. President Joe Biden will hold a sunset candle-lighting ceremony, including a moment of silence for the dead, at the White House. READ MORE
Garland’s confirmation hearing: A confirmation hearing for federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland, Biden’s nominee for attorney general, will be held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Republican-led Senate blocked president Barack Obama’s bid to appoint Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2016. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: A mix of sun and cloud with a 30 per cent chance of showers beginning in the late afternoon, with a high of 6 C and peak winds from the west at 40 km/h gusting to 60.
In case you missed it
Pierre-Luc Dubois scored the OT winner on Sunday. (Trevor Hagan / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Dubois gets it done: Pierre-Luc Dubois scored his first two goals as a member of the Winnipeg Jets, including the game-winner in overtime, against the Vancouver Canucks Sunday night. The Jets, who played consecutive games in Vancouver and won both, host the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday and Saturday night. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
‘We own this s–t’: In his weekly piece on the city’s real estate scene, Ben Waldman reports on how a firm run by two young brothers is apologizing for an “extremely insensitive” video mocking tenants forced out by rent increases. READ MORE
Pup program paused: A therapy dog visitation program at St. Boniface Hospital remains on hold because of the pandemic, while the Winnipeg Humane Society’s pet therapy and pet empathy programming has gone virtual. Malak Abas reports. READ MORE
Making noise: Priya Plested’s job is to make it sound like Bell MTS Place is full of fans when the Winnipeg Jets play in the empty arena. Ben Waldman reports on how she does it. READ MORE
Cook column: In her latest column, Shelley Cook recalls a disastrous trip to the doctor with her toddler. READ MORE
On this date
On Feb. 22, 1912: The Manitoba Free Press reported that in Ottawa, the terms of financial compensation to Manitoba, meant to put the province on equal footing with Saskatchewan and Alberta as Manitoba’s borders were to be changed, might not in fact be to Manitoba’s benefit. The privy council in England decided the appeal of the Winnipeg Electric Railway Company against the city of Winnipeg in favour of the company on all points, and awarded costs against the city; the company was allowed to use six poles erected on Mill Street for the railway, and was not to be restricted from using electricity from power houses outside the city. In Port Arthur, Ont., ducks and gulls were reportedly dying in the thousands owing to the large amounts of ice on Lake Superior and the resultant scarcity of food.
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