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Austerity at city hall: The city issued belt-tightening decrees on Thursday: freeze hiring, freeze wages of non-unionized staff, rethink capital projects, and restrict external consultants and conference travel. Kevin Rollason and Bill Redekop report. READ MORE
Your forecast: Lucky readers of Head Start get three days of forecasts at one time, because the predictions for today, Saturday and Sunday are largely the same: mainly sunny, highs of about -15 C, but it will feel considerably colder because of wind chills.
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Folk festival lineup: Musical acts that will inspire tens of thousands of people to release their free spirits at Bird’s Hill Park were announced on Thursday. Headliners include City and Colour, Feist, Barenaked Ladies, Bruce Cockburn and Daniel Lanois. Erin Lebar reports. READ MORE
Dan Lett names names: With the annual New Democrat convention one week away, the Free Press columnist speculates on who might run. Michelle McHale is expected to announce her candidacy today, and other possibilities are Wab Kinew and Steve Ashton. READ MORE
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New flag created: A flag created by RM of Gimli resident Bruce Benson will be raised at 11 a.m. today in Gimli. The Flag of Humanity represents the universal need for unity and showing respect towards the world we live in. “It is with honour that we raise a flag symbolizing peace and love towards all Earth inhabitants for today’s and tomorrow’s generations,” said Gimli Mayor Randy Woroniuk.
Women march today: Women will gather at 6:30 p.m. today at Knox United Church for monologues and local entertainment, and then march together to spotlight the struggles of women locally and globally. The event is supported by Families First Foundation, which supports families of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, and and Welcome Place, which has programs for refugee and newcomer women.
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JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSThe Main Street Project has managed to secure funding to ssupport its patrol van.
Rescue van finds funding: The Main Street Project has secured two years of funding to patrol the city’s streets in search of vulnerable persons at risk in extreme cold. The agency had reinstituted its van patrol — parked for years due to budget cuts — after a 53-year-old woman died on a frigid downtown street in December. Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE
The precarious future of Toby and Tyler: Sports columnist Scott Campbell notes that many Winnipeg Jets are well-suited to the fast game that is prized in the National Hockey Leagues, but he names two defencemen in particular who are not up to speed: “Betting on both Enstrom and Myers to have good 2017-18 seasons would seem precarious at this point.” READ MORE
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#MonsterSongs: If your favourite tune needs a bit more bite, consider adding something monstrous to it: “You’ve Got to Hydra Love Away,” “Zuul’s Out,” “Kraken the USSR,” or “Uptown Ghoul.”
On this date
On March 10, 1953: The Winnipeg Free Press reported on the circumstances of Soviet leader Josef Stalin’s death; Stalin had died of a stroke in his office in the Kremlin on Feb. 28, but his death was kept a secret for six days as a struggle over who would succeed him took place in another room in the same building. In Manitoba, total expenditures on public works were expected to exceed $20 million, up from just over $14 million the previous year; increased spending on education was also promised. READ MORE
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