What you need to know
PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG free pressThe Armed Forces is investigating how Peter Schaefer was able to volunteer for the navy cadet program; he held a criminal record and hadn’t been a member of the military in decades.
Sexual exploitation sentencing: A former navy cadet leader who fathered a child with a teen girl he supervised has been sentenced to prison time. The Armed Forces is looking into how Peter Schaefer was able to volunteer even though he had a criminal record and was no longer in the military. Katie May reports. READ MORE
Studying scooters: City Coun. Matt Allard wants bureaucrats to prepare a report on how to facilitate electric scooter and bike-sharing. “We want to be ready for electric scooters because this is happening across North America,” he told the Free Press. “They’re coming, so let’s get it right.” Aldo Santin reports. READ MORE
Weather
PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSWreathed in exhaust fog pedestrians and traffic at Portage and Maryland dealt with the -30C temperatures on the evening commute home.. See story. January 30, 2019
Your forecast: An extreme cold warning remains in effect. Today will be sunny with increasing cloudiness this morning, patches of ice fog in the morning, a 60 per cent chance of light snow late this afternoon, a high of -24 C and windchill as low as -43 later this morning. Kevin Rollason reports on how it’s business as usual in Winnipeg while the cold has crippled areas of the U.S. Midwest. READ MORE
What’s happening today
Bus safety shields: Among the items on the agenda at today’s city council meeting is a proposal to spend $3.1 million to install driver safety shields on Winnipeg Transit buses.
Slumping sniper: The Jets play the Columbus Blue Jackets at Bell MTS Place at 7 p.m. In a column, Jason Bell says the team should do something radical to get Patrik Laine out of his slump. READ MORE
Self-defence claim: The jury in the murder trial for the fatal stabbing of a Winnipeg Transit driver will receive their instructions from the judge today before deliberating. On Wednesday, the defence said Brian Kyle Thomas should be found not guilty because he was defending himself from bus driver Irvine Jubal Fraser. Katie May reports. READ MORE
In case you missed it
NDP candidate Shiela Malcolmson celebrates with Premier John Horgan after winning the byelection in Nanaimo, B.C., on Wednesday, January 30, 2019. The New Democrats won a key provincial byelection in British Columbia on Wednesday that allows Premier John Horgan’s minority government to maintain its grip on power. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
B.C. byelection: The NDP won last night’s provincial byelection in Nanaimo and will retain its minority government in British Columbia. READ MORE
A sporting life: Bob Picken, a local sports broadcaster whose career spanned more than five decades, has died at age 86. Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Jan. 31, 2001: The Winnipeg Free press reported that the body of a newborn baby was found in a trash can behind a Transcona home, hours after a 16-year-old girl was taken from the residence to hospital; the girl told a hospital doctor she had had a miscarriage and the doctor, becoming suspicious, contacted police, who investigated. The federal government pledged stronger measures to deal with online stalkers targeting children. A Manitoba driver who had caused a fatal highway collision was found guilty of murder. READ MORE
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