What you need to know
Ex-president in ‘Peg: Barack Obama will be speaking at Bell MTS Place on March 4 in what’s billed as “a conversation with” the former U.S. president. Martin Cash reports. READ MORE
Progress on peace: A U.S. envoy told the New York Times that American and Taliban officials have agreed in principle to the framework of a peace deal. The agreement could lead to the full withdrawal of U.S. troops in return for a ceasefire and a commitment not to support international terrorism.
Weather
Your forecast: An extreme cold warning is in effect because of expected wind chills. Today will be cloudy, with periods of light snow ending this afternoon followed by a mix of sun and cloud, a high of 18 C, wind from the northwest at 30 km/h gusting to 50, wind chill as low as -34 in the late afternoon and a risk of frostbite.
What’s happening today
Jaskirat Singh Sidhu leaves provincial court in Melfort, Sask., Tuesday, January, 8, 2019. A sentencing hearing is to begin today for a truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash. The collision last April at a rural intersection in Saskatchewan killed 16 people and injured 13 others on the junior hockey team’s bus. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kayle Neis
Sentencing hearing starts: A sentencing hearing is slated to begin for the truck driver who caused the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, which killed 16 people and injured 13 others. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu of Calgary pleaded guilty this month to 29 charges. READ MORE
Back to business: Parliament resumes for the final sitting before this fall’s election. Members will gather in a temporary House of Commons while the Centre Block undergoes decade-long renovations. READ MORE
Second half starts: The Jets, coming off the NHL’s all-star break, face the Flyers in Philadelphia at 6 p.m. Jason Bell reports on the team’s second-half schedule, in which the Jets play 34 games over the next 69 days. READ MORE
In case you missed it
JESSICA BOTELHO-URBANSKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS filesEducation Minister Kelvin Goertzen says there could be further school division consolidation.
Conservative ‘contempt’: In his latest column, Dan Lett says the Progressive Conservative government should soften its “obvious contempt” for the education system and the people who work in it. READ MORE
Big win for Black Panther: Superhero blockbuster Black Panther took the top award at Sunday night’s Screen Actors Guild Awards, boosting the movie’s Oscar hopes. In the past 10 years, the SAG’s best ensemble winner has later won best picture at the Academy Awards half the time. READ MORE
On this date
On Jan. 28, 1971: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Uganda’s new military strongman released 25 political prisoners, including a former prime minister, five cabinet ministers and an army chief. In Ontario, 20,000 people were snowbound after a massive blizzard hit; the storm later hit Quebec. In Winnipeg, a coroner’s jury exonerated two police officers in the death of a man resulting from a shootout in a bank the officers had staked out, deeming it a “justifiable homicide.”
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