What’s happening today
Fashion mogul Peter Nygard during a bail hearing on Jan. 6. (Tadens Mpwene / La Liberté files)
Nygard seeks bail: Peter Nygard’s bail application will be heard in a Winnipeg courtroom today. The former fashion mogul, who is awaiting a potential extradition to the U.S. on sex-trafficking and racketeering charges, will appear by video. Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
Presidential pardons: The Washington Post reports U.S. President Donald Trump will announce pardons or commutations for more than 100 people convicted of federal crimes or currently facing charges. READ MORE
COVID-19 curfew: Nearly two-thirds of Canadians outside Quebec would support a curfew to halt the spread of COVID-19, a poll released today found. Sixty-five per cent of respondents were in favour, compared with 66 per cent of Manitobans. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Set to face Sens: The Jets face the Senators this evening in their first of two consecutive games in Ottawa. They lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs in their first road game of the season Monday night. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
New case numbers: Manitoba health officials will announce the latest COVID-19 numbers this afternoon. The province announced four deaths and 118 new cases of the disease Monday. Danielle Da Silva reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: A mix of sun and cloud, clearing this afternoon, with a high of -15 C, wind chill as low as -29 this morning and wind at 15 km/h increasing to 30 km/h from the south this evening.
In case you missed it
Police investigate on Selkirk Avenue in the North End on Monday evening. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press)
Update on shooting incident: Police are expected to release more information later today on a shooting incident that took place Monday evening. A section of Selkirk Avenue was closed while police investigated. One man was taken to hospital in stable condition. READ MORE
First Nations virus numbers: First Nations people make up about 43 per cent of Manitoba’s COVID-19 cases, but the percentage balloons to 73 per cent when using official metrics. The discrepancy is a result of the province taking weeks to clear virus cases from its datasets, Dylan Robertson and Michael Pereira report. READ MORE
‘Scared to be in public’: The Free Press spoke with a Grade 7 student at River Heights School who used a writing assignment to express his feelings after recovering from COVID-19. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
Wanted woman arrested: A woman whose ex-boyfriend said she stole a laptop from Nancy Pelosi’s office during the riot at the U.S. Capitol earlier this month was arrested Monday. The FBI had been searching for Riley June Williams on charges of illegally entering the Capitol and disorderly conduct — but not theft — before her arrest. READ MORE
On this date
On Jan. 19, 1979: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that in Tehran, one million supporters of Ayatollah Khomeini marched through the street to support his quest to make Iran an Islamic republic, with Khomeini as leader; similar demonstrations involving many thousands of people took place in other cities around the country. Canadian food stores that used the words “ounce” or “pound” in addition to metric measurements in newspaper advertisements after 1981 would be committing a criminal offence, according to the Metric Commission. In Manitoba, producer and processor calls for higher fluid milk prices could push the cost of a litre up between eight and nine cents in southern Manitoba and between 9.77 to 13. 27 cents in northern Manitoba. The maximum prices charged at the time by producers in southern Manitoba ranged from 55 cents per litre (homogenized milk) to 49 cents (skim); in Flin Flon and Thomspon, the prices ranged from 59 cents per litre (homogenized milk) to 53 cents (skim).
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