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The owner of the 123-year-old Masonic Temple at the corner of Donald Street and Ellice Avenue opposes a proposal to give the building heritage status. (Mike Aporius / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Owners oppose status: The city’s historical buildings committee will vote today on four properties nominated for heritage status. The owners of the Masonic Temple on Donald Street and Monte Cassino Court on Portage Avenue both oppose the designation for the vacant buildings. READ MORE
Good as gold: Backup goalie Laurent Brossoit set a franchise record for the most saves in a period as the Jets beat the Vegas Golden Knights Tuesday night. Brossoit, who stopped all 26 shots he faced in the second period, is 10-0-1 this season. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
Rebuilding RCMP: Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale and RCMP commissioner Brenda Lucki are expected to announce plans today to reform the police service in response to two critical reports. READ MORE
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What’s happening today
In this grab taken from video, Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May listens to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn speaking after losing a vote on her Brexit deal, in the House of Commons, London, Tuesday Jan. 15, 2019. British lawmakers have plunged Brexit into chaos and the U.K. politics into crisis by rejecting Prime Minister Theresa May’s divorce deal with the European Union. The 432 to 202 vote in the House of Commons was widely expected but still devastating for May, whose fragile leadership is now under siege. (House of Commons/PA via AP)
Motion on May’s government: Britain’s Parliament will vote on a no-confidence motion, a day after its members voted overwhelmingly to reject Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal. READ MORE
Accused killer in court: Bruce McArthur, who is charged with murdering eight men with ties to Toronto’s gay village between 2010 and 2017, is scheduled to appear in court. READ MORE
Cops on crash: In Ottawa, police will give an update on their investigation into a double-decker bus crash that killed three people and injured 23 others Friday. The bus, on an express route, wasn’t scheduled to stop at the station where it slammed into the roof of a shelter. READ MORE
On this date
On Jan. 16, 1970: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Manitoba premier Ed Schreyer defended the pay given to David Gass-Beggs, who was appointed to a six-month term as chairman of Manitoba Hydro at $175/day; Liberal leader Gordon Johnston said the appointment would cause morale problems at Hydro. The Bank of Montreal at Portage and Main was robbed by a masked man who made off with more than $2,000; it was the second bank robbed in the city in as many days. In Lagos, an international team said it had found no evidence of genocide in Nigeria’s civil war.
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