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Your forecast: Winnipeg’s seven-day forecast is sure to make you smile — and breathe a sigh of relief. In fact, if we can just get through today, we leave the worst of the weather behind for at least a week. Venturing out this morning, you’ll be met by a cloudy day, with winds south at 20 km/h gusting 40 to 60 km/h near noon and a daytime high of -10 C, although that breeze will make it feel like -26. Tonight, we could get some snow, and the temperature rises to -5 C overnight. On Saturday, expect a mix of sun and cloud and a daytime high of -1 C, while Sunday should be cloudy and -6 C. Environment Canada figures our daytime temperatures will be in the minus single digits each day Monday through Friday, making the last week of January a bit easier to bear.
In case you missed it
Disturbing allegations: Two First Nation chiefs say they were offered “finder’s fees” to sign up their communities for Bank of Montreal loans in deals set up by a Winnipeg financial firm. One of the chiefs, Saskatchewan Carry the Kettle First Nation leader Barry Kennedy, confirmed to the Free Press Thursday he called the RCMP and the federal Indigenous and Northern Affairs Department to investigate what he called a “bribe” made to him by a Usand Group company official trying to sign the band on to a $12.6-million loan. READ MORE
Happy trails for skaters: The Forks skate trail has finally opened. A recent cold snap thickened the ice, and as of Thursday you could skate from The Forks to Queen Elizabeth Bridge. By Sunday, you will be able to skate up to Churchill Drive. And Forks CEO Paul Jordan said there’s hope it can be extended all the way to St. Vital Park. The 2016 warming huts will start being built next week. READ MORE
Changes to Bombers board: The Winnipeg Football Club has a new chairman of the board and two new directors. Jeff Martin, the club’s former vice-chairman and treasurer, has taken over from Brock Bulbuck as the team’s new chairman of the board. The club also announced that Craig Evans, CEO of Granny’s Poultry Cooperative, and Barb Gamey, CEO and co-founder of Payworks, have joined the board as directors. Evans and Gamey replace longtime board members David Asper and Bill Watchorn, who have both now retired from the board. READ MORE
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TREVOR HAGAN/WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESFormer Manitoba premier Howard Pawley died on Dec. 31, 2015 at the age of 81.
Remembering Howard Pawley: The former premier of Manitoba, who died on Dec. 31 at the age of 81, will be remembered in Winnipeg at a memorial service on Saturday. A celebration of Pawley’s life will be held at the Manitoba legislature in room 200 at 2 p.m.
Fighting racism: One year after Winnipeg was maligned by a cover story in Maclean’s magazine as “the most racist city in Canada” (a headline, incidentally, which even the author of the article said was exaggerated), city hall will mark the anniversary with an anti-racism event today at 10 a.m. Speakers include Mayor Brian Bowman; Stephen Huddart, president and CEO, J. W. McConnell Family Foundation; Sylas Parenteau, student, St. John’s School; and Randi Gage, vice-president, Council of Women of Winnipeg. World Gospel Choir will be on hand to sing “O Canada” and live music will be performed at the conclusion of the event.
Students question Jim Carr: Kelvin students concerned about the environment call themselves an Action Committee, and they mean action. The youths meet today with none other than the federal Minister of Natural Resources, Jim Carr. They’re coming loaded with a list of questions, so Carr had better be up to speed on his new portfolio.
Around the water cooler
John Woods / THE CANADIAN PRESSNashville Predators’ James Neal (18), Shea Weber (6), Ryan Johansen (92), Mike Ribeiro (63) and Filip Forsberg (9) celebrate Neal’s goal as Winnipeg Jets’ Nikolaj Ehlers (27) skates off during third period NHL action in Winnipeg on Thursday.
Don’t have the horse: There’s no denying the effort the Winnipeg Jets put in Thursday night in a 4-1 loss to the Nashville Predators at MTS Centre. But the Jets were missing four key members of their forward corps due to injury: centres Mark Scheifele, Adam Lowry and Alex Burmistrov, and right winger Drew Stafford. That’s two straight losses to kick off a six-game home stand, and the Jets are quickly falling out of the Western Conference playoff discussion. READ MORE
Ex-teacher gets detention: A former Winnipeg high school gym teacher has been sentenced to four years in prison for sexually exploiting a female student. Shane Vanveen, 34, appeared in court Thursday after pleading guilty to crimes involving a 17-year-old girl at a Winnipeg school in 2013. He was sentenced under a joint-recommendation from Crown and defence lawyers. Court heard that over the course of several months, Vanveen sent explicit photos, videos and text messages to the teen while also having sex with her. READ MORE
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Aaron Harris / THE CANADIAN PRESS FilesDave Keon
Dave Keon: In Canada, the name of the legendary Toronto Maples Leafs captain has been trending since Thursday when the NHL club announced the former forward, the late Tim Horton and goalie Turk Broda will all have statues on the Leafs’ famous Legends Row. Keon, 75, won four Stanley Cups with Toronto in the 1960s but had a bitter feud with the team for nearly 40 years. He and the families of Horton and Broda will participate in a pre-game ceremony Saturday night when Toronto hosts the Montreal Canadiens.
#GuyFieriMovies: The Twitter world has gone wacky again as people mimic a game from Thursday’s Comedy Channel game show, @midnight, and come up with funny movie titles about American restaurateur and TV personality Guy Fieri. Here are just a few: Jurassic Pork; Guy Fieri and the Sorcerer’s Scone; Life of Pie; The Hills have Fries; The Texas Coleslaw Massacre; and, The Silence of the Lamb Chops.
On this date
On Jan. 22, 1988: The Winnipeg Free press reported that a principal and four teachers in Lundar faced reprimands after 70 students ranging in age from nine to 12 years old were shown an “obscene” movie, in which there were graphic murder scenes, as topless woman, men being propositioned by prostitutes, and attempted suicides. The movie, “Detective School Dropouts,” had been rated “parental guidance” in the U.S. The movie had not been previewed by teachers as it was a last-minute replacement for the planned movie, “Ernest Goes to Camp.”
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