What’s happening today
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSZmerzla said people in Ukraine are ready for whatever comes next.
‘This is terrible’: American and European diplomats are holding talks in Berlin about concerns Russia might invade Ukraine, while Russia is accusing the West of plotting “provocations.” Malak Abas reports on how members of Manitoba’s Ukrainian community fear for their loved ones in the former Soviet republic. READ MORE
Carbon capture tax credit: In a letter sent today, hundreds of climate scientists and other academics are pleading with Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to abandon the plan to create a tax credit for companies that build carbon capture and storage facilities. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Match in Music City: The Jets face the Predators in Nashville at 7 p.m. Captain Blake Wheeler could return from the injury he suffered in a game Dec. 10 as early as tonight. Mike McIntyre reports from Tennessee. READ MORE
Jury selection to start: Jury selection is set to begin in the federal trial for three former Minneapolis police officers accused of violating George Floyd’s constitutional rights when he was killed while being arrested. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
A pedestrian braves the cold downtown on Wednesday. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
Your forecast: Sunny with a daytime high of about -19 C, wind chill as low as -39 and wind from the south increasing to 20 km/h.
In case you missed it
Doyle Piwniuk, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, speaks to the media at a press conference after he is sworn-in at the Manitoba Legislative Building, Tuesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski
‘Poor judgment’: One of the provincial government’s new cabinet ministers spent a month in Florida as Ottawa advised against non-essential travel because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
‘In a tough spot’: A section of Dauphin’s high school has been closed off because of concerns about air quality amid the pandemic. The school’s air-handling unit for the northeast corner of its classroom wing broke down days before students were slated to return to in-person learning. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
Ending escort licences: City council’s executive policy committee voted unanimously to end licensing of escort agencies and body rub parlours. The change still requires full council approval. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE
Democratic move defeated: As expected, two Democratic U.S. senators helped defeat a rules change that would allow their party to overcome a Republican filibuster and pass voting legislation. The legislation has been a top priority for Democrats since the party won control of Congress and the White House. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Jan. 20, 1954: The Winnipeg Free Press reported a 49-year-old St. James railway cook died in an ambulance after being stabbed in the heart at his home. Police said his wife called them and said she had stabbed him. The temperature would reach its lowest point in four years, hitting -40 C overnight; cold weather in Manitoba had already claimed the life of an 84-year-old resident of The Pas. Fears of a spring flood after heavy January snowfall were ungrounded, a city engineer said.
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