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A mix of sun and cloud with 30 per cent chance of light snow, with wind up to 15 km/h. High -13 C, wind chill -32 this morning and -20 this afternoon. Risk of frostbite.
What’s happening today
A 50-inch television, a chandelier and a five-layer cake — these are a few of the prizes up for grabs at a cathartic fundraising event hosted by Video Pool Media Arts Centre on Friday. But the items aren’t for keeps — they’re for smashing.
Y2K Smasher’s Bash: a 40th anniversary fundraiser for Video Pool Media Arts Centre takes place tonight at Artspace, 100 Arthur St., 2nd floor, starting at 7 p.m. Eva Wasney has the full story here.
Emma Hendrix, executive director of Video Pool Media Arts Centre, in the new location in the ArtSpace building. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press files)
For one night only starting at 8 p.m., Parlour Coffee, 468 Main St., will transform into Club Soda, a non-alcoholic pop-up featuring mocktails by local distillery Patent 5 and beer and wine from Academy Road’s SOBR Market. DJ Milly B will be spinning tunes all night.
Mocktails like these and more can be had at Club Soda, Parlour Coffee’s one-time only non-alcoholic pop-up. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)
Today’s must-read
A Selkirk bakery owner says he’s been burned by Winnipeg entrepreneur Pepper Foster, the latest in a list of Manitobans alleging the man made famous for his tie-dyed clothing isn’t paying his bills.
Sheldon Pescitelli, who owns Upper Crust Bakery in Selkirk, said he provided Foster with financial control of his bakery in November after partnering with him in baking KUB bread.
Last January, Pepper Foster and his twin, Chip, who gained international fame in the 1980s and ’90s for their surf-inspired tie-dyed apparel, announced they would be purchasing the beloved Winnipeg KUB brand. Malak Abas has the story.
Sheldon Pescitelli, who owns Upper Crust Bakery in Selkirk. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)
On the bright side
As Japan’s space agency prepares for its first moon landing early Saturday, it’s aiming to hit a very small target. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, a lightweight spacecraft about the size of a passenger vehicle, is using “pinpoint landing” technology that promises far greater control than any previous moon landing. The Associated Press reports.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Japan hopes to make the world’s first “pinpoint landing” on the moon early Saturday. (John Raoux / The Associated Press files)
On this date
On Jan. 19, 1965: The Winnipeg Free Press reported legislation to curb the activities of unscrupulous door-to-door salesmen would be introduced by the government in the coming session of the Manitoba legislature. In Ottawa, the rift in the federal Progressive Conservative party widened as nine anglophone MPs joined with the Quebec caucus in demanding a leadership convention, in effect a repudiation of John Deifenbaker’s leadership. In London, Sir Winston Churchill was unconscious and reportedly near death. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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