What you need to know
TREVOR HAGAN / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSNeil Young performs at the Burton Cummings Theatre on Sunday along with Crazy Horse. Young and his longtime backup band will perform tonight at the Centennial Concert Hall.
Forever Young: Neil Young and his band Crazy Horse played the first of two concerts in Winnipeg Sunday night. According to reviewer Alan Small: “The result was an evening of chaos-laden nostalgia, with Young acting like the out-of-control genius.” READ MORE
Anti-Semitic graffiti: A Jewish café in the city was the target of graffiti, with “Jew” spray-painted in black on the restaurant and its fence. It’s the second time in recent weeks that BerMax Café at 1800 Corydon Ave. was hit. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Patriots Super: The New England Patriots cemented their status as a dynasty on Sunday evening with a 13-3 defeat of the Los Angeles Rams in the Super Bowl. Coached by Bill Belichick, quarterbacked by Tom Brady, the Pats won their sixth Super Bowl victory in nine appearances since 2001. READ MORE
Your weather
Blustery day: Many parts of Manitoba awoke today to wind-blown snow, and it will continue until noonish. Wind will be north at 30 km/h, gusting to 50. High minus 21. Wind chill near minus 36. Risk of frostbite.
What’s happening today
Trio tried for murder: A first-degree murder trial set to start in Winnipeg today for three charged in connection with the January 2017 death of Trenten Jeffrey Balonyk, 38, who was discovered dead in a residence in the 600 block of Sherbrook Street.
Stony Mountain homicide: A sentencing is scheduled in Winnipeg today for Cory Derdak, one of two men charged with first degree murder after an inmate was killed during a fight at Stony Mountain Institution in November. A 26-year-old inmate, Nolan Thomas, died as a result of what jail officials described as “injuries sustained after an altercation.”
Jets visit schools: The Winnipeg Jets, in conjunction with I Love to Read Month, will visit 11 different schools throughout the city today. During their school visits, players will be reading the official Winnipeg Jets children’s storybook “Whiteout: A Winnipeg Jets Story” to classes of students from grades K to 6.
In case you missed it
Michael Maltzan ArchitectureAn artist’s rendering of the Inuit Art Centre at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. A three-storey pillar, which will house the vault, will be visible to visitors.
Inuit Art Centre: A massive pillar is rising next to the Winnipeg Art Gallery, as construction of the Inuit Art Centre takes shape at St. Mary Avenue and Memorial Boulevard. The gigantic form, which was identified as the key feature when the $65-million project broke ground last May, could well be unique, both visually and architecturally. Alexandra Paul reports. READ MORE
FASD court: A new court set to open in Winnipeg will deal specifically with people who have fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. “If you have somebody who can’t read, can’t write, physically cannot connect cause and effect, there has to be a way to address a sentence that they will understand,” said one lawyer. Canadian Press reporter Kelly Geraldine Malone reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Feb. 4, 1922: The Manitoba Free Press reported that a dozen people were killed in an incident in Moscow, when the wood structure of their house was cut away to be used as heating fuel. As the 14th parliament was set to open, the Liberal government under prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King was seen as safe from defeat by the two opposition parties, the Conservative Party and the new Progressive Party; the government’s handling of the Intercolonial railway was still a delicate political matter.
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