Coronavirus crisis
Arek Rataj / The Associated Press FilesEvacuees board an evacuation flight on Feb. 2 for EU nationals at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan.
Coming to Canada: A flight chartered by the Canadian government carrying more than 200 people will depart from Wuhan — the Chinese city hit hardest by the new virus — later today, bound for a military airbase in Trenton, Ont. “This is so tense,” a Mississauga man said as he travelled to Wuhan’s airport with his 15-month-old daughter. READ MORE
Quarantined cruise ship: Two Canadians have been removed from a cruise ship quarantined off the coast of Japan after they tested positive for the virus. They were among 251 Canadians aboard the ship and are among 20 people who have tested positive. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Periods of light snow ending later this morning and then clearing, with a low of -16 C in the late afternoon, wind at 30 km/h and wind chill as low as -27 in the late afternoon.
What’s happening today
THE CANADIAN PRESS/John WoodsWinnipeg Jets right wing Patrik Laine celebrates his goal.
Battle with the Blues: The Jets face the Blues in St. Louis at 7 p.m. The Jets haven’t won on the road in nearly a month, when they beat the Toronto Maple Leafs in a shootout on Jan. 8. Mike McIntyre has a column on the team’s lack of scoring. READ MORE
‘Victory’ speech: U.S. President Donald Trump will speak publicly, at 11 a.m. CT, for the first time since he was acquitted at his impeachment trial in the Republican-led Senate. In a tweet Wednesday, Trump said he will discuss his country’s “VICTORY on the Impeachment Hoax.” READ MORE
Still no Iowa winner: Iowa Democrats are still tabulating the results of Monday’s presidential caucuses. Former mayor Pete Buttigieg, who had held a slight lead as of Wednesday afternoon, is now virtually tied with Sen. Bernie Sanders with 97 per cent of precincts reporting. READ MORE
In case you missed it
TREVOR HAGAN / WINNIPEG FRESS FILESRachel Okimow, 34, was killed in a head-on collision on Dublin Avenue Feb. 11, 2018. The driver, Sampath Wijewardena, testified Okimow pushed her hand on his foot on the gas pedal, and grabbed the steering wheel.
‘Totally shocked’: A man was found not guilty of impaired driving causing death despite admitting to drinking and smoking marijuana before a head-on crash on Dublin Avenue in February 2018. Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
Back-and-forth on bridge: Emails obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation show how the city planned to respond to Wolseley residents who took it upon themselves to reopen a footbridge in Omand Park. “Actions of the citizens to remove signing and barricades and ice is reckless and should be dealt with,” an engineer said in an email. Danielle Da Silva reports.
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