What’s happening today
CPA police truck uses a water cannon on protesters in Myanmar on Monday. (The Associated Press)
Crowd blasted with water cannon: Police in Naypyitaw, Myanmar’s capital, fired a water cannon at hundreds of people protesting last week’s military coup. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Digging to rescue dozens: Rescuers in northern India were working to rescue 37 power plant workers who were trapped after part of a Himalayan glacier broke off and sent a wall of water and debris rushing down a mountain. At least 18 people were killed, and 165 are missing. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Netanyahu pleads not guilty: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in court today and pleaded not guilty as his trial on corruption charges resumed in a Jerusalem courtroom before next month’s national elections. He has served as Israel’s prime minister since 2009. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
New COVID-19 numbers: Provincial health officials are scheduled to announce the latest COVID-19 numbers at a news conference this afternoon. The province announced eight deaths and 162 new cases of the disease, including 67 in Winnipeg, over the weekend. Julia-Simone Rutgers reports. READ MORE
Set to talk ‘skills’: Advanced Education, Skill and Immigration Minister Wayne Ewasko will hold a news conference on “Manitoba’s skills, talent and knowledge strategy” at the Manitoba legislature later this morning.
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny with a high of -26 C, wind chill as low as -44 this morning and wind from the west at 10 km/h increasing to 30 km/h and gusting to 50.
In case you missed it
Tribune Media Stephen M. Dowell/Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady lifts the Vince Lombardi Trophy after winning Super Bowl LV on Sunday. (Ashley Landis / The Associated Press)
Bucs, Brady win Super Bowl: Quarterback Tom Brady won his seventh Super Bowl as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Kansas City Chiefs for their first championship since the 2002 season. Brady, 43, said he would return for a second season with the Bucs after being named the game’s MVP for the fifth time. Bruce Arians, the oldest head coach to win a Super Bowl, also said he would return. READ MORE
One hurt in fire: One person was taken to hospital after a fire on Langside Street, and crews battled the blaze for more than five hours Sunday. READ MORE
Dubois dons Jets jersey: Centre Pierre-Luc Dubois practised with the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday for the first time since he was acquired, along with a draft pick, in the trade that sent Patrik Laine and Jack Roslovic to the Columbus Blue Jackets. Dubois had to complete a two-week quarantine. Jeff Hamilton reports. READ MORE
Students in need: Check out Shelley Cook’s latest column. READ MORE
On this date
On Feb. 8, 1921: The Manitoba Free Press reported that in a provincial bylection, C.D. MacPherson was re-elected in Lakeside, earning more votes than in the previous election, and became Manitoba’s minister of public works; in West Peterboro, Liberal candidate G.N. Gordon won. A dispatch out of Stockholm reported that in Moscow, Soviet war minister Leon Trotsky warned that nothing must be done to irritate Japan, and that German sympathy was in the Soviet Union’s interests. The U.S. war department planned to use former German warships as targets in tests to determine the effectiveness of air attacks on naval vessels.
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