What you need to know
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a press conference in Ottawa on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Winnipeg to host cabinet: No one ever said January is the best time to visit Winnipeg, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau seems to be looking forward to coming here with his cabinet for a three-day meeting beginning Sunday. “I look forward to a productive cabinet meeting in Winnipeg, a fantastic city,” he said. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Canadian royals: Prince Harry and Meghan’s part-time move to Canada will mark the first time in recent history that royals will maintain a regular presence in the country. The Queen granted her seal of approval Monday to the plan that will see the Duke and Duchess of Sussex split their time between Canada and the U.K. during a “period of transition.” READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Periods of light snow will end near noon today. The high will be -11 C, with the temperature falling to -16 in the afternoon. The wind chill will make it feel like -18 in the morning and -26 in the afternoon.
What’s happening today
CPWinnipeg Jets’ Brandon Tanev (13) celebrates after scoring during second period NHL action against the Tampa Bay Lightning, in Winnipeg on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
Canucks here tonight: With the Vancouver Canucks in Winnipeg for tonight’s game and, given the Jets’ dismal record at home recently, sportswriter Mike McIntyre is asking the same questions as many fans. “Where’s the passion? The urgency? The desperation?” READ MORE
Canadians arrive at crash site: Canadian air-crash investigators arrive today at the scene of a plane crash outside of Tehran, as part of an international team looking into the sequence of events that ended with Flight PS752 shot out of the sky, killing all 176 people on board. READ MORE
In case you missed it
SASHA SEFTER / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Winnipeg Blue Bombers linebacker Adam Bighill (4) runs through drills during a practice at IG Field on Wednesday afternoon. 190814 – Wednesday, August 14, 2019.
Adam Bighill speaks out: Players in the Canadian Football League know not to mess with Winnipeg Blue Bombers linebacker Adam Bighill. Now American TV host Wendy Williams also does. Bighill, who was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate, the same genetic condition his four-month-old son will have surgery for later this week, has lashed out at Williams for using her fingers to pull on one side of her upper lip while saying it’s what actor Joaquin Phoenix has. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
Handgun ban urged: Sunday’s shooting at the Windsor Hotel has city council’s safety head calling for a national ban on handguns. “I think we need a national ban,” said Councillor Sherri Rollins, who chairs the council committee on protection, community services and parks. Ben Waldman reports. READ MORE
Cummings, Bachman tour?: Multiple Facebook posts on Burton Cummings’ page Sunday point to a possible reunion tour this year featuring Cummings and his Guess Who bandmate Randy Bachman. “Watch for these guys comin’ to your area in 2020…” he wrote above a photo of himself and Bachman playing a live show together. Erin Lebar reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Jan. 14, 2005: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Canadian music stars such as Anne Murray and Bryan Adams were among many who performed at a three-hour live concert broadcast to raise money to help tsunami victims in South Asia. Great Britain’s Prince Harry faced a backlash after wearing a Nazi-uniform costume to a party. In Winnipeg, a winter storm dumped enough snow on the Winnipeg Winter Club’s dome housing an indoor soccer field that it collapsed, leaving thousands of young soccer players without a field. READ MORE
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