What you need to know
The federal government announced more than $26 million in support for the ongoing construction of Arts District, a 14-storey, mixed-income apartment complex near the Winnipeg Art Gallery at 290 Colony Street. (Renderings by Squared Design Lab, LLC)
Federal funds: Ottawa will announce today a $26-million loan to support a 14-storey apartment project led by the University of Winnipeg Community Renewal Corp. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Dispute with driver: Video from bus cameras was played for the jury in the second-degree murder trial of Brian Kyle Thomas on Tuesday. Thomas, whose trial continues today, is accused of fatally stabbing bus driver Irvine Jubal Fraser. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Country concert: Erin Lebar has a review of Dierks Bentley’s relentlessly paced performance at Bell MTS Place Tuesday night. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: A blowing snow advisory is in effect for Winnipeg. Today will be cloudy, with 2 cm of snow expected beginning later this morning, a high of -9 C, wind chill as low as -26, wind from the north at 50 km/h gusting to 70 late this afternoon and a risk of frostbite.
What’s happening today
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press filesÉcole Van Belleghem in Southdale was one of three schools threatened on social media.
School threats: Winnipeg police are expected to release more information about the arrests of two youths for threats made toward three Winnipeg schools late last week. READ MORE
Opposition invigorated: Buoyed by international criticism, Venezuela’s opposition is calling on people to fill the streets to protest the nation’s socialist government. Earlier this month, President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for a second term that is widely considered illegitimate, The Associated Press reports.
Scotties start: The provincial women’s curling championship begins this morning in Gimli. Mike Sawatzky has a preview of the event, where Kerri Einarson’s Gimli team is top seed. READ MORE
On this date
On Jan. 23, 1941: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that British forces captured Tobruk in Libya, taking 14,000 Italians prisoner. Influenza struck hard at the Poplar River reserve in Manitoba, and medical and other aid was brought by airplane to the community. In the United States, aviator Charles Lindbergh told the House of Representatives’ foreign affairs committee that the Second World War could not be won by Britain and the United States, and urged what he called a negotiated peace.
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