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What’s happening today
First Fridays in the Exchange kicks off for 2025 tonight at various locations in the Exchange District, from 5 to 9 p.m. and beyond.
During the monthly events Exchange District shops, galleries, studios, restaurants, bars and museums stay open late for tours, exhibits and workshops — many of which are free.
Get out and enjoy the first First Friday of 2025. (Supplied)
Today’s must-read
The federal and provincial governments are set to help Manitoba Habitat Conservancy sweeten an offer to buy Lemay Forest from a developer, increasing the amount to more than $5 million.
However, emails indicate those representing the owner deem the amount too low and are concerned it lacks final approval.
Winnipeg South Liberal MP Terry Duguid, who was recently named minister of sport, said the new offer was being sent to the developer. Joyanne Pursaga and Kevin Rollason have the story.
People protesting the development of the Lemay Forest continue to barricade the entrance to the area even after a temporary injunction that was granted by the courts late Monday to leave the area. (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press)
On the bright side
A worker digging up clay in a southern England limestone quarry noticed unusual bumps that led to the discovery of a “dinosaur highway” and nearly 200 tracks that date back 166 million years, researchers said Thursday.
The extraordinary find made after a team of more than 100 people excavated the Dewars Farm Quarry, in Oxfordshire, in June expands upon previous paleontology work in the area and offers greater insights into the Middle Jurassic period, researchers at the universities of Oxford and Birmingham said.
“These footprints offer an extraordinary window into the lives of dinosaurs, revealing details about their movements, interactions, and the tropical environment they inhabited,” said Kirsty Edgar, a micropaleontology professor at the University of Birmingham. The Associated Press has more here.
Five extensive trackways that formed part of a “dinosaur highway” are uncovered, at Dewars Farm Quarry in Oxfordshire, England. (University of Birmingham via The Associated Press)
On this date
On Jan. 3, 1955: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in northern Manitoba, the International Nickel Co. of Canada had launched a $2-million exploration job in the Mystery Lake area. In Kenora, Ont., dragging crews recovered six bodies from Devil’s Gap, where two carloads of nearby residents crashed through the ice into 30 feet of water on New Year’s Day. In Panama City, police arrested former Panamanian president Arnulfo Arlus in connection with the shooting death the previous night of president Jose Antonio Ramon. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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