Iran plane crash
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Morteza Tavalkoli, grieves the loss of his best friend, Amir Ghasemi, during vigil at UMSU on Wednesday.
Students at the University of Manitoba grieve the loss of friends killed on the Ukrainian jetliner when it crashed in Iran early Wednesday killing all 176 aboard, including 63 Canadians. Students, teachers and staff gathered for vigil in University Centre Wednesday afternoon where many shared stories of their loved ones that died.
Jan 8th, 2020
Service scheduled: A memorial service for the victims of the Ukrainian Airlines crash in Iran will begin at the University of Manitoba’s engineering complex at 4 p.m. today. On Thursday, university counsellors met with students and staff at the Bannatyne Avenue campus who knew Forough Khadem, an immunologist who was among the 176 killed. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Release info, Iran urges: Iran is calling on Canada and the U.S. to release data backing claims the jetliner was shot down by a missile. “What is obvious for us, and what we can say with certainty, is that no missile hit the plane,” Ali Abedzadeh, the head of Iran’s national aviation department, said. READ MORE
Echoes of 1988: As recently as last week, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani referenced a different downing of a flight out of Iran. In 1988, Iran Air flight 655 was shot down by the U.S. Navy, killing all 290 people aboard. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny with a high of -19 C, wind from the west at 20 km/h for most of the day and wind chill as low as -32, with a risk of frostbite.
What’s happening today
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSLocked out Tim Horton’s employees and supporters demonstrate at Portage and Main Thursday, just outside of 1 Lombard Place where the coffee shop is located in the underground shopping centre.
Demonstration downtown: A union is holding a rally in support of more than a dozen locked-out Tim Hortons employees at Portage and Main. It’s set to begin at noon. Ben Waldman reports. READ MORE
In case you missed it
MAGGIE MACINTOSH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSCollections librarian Barbara Bourrier-LaCroix enjoys seeing people on the bus with books.
Memoir most-read: Michelle Obama’s Becoming was the most popular book at Winnipeg public libraries last year. Maggie Macintosh reports on what else library users were reading in 2019. READ MORE
Beaten in Boston: The Bruins scored twice in the last half of the third period, rallying to beat the Jets 5-4 Thursday night. “We were about 10 minutes away from it being a great road trip,” forward Andrew Copp said. The Jets earned five out of eight possible points on their four-game road trip. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
Airstrike in Syria: Eight Iran-backed Iraqi militiamen were killed in Syria near the border with Iraq by unidentified planes, The Associated Press reports. The strike comes amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran. READ MORE
On this date
On Jan. 10, 1985: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a Winnipeg teenager said the U.S. immigration bureaucracy had thwarted his attempts to return to an Indiana Bible college where he had studied to become a minister for two years; he was turned back twice at the border due to his previously acceptable documentation being rejected. Work was slated to begin on a multimillion-dollar mall on the north of Portage Avenue downtown, with a grand opening scheduled for 1987. READ MORE
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