What you need to know
Teepee burns: One of several teepees set up in downtown Winnipeg for homeless people burned down on Tuesday evening. The Free Press will investigate to find out whether anyone was injured, and whether the incident will change the city’s hands-off policy, in which safety officials allow the teepees out of respect for cultural and hereditary practices.
Police seek $3 million in damages: The union representing Winnipeg police on Tuesday asked an arbitrator to overturn unilateral changes made by the city to their pension plan, and they also asked the city to pay damages of $2,000 per officer, which would total about $3 million in damages. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
Teen flu fatality: Kelvin High School was offering counselling services to staff and students Tuesday, following the death of Blaine Ruppenthal, 17, who developed complications from the flu. “Not only was he unbelievably kind, but he cared so much about his friends,” said Chaya Tabac, a classmate. Maggie McIntosh reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: About two centimetres of snow is expected to fall on Winnipeg today. The high will be -19 C but, with wind from the northwest at 20 km/h, the wind chill will be near -33 and there is a risk of frostbite.
What’s happening today
Mourners attend a memorial to remember Canadian victims in last week’s deadly downing of a Ukrainian airliner in Iran, in North Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Grieving Iran victims: Universities across Canada are coming together today for a moment of silence to honour the victims of a plane crash in Iran that left no survivors a week ago. More than a dozen universities have said they are grieving students, faculty and researchers who were among the 176 people killed when the Ukraine International Airlines flight was mistakenly shot down near Tehran last Wednesday. READ MORE
In case you missed it
A pillar stands between the Manitoba Museum and Centennial Concert Hall paying tribute to men who died fighting the Louis Riel-led Métis forces at Fish Creek and Batoche, Sask., in 1885. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
Renaming local monuments: City council’s executive policy committee gave the green light on Tuesday to a new policy that lays out the path for Winnipeggers to rename and re-contextualize local monuments to help commemorate Indigenous history. “You can’t have the reconciliation without people knowing the truth and the history of this community,” said Mayor Brian Bowman. Jessica Botelho-Urbanski reports. READ MORE
Eat edibles, dial 911: Winnipeg’s paramedics and firefighters responded to 41 incidents involving cannabis edibles in 2019, nearly double the number from the year before, according to data shared by the city. Solomon Israel reports. READ MORE
Booking a Beatle: As the senior vice-president of venues and entertainment for True North Sports and Entertainment, Kevin Donnelly has booked many big entertainment acts. When reporter Erin Lebar asked him his biggest get, he said: “Paul McCartney. You’d have to think a Beatle, right? And that’s no slight to Elton John or anybody else who’s been here, Eric Clapton, but you have to think, ‘OK, but they weren’t in the Beatles’.” READ MORE
Hellebuyck shutout: Winnipeg Jets downed Vancouver Canucks 4-0 on Tuesday evening, jumping back into a playoff spot and breaking a six-game losing streak at home. Connor Hellebuyck stopped 41 shots. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Jan. 15, 2015: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a new outlet mall was planned for the Polo Park area; a 150,000-sq.-ft. complex was being constructed on the site formerly occupied by the city’s football stadium. An Alberta businessman spoke out against Winnipeg-based Regenetek Research after spending $24,000 on the company’s experimental stem-cell treatment for multiple sclerosis in India; meanwhile, the University of Winnipeg ended a joint venture with the company after a Free Press investigation into the company’s founder’s credentials and his clinical trial. READ MORE
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