Your forecast
Mainly cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of flurries, a high of -6 C and a low of -16.
What’s happening today
Andrew Stobo Sniderman and Douglas Sanderson, authors of Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation will convene at Whodunit Bookshop at 5:30 p.m. to discuss the ways in which two neighbouring western Manitoba communities have struggled to co-exist in the face of racism, inequality and the legacy of residential schools.
Federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is in Winnipeg to speak at an event hosted by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy think-tank, beginning at 11:30 a.m.
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre (Sean Kilpatrick / The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
A Manitoba church that repeatedly flouted provincially imposed gathering limits at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic has been fined $30,000. Dean Pritchard has the full story.
Church of God Restoration pastor Tobias Tissen (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press files)
On this date
On Jan. 13, 1971: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that in Tehran, talks between 10 major oil producers and Western oil companies had broken down, posing a threat to 85 per cent of supplies to the Western world. Fort Garry’s municipal council launched an all-out fight against the provincial government’s white paper that proposed a 49-member central council and eight community committees for Greater Winnipeg by January 1972. Prime minister Pierre Trudeau headed to Singapore hoping, with India’s support, to prevent a chain reaction that could lead to the breaking up of the British Commonwealth. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
Get the full story: Read today’s e-edition of the Free Press.
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