What you need to know
CPPeople enter the Law Courts in Winnipeg for the second degree murder trial of Raymond Cormier, Tina Fontaine’s alleged killer, Monday, February 5, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
Set to strike: Approximately 150 criminal defence lawyers are set to stop representing clients in bail courts today to protest legal-aid pay rates. Katie May reports. READ MORE
Coronavirus crisis: China says 361 people have died there from a new coronavirus and 17,205 have been infected. The Canadian government announced Sunday evacuees from the Chinese province hit hardest by the virus will be quarantined for two weeks at an Ontario military base. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Iowa intrigue: Democrats will take the first step toward deciding on their nominee for U.S. president with tonight’s Iowa caucuses, the first of the election season. Polls suggest any of the top four candidates could win because of the state’s “unpredictable and quirky” system, The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Trump trial: Closing arguments at the impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump begin this morning, followed by speeches from the floor by Senators. Trump is expected to be acquitted Wednesday. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny, then a mix of sun and cloud with a 30 per cent chance of flurries late this morning, a high of -11 C, wind from the northwest at 40 km/h gusting to 60 but decreasing to 20 km/h later this morning, and wind chill as low as -26.
In case you missed it
Kansas City Chiefs’ quarterback Patrick Mahomes celebrates his touchdown pass to Damien Williams in the the second half of the NFL Super Bowl 54 football game Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Kansas City comeback: The Kansas City Chiefs won their second NFL championship — their first in 50 years — with a late comeback win over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV in Miami. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was named MVP, the youngest in the game’s history. Kansas City, Mo., is set to celebrate with a parade Wednesday. READ MORE
Fatal fire: One person was killed in a fire at a home on Grassie Boulevard Sunday night. Firefighters were sent to the home at about 7:45 p.m.
Right on the button: Skip Kerri Einarson made a perfect shot to win her second provincial curling championship at the Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Rivers. Melissa Martin reports. READ MORE
‘Bingo crazy’: The Kinsmen Club of Winnipeg sold nearly 160,000 bingo cards in the last two weeks of January. The winners of Saturday night’s record Kinsmen Jackpot Bingo draw should be announced later this week. Solomon Israel reports. READ MORE
‘Betrayed my customers’: The Crown is seeking a one-year jail term for Colleen Robinson, who forged hundreds of urine-sample tests through her business. Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Feb. 3, 1917: The Manitoba Free Press reported that the United States was almost certain to send the German ambassador back to his home country and cut off all diplomatic relations with Germany; public opinion in the U.S. supported the direction U.S. policy was taking, given anger over German submarine warfare. In Ottawa, Canadian prime minister Robert Borden gave a full history of the Ross rifle in the House of Commons; the rifle, adopted by the Canadian military, was very accurate but in battlefield conditions in the Great War proved unreliable. READ MORE
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