What’s happening today
CPA man takes a selfie with Novak Djokovic after he arrived in Belgrade, Serbia. (Darko Bandic / The Associated Press)
Tennis star back in Serbia: The Australian Open has started, without defending men’s champion Novak Djokovic. The unvaccinated tennis star is back in Serbia after he was deported from Australia. Djokovic, who is tied for the career Grand Slam singles record with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, might not be allowed to play in the French Open, either. READ MORE
Newest COVID-19 numbers: Provincial health officials will release the latest COVID-19 numbers. A record 517 Manitoba patients were in hospital with COVID-19 as of Friday. READ MORE
Betty White’s birthday: There has been an increase in donations to Manitoba animal-rescue agencies since TV star and animal rights activist Betty White died. More donations are expected today, which would have been White’s 100th birthday. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
Synagogue standoff: Authorities in the U.S. and the U.K. continue to investigate a weekend hostage-taking at a Texas synagogue. A British national identified as the gunman, Malik Faisal Akram, was killed. READ MORE
A football first: The first NFL playoff game held on a weekday kicks off tonight, with the Los Angeles Rams hosting the Arizona Cardinals. READ MORE
Weather
Daniel CrumpA person skates on a cleared section of the Assiniboine River on Saturday afternoon. (Daniel Crump / Winnipeg Free Press)
Your forecast: Cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of light snow until about 9 p.m., a high of -3 C, a low of -8 C, wind chill as low as -14 and wind from the northeast at 15 km/h increasing to 20 km/h this morning. A snowfall warning is in effect for much of Manitoba, with 10 to 15 cm in total expected over most of the region tonight and Tuesday. READ MORE
In case you missed it
Kim Wheeler in her studio. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)
Sharing truths, laughs: Writer and award-winning producer Kim Wheeler has launched a podcast described as a celebration of Indigenous women talking about important stuff. READ MORE
‘No real solution’: Nettie Dyck, 96, has spent more than a week alone in her room at Bethania Personal Care Home after being exposed to COVID-19. She is facing another two weeks of isolation after an outbreak was declared, and her family is worried about the impact of the extended quarantine. Danielle Da Silva reports. READ MORE
On This Date
On Jan. 17, 1924: The Manitoba Free Press reported the falling value of the franc meant there was no hope France would settle its war debt with the U.S. soon. Four families in Winnipeg were left homeless when the rooming house they were living in burned down; some tenants, believing they were trapped from using the stairs, smashed windows and leapt from the second floor. In a scathing indictment of Canadian banking, Roman Catholic Bishop Fallon of London declared in a letter to prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King that the government must protect people by making banks responsible for their deposits.
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