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FACEBOOK PHOTOFormer Winnipeg Transit driver Irvine Jubal Fraser.
Closing arguments in court: Crown and defence lawyers are set to present their closing arguments to the jury in the second-degree murder trial of Brian Kyle Thomas today. Thomas, 24, is accused of fatally stabbing bus driver Irvine Jubal Fraser, 58, in 2017. READ MORE
Female first: The RCMP has named Chief Supt. Jane MacLatchy as Manitoba’s top Mountie, the Free Press has learned. She is the first woman appointed to the role. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Clash continues: Doctors responsible for delivering air ambulance services are criticizing an op-ed column by Infrastructure Minister Ron Schuler, saying two new Lifeflight pilots have not been hired and scheduled maintenance for one of its jets has yet to be done. Jessica Botelho-Urbanski reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Today will be sunny with an extreme cold warning and hazardous frostbite conditions, a high of -31 C and wind chill of -49. Early this morning, the temperature dipped as low as -39.6 C, while the wind chill reached -52.
What’s happening today
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSFrom left, WHL Commissioner Ron Robison, 50 Below Inc. Chairman and ICE Governor Greg Fettes and ICE President and General Manager Matt Cockell speak during a press conference announcing the Kootenay Ice WHL hockey team moving to Winnipeg Tuesday, January 29, 2019.
Season-ticket sale: A season-ticket drive for the city’s latest hockey team starts at 9 a.m. The Kootenay Ice announced Tuesday the Western Hockey League team is moving here for next season. Jeff Hamilton and Mike Sawatzky report. READ MORE
Trade talks: The United States and China will begin two days of high-level talks intended to resolve a six-month trade war, but expectations are low.
Pressure on president: Opposition leader Juan Guaidó is urging Venezuelans to take to the streets for the first time since he challenged President Nicolás Maduro by declaring himself the South American country’s rightful leader a week ago. READ MORE
On this date
On Jan. 30, 1991: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Manitoba’s 9,500 striking nurses would vote on a deal that would include a 14 per cent wage increase over two years. Quebec premier Robert Bourassa demanded a battery of powers that would make the province a near-sovereign state, warning that if not not granted them, his province would hold a referendum on separating from Canada. U.S. president George H.W. Bush said the U.S. would help secure a lasting peace in the Middle East at the end of the Persian Gulf war.
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