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Your forecast: When you’re outside this morning brushing a light dusting of snow off your vehicle, please don’t mutter under your breath how cold it is. You ain’t seen nothing, yet. In fact, the 6 a.m. morning temperature of -11 C will be just about as good as it gets for the next four or five days, according to Environment Canada. The temperature falls to -18 C this afternoon with a wind chill of -29. Ouch! Tonight, the mercury drops to -25 C with a wind chill of -36. On Saturday, expect a steady temperature of -24 C, while the breeze makes it feel like -37. And on Sunday and Monday, our daytime high are each just -20 C, while Tuesday’s high is -17 C.
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Ashton defends dam decision: NDP cabinet minister Steve Ashton says he acted only to improve the flood-fighting capabilities of Interlake First Nations after Manitoba’s ombudsman concluded in a report that Ashton tried to direct flood-fighting officials to purchase $5 million worth of Tiger Dams in 2014 against their advice and without going to tender. The purchase was never made. READ MORE
Night in drunk tank comes with cost: City councillor Ross Eadie been suspended from the Winnipeg Police Board pending an internal investigation into his actions on Nov. 7, the night he spent at the Main Street Project — the city’s drunk tank. While a source told the Free Press Eadie had been verbally abusive to the police, Eadie said he couldn’t remember what he did or said that night. READ MORE
Times Change(d) may stay the same: A pair of 136-year-old downtown buildings — MacDonald Building and the Fortune Building — might avoid a date with a wrecking ball thanks to local businessman John Pollard, co-CEO of Pollard Banknote Ltd. He put in an offer Thursday to buy the MacDonald Building at 226 Main St., following his offer submitted two months ago to purchase the Fortune Building next door, which has been home to the Times Change(d) High and Lonesome Club for nearly 30 years. READ MORE
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Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free PressThe act to amend “The Manitoba Election Act ” from 1916 allowing women to vote is among the items that will be on display at the Open House to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Women’s Suffrage in Manitoba.
Historic document displayed: The original, signed legislation that granted Manitoba women the right to vote will be on display today at the Legislature. It’s part of an open house this weekend at the Archives of Manitoba and the Manitoba Legislative Library as they commemorate the 100th anniversary of the women’s suffrage movement in Manitoba. The open house will display petitions, newspapers and correspondence.
Support our symphony: One of the musical gems of Manitoba is the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, which plays tonight with a guest group, La Bottine Souriante, a group renowned for its Québecois roots music. The baton rises at 8 p.m.
Able to see Kane: A lot of Winnipeg Jets fans circled the Jan. 10 game on their calendar — the return of Evander Kane. On Sunday, the talented but mercurial left winger and the rest of the Buffalo Sabres make a stop at MTS Centre for a battle with the Jets at 2 p.m. Kane was traded to the Sabres last February along with blueliner Zach Bogosian in exchange for defenceman Tyler Myers, forwards Drew Stafford and Joel Armia, and a draft pick.
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Trevor Hagan / Winnipeg Free Press FilesFree Press writer John Einarson poses with some of his Beatles albums.
Order of the Buffalo Hunt: John Einarson, a freelance music writer for the Free Press, and three other Manitobans will receive the Order of the Buffalo Hunt today from Premier Greg Selinger. In the ceremony at 4 p.m. at the Legislative Building, Abdi Ahmed, Dr. Gary Kobinger and Debi Spence will also receive the honour. READ MORE
Watch over whales: Manitoba’s new Beluga Habitat Sustainability Plan, slated to be published today, is calling on the federal government to place the mouths of the Churchill, Nelson and Seal Rivers within a new national marine-conservation area to preserve the habitat along Hudson Bay for the world’s largest population of beluga whales. An estimated 57,000 belugas spend the summer in those shallow waters. READ MORE
Hellebuyck starring everywhere: The AHL named goalie Connor Hellebuyck to its all-star game at the end of January. He was brilliant on a struggling Manitoba Moose team, posting a 2.41 goals-against average and a .927 save percentage despite having a 2-7-0-1 record in 10 starts. But he also hasn’t played a game for Manitoba in six weeks after being called up by the Winnipeg Jets on Nov. 22. Since then, he’s played 14 of 18 games for Winnipeg, going 9-4-1 including another solid effort in the Jets’ 2-1 shootout loss to Dallas on Thursday night.
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#CES2016: Lovers of gadgets and gizmos are psyched for the Consumer Technology Association’s annual global electronics and technology tradeshow, this weekend in Las Vegas.
#GunsInAmerica: U.S. President Barack Obama held court Thursday night in a CNN town hall on gun control. Obama has rededicated himself to efforts to reduce gun violence following a string of mass shootings and his failure to get reform efforts through Congress. The National Rifle Association declined CNN’s invitation to participate at the event at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
On this date
On Jan. 8, 1935: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Prime Minister R.B. Bennett announced as part of his economic reform plan he would reorganize the civil service, set up an economic council, and that amendments to the Farm Loan act would enable the board to advance farther agricultural credits in a measure to help farmers. In The Pas, a trapper who had suffered a week in the wilderness with a frozen foot was receiving treatment in hospital for his condition.
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