What’s happening today
Dave Kettering / Telegraph HeraldElizabeth Warren supporters try to convince others to join their efforts during the Democratic caucus at the Tri-State Independent Blind Society in Dubuque, Iowa, on Monday.
Embarrassment in Iowa: A frustrating night for U.S. Democratic presidential candidates ended in uncertainty because of problems with a new app and “inconsistencies” in reporting the results of the Iowa caucuses. READ MORE
State of the Union speech: U.S. President Donald Trump will address Congress tonight, in the same chamber where legislators voted to impeach him in December. He will become the second president to give a State of the Union speech while standing trial for impeachment, after Bill Clinton. READ MORE
Pipeline expansion project: The Federal Court of Appeal is set to release its decision on court challenges to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Four First Nations in British Columbia filed challenges after the project was approved a second time last summer, The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny with a high of -13 C, peak winds from the southwest at 20 km/h this afternoon and wind chill as low as -28 this morning, with a risk of frostbite.
In case you missed it
Chinatopix / The Associated PressPeople in protective suits screen travelers at a railway station in Nanjing in eastern China’s Jiangsu Province, Tuesday. Hong Kong hospitals cut services as medical workers were striking for a second day Tuesday to demand the border with mainland China be shut completely.
Coronavirus crisis: The death toll in mainland China from the new coronavirus is now 425, with 20,438 infected. Two people outside mainland China have died, including one in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, China’s semi-autonomous city of Macao has asked its casinos to close to prevent the virus from spreading. READ MORE
Set for school tax hike: The Winnipeg School Division’s draft budget includes a 1.44 per cent increase on the property tax levy, which is about $21 a year on an average assessed home value of $225,700. The WSD is Manitoba’s largest school division.
Sticking with school’s name: Seven Oaks School Division trustees have voted against renaming the yet-to-open École Templeton, one week after a delegation asked that the school be given a new name that celebrates Indigenous people and reconciliation. Here’s our original story. READ MORE
On this date
On Feb. 4, 1927: The Manitoba Free Press reported that a great battle was imminent that could determine the possession of Shanghai; Cantonese forces would attempt to capture the city from the forces of Marshall Sun Chuan Fang; Great Britain was ready to accede to the demand of the southern Chinese government to keep 20,000 British troops on the seas en route to China, or preparing to sail, off Chinese soil. In Manitoba, an amendment put forth in the legislature would stipulate that MLAs sworn in as members of cabinet within a certain time after being elected would not be required to go back to their constituents to re-election in a byelection. READ MORE
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