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Newly arrived seniors at care homes where residents have already been vaccinated may have to wait up to a month for their first shot, with no plan on when their second dose will be administered.
Province’s vaccination plan: The Manitoba government said it would release its vaccination plan, including the order in which groups will be immunized, today. READ MORE
New COVID-19 numbers: Provincial health officials will announce the latest COVID-19 statistics after reporting five deaths and 94 new cases Tuesday. Starting Friday, anyone entering Manitoba from another province, territory or country will have to self-isolate for 14 days. Danielle Da Silva and Carol Sanders report. READ MORE
Survivor’s story: The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 80th anniversary of the sealing of the Warsaw Ghetto with an online event that begins at noon. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny with a high of -23 C, a daytime low of -33 C, wind chill as low as -39 this morning and peak winds at 10 km/h from the east this afternoon.
In case you missed it
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSWinnipeg Jets’ Mathieu Perreault (85), Nikolaj Ehlers (27) and Andrew Copp (9) celebrate Copp’s goal against the Edmonton Oilers during the first period.
Copp comes up big: Andrew Copp had two goals and two assists as the Winnipeg Jets beat the Edmonton Oilers Tuesday night. The team has overcome a third-period deficit in three of its five wins and trailed in four of them. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
Eyeing premier’s expenses: Premier Brian Pallister was the lone member of his cabinet to bill taxpayers for out-of-province travel in the most recent reporting period. Questions have surrounded his two trips to Ottawa because they involved a combination of business and personal time. Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE
‘Rough sex’ ruling: A Manitoba judge ruled a man facing trial for sexually assaulting his girlfriend will be allowed to enter evidence of their shared sexual history. Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
Stopping surface parking lots: A councillor will introduce a motion calling for the City of Winnipeg to find ways to prevent the sites of former commercial and industrial buildings from being turned into street-level parking lots. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE
Rectifying wrongful convictions: David Milgaard is urging the Liberal government to follow through on its pledge to create an independent panel to review wrongful convictions. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Jan. 27, 1920: The Manitoba Free Press reported that in Winnipeg, a request to change the venue for the trial of leaders in the previous year’s general strike was refused by a judge in the assize court. The notion had been brought forward by one of the accused, who said that the minds and prejudices of the people of eastern Manitoba had been inflamed against the accused men. Odd signals disrupting wireless instruments “might come from somewhere outside the Earth,” according to Guglielmo Marconi.
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