Your forecast
A mix of sun and cloud, with a 30 per cent chance of flurries this morning. Wind from the northwest at 30 km/h gusting to 50. High -18 C. Wind chill -34 this morning and -29 this afternoon. Risk of frostbite.
What’s happening today
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to speak with U.S. President Donald Trump today as Canada’s leaders scramble to prepare for a trade war with the United States.
Trump mentioned the planned conversation after returning to Washington from Florida on Sunday night and Trudeau’s office confirmed a call is scheduled. The Canadian Press reports.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses media following the imposition of a raft of tariffs by U.S. President Donald Trump against Canada, Mexico and China on Saturday. (Justin Tang / The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
American beer, wine and other alcohol will soon be pulled from Liquor Mart shelves, premier Wab Kinew announced Sunday, responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to levy steep tariffs on Canadian goods.
The move, which will come into effect Tuesday and also requires the retailer to stop ordering American products, is expected to take an $80-million bite annually out of the U.S. economy, Kinew said, warning about the seriousness of Trump’s actions.
“This is a trade dispute, this is an economic threat, but we should also be very, very clear-eyed about the threat that this poses to our sovereignty as an independent country,” Kinew told reporters. “If we bow down at this current moment, then what is the next edict that we will be told to respond to as Manitobans and Canadians?” Marsha McLeod and Katie May have the story.
Premier Wab Kinew addressed the public during a news conference Sunday afternoon, the day after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order going ahead with tariffs on Canadian goods. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press files)
On the bright side
Susan Richardson, Arlene Skull and Paul R.J. McCulloch all have fond childhood memories of seeing the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra perform.
“My father played many instruments and he would take us to Sunday afternoon concerts,” Richardson recalls.
“My dad took me when I was eight and I was just enthralled,” adds Skull.
“The world class musicianship (and) the beauty of the music … connected with me at a very young age,” McCulloch says. “I’d studied music at school and to hear it performed by a symphony orchestra — of course there’s nothing like it.”
Their passion continues today and inspires their involvement with the volunteer committee for the WSO, which has been supporting the orchestra for more than 75 years. Aaron Epp has more here.
A passion for music and the arts inspired WSO volunteer committee members Paul McCulloch (left), Susan Richardson and Arlene Skull to get involved with the group. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press)
On this date
On Feb. 3, 1930: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that W.F. Alloway, respected pioneer banker, who had come west in 1870 with the Wolseley expedition, had died. A conference of provincial attorneys-general set for Feb. 10, to consider the situation surrounding Winnipeg brokerage houses with a view to securing information on trading conditions, would likely be held in Toronto, not Winnipeg. The U.S. Treasury department reported based on 1928 figures, the U.S. had two billionaires and about 40,000 millionaires. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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