Coronavirus crisis
Pradeep Kumar / The Associated PressA man wearing a surgical mask makes a child wear one outside the government general hospital where a student who had been in Wuhan is kept in isolation in Thrissur, Kerala state, India, Thursday.
Still spreading: India and the Philippines have reported their first cases of the new coronavirus, which has killed more than 170 people in mainland China. Health officials in Ontario, which has two of Canada’s three confirmed cases of the virus, will give an update on the province’s response. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Periods of light snow with a high of -7 C, wind at 10 km/h from the south increasing to 20 km/h from the southeast later this morning, and wind chill as low as -15.
What’s happening today
The Capitol is seen amid reflections in the Russell Senate Office Building as the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, stretches into the night, in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Questions continue: Senators will ask questions — read aloud by the Supreme Court’s chief justice — of the prosecution and defence teams at the impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump. The second and final day of questions begins at noon CT and could continue until late tonight. READ MORE
Amending “errors”: Changes to the city’s heritage conservation districts bylaw are among the items on the agenda for today’s city council meeting.
Pool protest: Protesters wearing swimsuits will be in the lobby of city hall this morning to protest proposed cuts to city pools and recreation facilities. Ben Waldman reports. READ MORE
In case you missed it
Mike Sudoma / Winnipeg Free PressWolseley/West Broadway residents wait to get into Westminster Church to attend an information session regarding the newly proposed Wolseley to Downtown Walk Bike Project Wednesday evening.
Wolseley residents weigh in: Westminster United Church was packed for an open house on the city’s latest iteration of the Wolseley to Downtown Walk Bike Project. An online survey on the project is open until Feb. 9. Solomon Israel reports. READ MORE
Basement bar: The owner of Poutine King food trucks is taking over the site of a former bar called the Cavern in Osborne Village. Derek Collins said the Underground will remain a live music venue and open by the end of February. Eva Wasney reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Jam. 30, 1986: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that high-speed tapes that recorded systems performance could be key to the investigation into the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, which killed all seven astronauts aboard. In Winnipeg, councillors on the executive policy committee criticized the city’s chief commissioner for an effort to recruit ethnic minorities to join the city’s police force that amounted to a single advertisement in an Indo-Asian newspaper published in Vancouver. Canadian National Railways sued the province of Manitoba over sales tax it paid for running its trains through the province since 1976. READ MORE
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