What’s happening today
CPA protester’s semi-truck cab and an RCMP vehicle outside the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa on Sunday. (Justin Tang / The Canadian Press)
Hearing on honking: An Ontario court is scheduled to hear arguments in a proposed class-action lawsuit by Ottawa residents who want the so-called Freedom Convoy protesters to stop honking their horns. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Quebec’s COVID-19 restrictions: Places of worship, entertainment and sports venues in Quebec are reopening — with capacity and proof of vaccination required — after being shut down since December. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Funds after flooding: The British Columbia and federal agriculture ministers will announce a recovery package for the province’s agriculture industry after devastating floods in November. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Macron in Moscow: French President Emmanuel Macron is set to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in a bid to ease tensions over Ukraine. Later today, U.S. President Joe Biden will meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to shore up Western resolve. Macron is set to visit Ukraine on Tuesday. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Daniel CrumpPeople skate by a windsock art installation titled Come Fly with Me on the Nestaweya River Trail on Saturday. Nine different art installations have been placed along the trail. (Daniel Crump / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Your forecast: Period of light snow ending later this morning, then mainly cloudy, with a high of -8 C, wind chill as low as -23 this morning and wind from the south at 30 km/h gusting to 50.
In case you missed it
Roger Kram (left) and son Wyatt with their identical 1973 John Deere 400 snowmobiles. (Supplied)
Snow and stitches: A father and son from Fargo spent six days snowmobiling from Winnipeg to St. Paul, Minn., recreating a decades-old race and raising funds for charity. Chris Kitching reports. READ MORE
Two medals for Canada: Max Parrot of Quebec won Canada’s first gold medal of the Beijing Winter Olympics, in slopestyle snowboarding, while Regina’s Mark McMorris earned bronze. READ MORE
Three-peat for Einarson: Kerri Einarson’s Gimli Curling Club-based team won its third consecutive Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Melissa Martin reports. READ MORE
Breaking a bad habit: Shelley Cook’s latest column is on giving up her nightly glass or glasses of wine. READ MORE
Confederation concept: Israeli and Palestinian public figures are proposing a two-state confederation. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Feb. 7, 1917: The Manitoba Free Press reported British forces captured 1,000 yards of trenches from the Germans in the region of Grandcourt, France, the greatest gain in any recent actions. The U.S. ambassador to Germany told all American newspaper correspondents to leave the country as soon as possible. Former U.S. president William Howard Taft said in an address to the League to Enforce Peace that his country’s policy of neutrality toward the war in Europe was unwise.
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