What you need to know
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Police pensions not sacrosanct: Police might not want to hear it, but the city says it has the right to unilaterally alter the pension plans of Winnipeg police officers. “Council can make changes,” the city’s lawyer told an arbitrator Wednesday on the final day of a union grievance hearing. READ MORE
Results, not photo-ops: Premier Brian Pallister said he will be looking for “practical outcomes,” not “photo ops,” when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet come to Winnipeg on Sunday. “I’m not big on the symbolism stuff,” the premier said. Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Environment Canada has issued an extreme weather warning for today. The high will be -25 C, but wind up to 15 km/h means wind chill of -44 in the morning and -31 in the afternoon.
What’s happening today
A fire destroyed a teepee in a homeless tent village at the corner of Austin and Henry Tuesday. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press)
Homeless camps to be razed: Two homeless camps north of downtown will be dismantled today after fire destroyed a teepee Tuesday. The Main Street Project and other social outreach providers were working on Wednesday to find alternative shelter for people who live at the camps, which are at the corner of Austin Street and Henry Avenue, and between Lily Street and the Disraeli Freeway. Danielle Da Silva reports. READ MORE
Rocks at the ready: The Manitoba Open Bonspiel, the world’s biggest curling bonspiel, kicks off its 132nd edition today; 288 teams will battle it out at 13 different curling clubs with a total of 13 different trophies on the line. In total, more than 900 games will have been played when it wraps up on Monday. Taylor Allen reports. READ MORE
In case you missed it
The former Human Bean Coffee & Tea has been closed for nearly two years. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press)
Making library kinder: The former Human Bean Coffee & Tea shop on the main floor of the Millennium Library could soon become a community resource centre equipped with community crisis workers, pending city council approval. City council’s executive policy committee will debate the proposal Jan. 21. Ben Waldman reports. READ MORE
110 convictions: A man with nearly 110 criminal convictions has been labelled a dangerous offender and sentenced to 20 years in prison for attacking his cousin. Edward Letandre’s record includes more than 20 convictions for violence, all of them involving Indigenous women. Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
Making his mark in Vegas: Wayne Littlejohn, a sculptor formerly from Winnipeg, has unveiled Spin Baby, a 3.5-metre tall piece of public art that looks like a 1950s-era microphone. It’s in Las Vegas, Nev., a long way from Littlejohn’s St. Boniface home. Alan Small reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Jan. 16, 1875: The Manitoba Daily Free Press reported that in Great Britain, leaders of the Liberal party met at Earl Granville’s house to discuss the departure of William Ewart Gladstone and plan to select a new leader for the party. In Rutland, Vt., a fire caused $200,000 worth of damage. A piece on the newspaper’s front page decried the current trend in weddings: “Every year this sacredest of all occasions is turned more and more into a mere opportunity for display, and for replying to some fancied social obligation.” READ MORE
Today’s front page
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