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Light snow, with wind from the west at 20 km/h becoming northwest 40 gusting to 60 near noon. Environment Canada has issued an extreme cold warning for southern Manitoba. High -20 C, wind chill near -37. Risk of frostbite.
What’s happening today
In Melfort, Sask., a coroner’s inquest into the mass killing on a Saskatchewan First Nation is set to begin today.
Myles Sanderson killed 11 people and injured 17 others on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village of Weldon on Sept. 4, 2022. Sanderson, who was 32, died in police custody a few days later. The Canadian Press reports.
Chief Wally Burns of James Smith Cree Nation (Liam Richards / The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
Hundreds of patients left seeking a family doctor after a north Main Street clinic closed its doors may soon have a new local option.
Dr. Shadi Rezazadeh has taken over the lease in the strip mall at 2605 Main St., where the former Rivergrove Medical Centre was located. Kevin Rollason reports.
Dr. Shadi Rezazadeh (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
On the bright side
Pat Noddin of Moncton, N.B., set the sports world abuzz a couple of years ago when she participated in an international figure-skating competition held in Ottawa, at the grand old age of 86.
Closer to home, while Skate Winnipeg doesn’t presently boast any octogenarians in its figure-skating division, several members continue to execute lutzes and toe loops at an age not commonly associated with the high-flying sport.
“It’s funny because nobody bats an eye when somebody in their 50s or 60s says they play beer-league hockey, but when I mention that I figure skate, people sometimes look at me like I’m pulling their leg,” says Leanne Gowler, 53. David Sanderson has the story.
Leanne Gowler practises figure skating at the Eric Coy Arena in Winnipeg. (Brook Jones / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On Jan. 15, 1925: The Manitoba Free Press reported lieutenant governor Sir John Aikin would open the new session of the legislature, beginning the third year in office for Progressive premier John Bracken’s government. Nick Szewczuk, alleged to have been the brains of a gang of con men and forgers, was convicted of forging signatures on three cheques for $400 each, and sentenced to five years in Stony Mountain Penitentiary. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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