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More payroll woes: While the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is hoping to recoup $1.2 million in wage overpayments to staff, it has another payroll problem to deal with. A number of employees aren’t receiving their cheques on time, Kristin Annable reports. READ MORE
Your forecast: It’s bone-chillingly cold this morning but the outlook for the weekend is for milder temperatures. Expect mainly sunny skies and a high of -19 today. The winds, however, especially early this afternoon, will produce a wind chill of -45. Tonight, the low will be -23. On the weekend, sunny skies are forecast with highs of -13 on Saturday and minus three on Sunday.
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PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESsnow-clearing efforts last month cost $18.9 million, $13.3 million more than what the city had budgeted for the month.
Snowstorms costly: Late December snowstorms have created a budget headache at city hall. The city will wind up with an operating deficit of $6.2 million for 2016. Snow clearing cost the city $18.9 million last month, $13.3 million more than the city had budgeted for the month. READ MORE
Police cleared: Criminal charges will not be laid against police in a fatal shooting that investigators described as a tragic case of suicide by cop. Haki Sefa, 44, was shot and killed by Winnipeg police officers who pulled him over outside city limits on Sept. 20, 2015. The Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba said Thursday the shooting was justified. READ MORE
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WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSPremier Brian Pallister in his office Friday with a sample of the reading material he took to Costa Rica.
Pallister speaks: Premier Brian Pallister is in Toronto today to deliver an address to the Economic Club of Canada. The premier will deliver the keynote address to representatives of the most senior levels of Canadian business, health care and government.
Jets vs. Coyotes: The Winnipeg Jets, coming off a thrashing at home at the hands of the Habs, are in Arizona tonight to take on Phoenix. Game time is 8 p.m. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESTina Fontaine’s photographs sit on top of her casket at her funeral in Sagkeeng First Nation, August, 2014.
Secrecy around case: The man accused of killing Tina Fontaine will appear in court in May for the start of his preliminary hearing. The hearing will determine whether there is sufficient evidence for the case to proceed to a Court of Queen’s Bench trial. Mike McIntyre writes that details surrounding the high-profile killing are likely to continue to be shrouded in secrecy for the foreseeable future. READ MORE
Mumps outbreak: One of the largest outbreaks of mumps in decades in Winnipeg has spread to Grant Park High School, where seven cases have been reported. Parents were notified of the situation on Wednesday. Across Manitoba, there were 87 confirmed cases of mumps between Sept. 1 and Jan. 5, the majority linked to university campuses or to sports teams. READ MORE
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#DescribeYourselfin5words: Could you do it? Many on Twitter are holding forth, declaring, “I will do it later,” “Is there gonna be food?” “Lizard people control the government,” “I look better in person,” or “Really good at staying within word count.”
On this date
On Jan. 13, 1981: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that an American woman with a heart ailment would be allowed to stay in Winnipeg if Manitoba agreed to cover her medical bills, according to then-immigration minister Lloyd Axworthy. The federal government proposed constitutional amendments that would expand legal rights regarding minority language of education rights and limit the government’s use of referendums. In Winnipeg, violent crime rose 16 per cent in 1980. Sewage dumped by the town of Minot, N.D. into the Souris River flowed into the Souris wildlife refuge and into the drinking water of the town of Souris, Man. The amount of sewage was 14 million gallons per day over 12 days. READ MORE
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