Your forecast
A mix of sun and cloud, becoming cloudy near noon with a 30 per cent chance of flurries or rain this afternoon. Wind becoming northwest at 30 km/h, gusting to 50 early this morning. High 2 C, wind chill -8 this morning.
What’s happening today
Twenty-three artists from the 150-dancer National Ballet of Ukraine are bringing Nadiya Ukraine to 10 cities across Canada to spread a message of hope and cultural resilience (“nadiya” means “hope” in Ukrainian), performing here at the Burton Cummings Theatre, 8 p.m.
They will be performing excerpts of classics such as Le Corsaire and Don Quixote while also raising funds for the Olena Zelenska Foundation, the charitable foundation founded by the First Lady of Ukraine, and HUMANITE in Ukraine. Visit www.humanite.org/ballet for more information about donations and sponsorships.
Today’s must-read
Manitoba’s police watchdog is investigating the death of a 35-year-old man following an encounter with city police officers on the weekend — the latest in a string of deadly incidents involving law enforcement.
Winnipeg Police Service Chief Danny Smyth called a last-minute news conference Sunday afternoon to address the incident that was captured on video and circulating on social media. Tyler Searle has the story.
Flowers and electric candles mark the spot where a 37-year-old man was arrested by police in the 200 block of Fairlane Avenue. The man later died in the hospital. (Tyler Searle / Winnipeg Free Press)
On the bright side
Worries that China would use disinformation to undermine the integrity of Taiwan’s closely watched presidential election dogged the proceedings, a key moment in the young democracy’s development that highlighted tensions with its much larger neighbour.
But in repelling disinformation, Chinese and domestic, Taiwan offers an example to other democracies holding elections this year. The Associated Press reports.
Polling officers count votes in New Taipei City, Taiwan, on Jan. 13. (Ng Han Guan / The Associated Press)
On this date
On Jan. 29, 1927: The Manitoba Free Press reported gales raging across Britain killed 15 people and injured hundreds; four people were still missing. A dispatch from Shanghai reported the Cantonese army had abandoned plans to advance on the city. Winnipeg’s treasurer reported an improvement in the city’s tax situation, with revenues in excess of $200,000. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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