What’s happening today
Premier Brian Pallister and provincial Health Minister Heather Stefanson leave the Keystone Centre after a tour of the COVID-19 immunization site on Wednesday. (Tim Smith / Brandon Sun files)
Another wrong address: The private company responsible for sending health-care workers reminders about their COVID-19 inoculation appointments gave the wrong address a second time. “They have now done this to us — twice. We are going to put them on training wheels,” a senior civil servant said of PetalMD in an internal email. Health-care workers set to get the shot at the Brandon super-site opening today were directed to Winnipeg’s convention centre. Earlier this month, Winnipeg-area workers were directed to a closed clinic instead of the convention centre. Katie May reports. READ MORE
Taking on Toronto: The Jets face the Toronto Maple Leafs this evening in their first road game of the season. The Jets are missing two of their top six defencemen, and the availability of forwards Patrik Laine and Nikolaj Ehlers is in question. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: A mix of sun and cloud for much of the day, with a high of -15 C, wind chill as low as -28 later this morning and wind from the north at 15 km/h increasing to 20 km/h and gusting to 40 this afternoon.
More on coronavirus crisis
New numbers: Provincial health officials will announce the latest COVID-19 numbers at a news conference today. The government announced eight deaths and 189 new cases of the disease Sunday. Katie May reports. READ MORE
‘Eager’ to join effort: Nearly half of Manitoba doctors want to administer COVID-19 vaccines outside of their regular practice, and nearly two-thirds say they would like to offer the vaccine in their offices when there is enough supply, a survey found. Katie May reports. READ MORE
Set to roll up their sleeves: Reporter Ryan Thorpe spoke with four people who have been inoculated. READ MORE
Pandemic poll: A new survey on how people’s priorities have shifted because of the pandemic could have implications on home-buying trends in the coming months and years. Ben Waldman reports. READ MORE
Cook on cleaning: In her latest column, Shelley Cook says she is learning to accept the mess that has been growing since the pandemic began. READ MORE
In other news
Mellanie Lawrenz of the Glenelm Neighbourhood Association tree committee, stands near a tree which was banded in 2020 to protect against Dutch elm disease. (Mike Sudoma / Winnipeg Free Press)
Renewed effort to save elms: Trees Winnipeg has launched a year-long campaign to save the city’s remaining elm population. Meanwhile, the City of Winnipeg will begin widespread tree removal and Dutch elm disease treatment in three parks over the next month, starting with King’s Park today. Malak Abas reports. READ MORE
Biden to cancel Keystone expansion: Two Canadian premiers are condemning U.S. president-elect Joe Biden’s plan to scrap the Keystone XL pipeline expansion on his first day in office. READ MORE
On this date
On Jan. 18, 1969: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the federal finance minister E.J. Benson announced there would be no federal tax increases in the coming spring. George Lemay, 42, who was convicted of masterminding a $600,000 bank robbery in Montreal, was sentenced to eight years in prison. In Ottawa, federal and provincial governments moved toward co-operative reassessments of all their social welfare programs by establishing two special studies and preparing for a third. In the United States, the U.S. government laid antitrust charges against IBM for its alleged monopoly over the multibillion-dollar computer industry.
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