What you need to know
Raymond Cormier, 55, is charged with second-degree murder.
Trial starts today: The second-degree murder trial for Raymond Cormier, who is accused of killing Tina Fontaine, starts this morning. The 15-year-old’s death in the summer of 2014 led to a public outcry that renewed calls for an inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Katie May reports. READ MORE
Powerful performance: Bruno Mars won big at Sunday night’s Grammy Awards, but everyone was talking about Time’s Up. Many artists wore white roses in support of the campaign against sexual abuse and harassment, and Janelle Monae delivered a stirring introduction to a performance by Kesha and other women performers dressed in white. READ MORE
Water woes: Swan River will provide an update on its water emergency later this morning. On Sunday, the town declared a local state of emergency and is asking residents to conserve water after a major break in its water pumping and distribution system. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: There will be a few flurries ending this morning then clearing, with a high of -16 C, wind up to 15 km/h and wind chill of -31.
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Sombre anniversary: Members of the Muslim community, political leaders and others will gather inside the legislature tonight to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Quebec City mosque mass shooting. The event begins at 7 p.m. on the grand staircase. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Inquest into inmate death: An inquest into the death of Errol Greene, an epileptic man whose family says he was denied medication before he died in custody at the Winnipeg Remand Centre is scheduled to start today. “I want to expose the truth about what really happens on the inside, how poorly people are treated,” his widow, Rochelle Pranteau, told The Canadian Press in a statement. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
Talking taxis: The city is hosting an information session today about the processes and requirements for the taxi licence lottery. Sixty licences that take effect March 1 and another 60 effective Dec. 1 will be allocated through a lottery after a later date. The meeting, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Fort Rouge Leisure Centre, will be immediately followed by a meeting on dispatcher licensing.
On this date
On Jan. 29, 1992: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a former Nelson House band chief who had won $1.35 million in the Lotto6/49 was being pressured to repay the $500,000 he owed to the band; the band alleged he was claiming his estranged ex-wife had bought the winning ticket in order to avoid paying earlier court-ordered award to the band. Manitoba’s provincial government rejected a proposal to create a separate justice system for indigenous people, which was the central recommendation of the $3-million aboriginal justice inquiry. READ MORE
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