Your forecast
Periods of light snow ending early this morning then clearing. Wind from the northwest at 30 km/h becoming light this afternoon. Temperature falling to -21 C this afternoon; wind chill -29 this morning and -24 this afternoon. Risk of frostbite.
A blizzard that swept through southern Manitoba has led to hundreds of claims, with more expected.
As of Monday, Manitoba Public Insurance had received 511 collision claims from last Friday.
“We cannot attribute all collisions on Jan. 17 to the winter driving conditions, as we have not analyzed all the data to see the cause of these collisions,” an MPI spokesperson said in an email Tuesday. “However, we can say that blizzard-like conditions in many areas of the province was a contributing factor to a number of the collisions reported to MPI.” Scott Billeck has more here.
Blowing snow causes poor visibility in Winnipeg during a recent cold snap. (Mike Deal / Free Press)
What’s happening today
The Winnipeg Jets face the Colorado Avalanche at the Ball Arena, starting at 8:30 p.m.
Today’s must-read
AI-powered weapon detectors will be installed at three entrances on Health Sciences Centre’s campus in a few weeks, Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara told the Free Press Tuesday.
The technology will be used at the adult emergency room, children’s ER and the Crisis Response Centre, which provides mental health services, in response to concerns about violent incidents and safety.
“We’re moving as quickly as we possibly can to get these scanners into HSC at the entrances there,” Asagwara said. “The weapons detectors will be on site in a few weeks, and we’re looking forward to this being another part of a comprehensive plan to improve safety and security.” Chris Kitching has the story.
The emergency department at the Health Sciences Centre(Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press files)
On the bright side
A solitary sunfish at an aquarium in southwestern Japan lost its appetite, began banging into the side of the fishtank and appeared unwell days after the facility closed last month for renovations. As a last-ditch measure to save the popular fish, its keepers hung their uniforms and set up human cutouts outside the tank.
The next morning, the sunfish ate for the first time in about a week and has been steadily recovering, said Moe Miyazawa, an aquarist at the Kaikyokan aquarium in Shimonoseki. The Associated Press has more here.
A sunfish swims near cardboard cutouts of people in uniforms at Shimonoseki Marine Science Museum “Kaikyokan,” in southern Japan on Tuesday. (Kaikyokan via The Associated Press)
On this date
On Jan. 22, 1958: The Winnipeg Free Press reported a group of mothers appeared before the St. Charles school board to charge that a teacher had strapped their children, some until their writst were swollen, for missing words in a spelling examination. The teacher denied to the Free Press she had struck the students anywhere except their palms, but added she would “use the strap again if necessary.” In Brandon, a runaway automobile crashed into the bedroom of a house where two children were sleeping; neither was injured. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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