Your forecast
Sunny, becoming a mix of sun and cloud this morning. Wind up to 15 km/h. High -18 C, with wind chill -34 this morning and -25 this afternoon. Risk of frostbite.
What’s happening today
The Winnipeg Jets host the Carolina Hurricanes at Canada Life Centre, starting at 7 p.m.
Today’s must-read
The Kinew government is postponing retaliatory measures against tariffs after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a 30-day delay in slapping extra fees on made-in-Canada products.
Premier Wab Kinew has temporarily retracted plans to pull American products from Manitoba Liquor Mart shelves and stop allowing firms located south of the border to bid on government contracts.
The former — a tactic also announced in Ontario, B.C. and Nova Scotia — was set to take effect Tuesday, the day Trump originally said 25 per cent tariffs on goods would be implemented. Maggie Macintosh has the story.
Premier Wab Kinew meets with members of Manitoba’s U.S. Trade Council on Monday morning. Newly elected Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Kyra Wilson (left) is among the council members. (Mike Deal / Free Press)
On the bright side
It was quite the journey for such tiny froglets: travelling thousands of miles from the forests of southern Chile to London, carried and brooded inside their fathers’ vocal sacs for safety.
London Zoo said Monday that 33 endangered Darwin’s frogs, named after scientist Charles Darwin who discovered the species, were born in their new home as part of a rescue mission to save the species from extinction. The Associated Press reports.
A newborn Darwin’s frog sits on a ruler at London Zoo. (Zoological Society of London via The Associated Press)
On this date
On Feb. 4, 1950: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in Washington, D.C., FBI director J. Edgar Hoover told a group of shocked senators that secrets relating to atomic weapons had been been given to the Soviet Union by a German-born British scientist. In Winnipeg, police announced they had cracked a theft ring that had robbed stores of nearly $7,000 worth of costume jewelry. A vehicle involved in a fatal collision that resulted in the death of seven-year-old boy had still not been found by police. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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