Good morning!
Your forecast: Frigid but beautiful. That describes the weather in Winnipeg this weekend. The forecast for Saturday and Sunday calls for day-time highs of about -21 C but without cloud, which means the sun will shine on the ground covering of snow, sparkling like diamonds and presenting Winnipeg at its winter best. Today, there is a 30 per cent chance of flurries and wind as high of 15 km/h, which means a wind chill of minus 33.
In case you missed it
Phil Hossack / Winnipeg Free Press18-month-old Kinda Ismail peers out of a new parka after arriving at the James Richardson International Thursday evening.
Orphaned siblings reunited: Ten orphaned Somali children, ranging in age from eight to 16 years, and one baby who is the child of the eldest girl, arrived in Winnipeg on Thursday night after an elaborate humanitarian mission rescued them from Saudi Arabia, where officials were threatening to deport them to Somalia and into dangerous territory. The children were orphaned after their widowed father died last year. READ MORE
Boy stuffed in Dumpster: Jean-Micheal Morrissette, 13, who lives with intellectual challenges, was beaten, thrown into a garbage bin and trapped there for hours in the cold, said his father, John Morrissette. The youth said two men attacked him while he was walking home from school. A passerby found Jean-Micheal in the bin after she heard him calling for help. READ MORE
Promising the world: As of Wednesday, Manitoba election laws will prevent the NDP from using its advantage as the party in power to win over voters with expensive government pledges leading up to the April 19 general election. This week, Premier Greg Selinger and his ministers had called or participated in 17 news conferences making pledges such as tens of millions of dollars for new daycare spaces. READ MORE
Up next
Transcona laces up: For the first time, Transcona opens a community skating pond today. The rink at at 135 Regent Ave. West opens with ceremony at 5 p.m. The fun will include music, hot chocolate, a fire pit, as well as a skate changing area. The rink is encircled by lit Christmas trees beneath with a canopy.
Northwest subdivision proposed: A proposed new subdivision for Winnipeg’s northwest quadrant will be considered at a special meeting of the property and development committee this morning. The new subdivision is planned for a 122-acre parcel of land south of Murray Avenue, between McPhillips and McGregor streets, and would accommodate a variety of residential housing and some commercial development fronting along McPhillips.
SHEday 2016: Successful women in the world of business are gathering this morning at the RBC Convention Centre for a day-long conference called SHEday 2016. Keynote speakers are Evelyn Jacks, founder and president of Knowledge Bureau, and Kim Ulmer, RBC regional president. Free Press columnist Jen Zoratti will attend and report on the event.
Around the water cooler
Beware social media investment scams: The Manitoba Securities Commission is warning investors to avoid investment opportunities advertised on social media. One Winnipeg man was recently taken for $25,000 and he’s got little recourse as these opportunities come from people living outside of the province – and likely outside the country. READ MORE
Three Powerball winners in USA : The $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot will be split three ways with the winners, not yet identified, having bought their tickets in Florida, Tennessee and a Los Angeles suburb. The winners overcame odds of 1 in 292.2 million to land on the numbers drawn Wednesday night, 4-8-19-27-34 and Powerball 10. READ MORE
Moving the rails: Former Quebec premier Jean Charest has been recruited by the Manitoba government to head a task force to study rail relocation in Winnipeg and form a plan to move forward. Participation from both CP and CN is anticipated. READ MORE
Trending now
JOHN WOODS / THE CANADIAN PRESSWinnipeg Jets’ Andrew Ladd (16), Mathieu Perreault (85), Bryan Little (18), Dustin Byfuglien (33) and Blake Wheeler (26) celebrate Little’s goal against the Nashville Predators during second period on Thursday.
Blake Wheeler: It’s no wonder this veteran forward’s name is trending in Winnipeg, after his overtime goal Thursday night help the Jets win over the Nashville Predators. READ MORE
#Baddoctorin5words: It’s not exactly comforting, but maybe laughter is the best medicine. You wouldn’t want to hear from your MD, “Don’t worry, I’m googling it,” “Don’t listen to the nurse” or “Am I in your will?” Or maybe this sums it up best: “When they’ve got cold hands.”
On this date
On Jan. 15, 1989: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that some Roman Catholic dioceses across Canada had purchased insurance to “shield themselves against lawsuits brought by victims of sexual indiscretions by priests.” A clause in the Meech Lake Accord regarding Quebec’s influence over immigration would work to insure that province’s population remained roughly one-quarter of Canada’s. “Boy, if you want the philosophy of the Meech Lake Accord in a nutshell, that’s it,” said University of Manitoba constitutional law professor Bryan Schwartz.
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