What you need to know
Outside shot of the Law Courts Building on York and Kennedy. For Mike McIntyre’s story. February 04, 2016 Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press
Pay freeze exception?: The Progressive Conservative government is freezing the pay of Manitoba’s publicly compensated workers but when it comes to provincial judges who currently earn $259,000 a year, it seems the 42 judges are in line to get three years of pay hikes. Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE
Jets blast Preds: Two of the National Hockey League’s premier squads, the Winnipeg Jets and the Nashville Predators, clashed last night, with the Jets winning 5-1 in Nashville. There’s been a fierce rivalry between the two squads since they met in a seven-game playoff series in May. READ MORE
Office safety: Staff at a Winnipeg welfare office where a security guard was stabbed on Monday are outraged the provincial government denied there are safety concerns, ” Maybe their heads are a little too high up in the clouds and they don’t understand how serious it is,” one worker told Ryan Thorpe. READ MORE
Reconciliation Way: The name of the 106-year-old Arlington Street Bridge should be changed to Reconciliation Way, according to Councillor Vivian Santos, who plans to introduce the motion at a Tuesday committee meeting. “It spans the centre of Winnipeg, connecting the north and the south,” she said. Aldo Santin reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: The high today isn’t very high: just – 27 C. With wind up to 15 km/h, it will feel like -42 in the morning and -36 in the afternoon. The weekend’s weather will be similarly emphatic, with a high of -24 on Saturday and -23 on Sunday.
What’s happening today
Rally at noon: A rally is scheduled for noon today outside the Manitoba Legislative building. The Cree Partners of the Keeyask Hydropower Limited Partnership are concerned about what they say is government inaction of a report by the Clean Environment Commission. Jessica Botelho-Urbanski will report from the rally.
Jury deliberates: Winnipeg jury is set to begin deliberations today to weigh manslaughter allegations against two men accused in the death of 29-year-old Jeanenne Fontaine. She was shot in the back of her head inside her home at 457 Aberdeen Ave. in 2017 in a drug-related incident. READ MORE
Controversial parenting: A video conference from Calgary is scheduled for today with David and Collet Stephan, who are facing a new trial in the meningitis death of their son. They want a stay of proceedings and a $4-million payment from Alberta Justice for their court costs. Their original trial heard evidence they treated the boy with garlic, onion and horseradish rather than take him to a doctor. READ MORE
On this date
On Jan. 18, 1990: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that in a controversial referendum, residents in the RM of Rossburn voted to oppose plans to establish a hazardous waste site near “a bunch of Ukrainians”; the proposal had prompted bitter debate within the community. A murder suspect who was described as depressed and suicidal by those who knew him was nonetheless able to meet all the requirements to obtain a handgun, according to Winnipeg police. More than 100 marijuana plants were seized by Winnipeg police at a St. Boniface house.
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