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Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press FilesManitoba Hydro has requested annual rate increases of 7.9 per cent for the next six years.
Against hydro hike: A group opposed to Manitoba Hydro’s proposed 7.9 per cent rate increase will make its closing arguments at a Public Utilities Board hearing today. The Consumers Coalition says it will summarize independent analysis stating the hike is not needed.
‘Drain on society’: Tory MLA Cliff Graydon has apologized for a tweet last week in which he called asylum seekers in Canada a “drain on society.” In a tweet last night, the Emerson MLA apologized and said he will be taking sensitivity training. READ MORE
Curling in Korea: Winnipeg curler Kaitlyn Lawes and her teammate, John Morris, will be Canada’s first competitors at the Winter Olympics when mixed doubles play begins today (Thursday morning in Korea). The curling event is making its Olympic debut in Pyeongchang. READ MORE
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Your forecast: Today will be sunny with a high of -15 C, wind from the west at 20 km/h this morning, and a wind chill of -36 this morning and -27 this afternoon
In case you missed it
LinkedInDaryl Doubleday, former manager of solid waste division for the City of Winnipeg, now works at Green for Life (GFL) Environmental, which recently signed a garbage-collection deal with the city.
‘False accusations’: City officials say they don’t have any concerns about an employee accepting a job with a company he helped secure a multimillion-dollar deal. Chief operating officer Michael Jack says Daryl Doubleday signed a confidentiality agreement before starting work with Green For Life Environmental. Jessica Botehlo-Urbanski reports. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
Jeffrey T. Barnes / The Associated Press FilesWinnipeg Jets forward Patrik Laine
Good times: Jets winger Patrik Laine wasn’t on the scoresheet in his team’s 4-3 home win against the Phoenix Coyotes last night, but the young Finnish player made headlines for his Players Tribune piece headlined Winnipeg is Good. Jason Bell reports. READ MORE
Coach spurns Colts: New England Patriots offensive co-ordinator Josh McDaniels backed out of a deal to become the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts last night, hours after the team announced his hiring. McDaniels will be staying in his current position. READ MORE
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Terry Renna / The Associated PressA Falcon 9 SpaceX heavy rocket stands ready for launch on pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday.
Falcon Heavy: Elon Musk’s SpaceX company successfully launched world’s most powerful rocket Tuesday, Falcon Heavy, from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission was the first test of the massive rocket, powered by 27 engines in three boosters strapped together, as well as being the first time a privately financed rocket ever attempted to boost a payload out of Earth’s orbit. READ MORE
On this date
On Feb. 7, 1963: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a “bitter, no-holds-barred” election faced Canada, though Conservative prime minister John Diefenbaker’s party had firmly closed ranks behind him; in the U.K., fears of a continued minority government and anti-Americanism figuring prominently in the Canadian election campaign provoked worries in politiicans and businesspeople. U.S. secretary of Defense Robert McNamara said flatly for the first time that the Soviets had actually put nuclear warheads in Cuba. READ MORE
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