What’s happening today
THE ASSOCIATED PRESSA police officer stands guard near debris from the January 2020 crash. (Ebrahim Noroozi / The Associated Press files)
Families of Flight 752 victims: Family members of some of the victims of Flight 752 will hold a news conference about a court decision that awarded them millions. The Ukraine International Airlines Flight was shot down by the Iranian military on Jan. 8, 2020. The 176 people killed included 55 Canadians and 30 permanent residents. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Clash with Coyotes: The Winnipeg Jets will face the Coyotes in Arizona at 8 p.m. CT. Mike McIntyre reports from Glendale. READ MORE
Accused arsonist: The man suspected of starting the fire that gutted South Africa’s parliament buildings this weekend appeared in court today. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Miles Yoshida, 12, practices shooting pucks on the Assiniboine River on Monday. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
Your forecast: Cloudy with snow — 5 to 10 cm — beginning this morning and blowing snow this afternoon, a high of -15 C, wind chill as low as -29 and wind from the northeast at 20 km/h increasing to 40 km/h and gusting to 60 this afternoon.
In case you missed it
JESSICA LEE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSJae-Sung Chon, owner of MAKE Coffee + Stuff, at his shop in Winnipeg.
Rules are ‘the minimum’: Business owners are permitted to call employees back to work five days after they’ve tested positive for COVID-19, but the owner of Make Coffee + Stuff owner said he wouldn’t do that. “I would (add) a couple more days, at least… to be safe. For the staff’s sake, for the public’s sake, for my sake,” Jae-Sung Chon said. Gabrielle Piché reports. READ MORE
Coronavirus Christmas: In his first column since mid-October, Niigaan Sinclair says the COVID-19 variant rapidly spreading across Manitoba “knocks you off your feet.” He writes about his experience with Omicron. READ MORE
Date with Daytona: Winnipeg driver Amber Balcaen has joined Rette Jones Racing for the upcoming ARCA Menards Series championship season. She will race at some of the most recognizable tracks in the sport, such as the Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. Taylor Allen reports. READ MORE
‘Doing the best we can’: Arts columnist Jen Zoratti says living through a pandemic isn’t about doing “everything right.” READ MORE
On this date
On Jan. 4, 1932: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Mahatma Gandhi and president Vallabhai Patel, both of the Indian Nationalist Congress, were arrested and jailed on charges of anti-British agitation. A St. Vital police officer, after a half-hour struggle, subdued an alleged thief who attacked him. In Glasgow, 2,000 families were made homeless by flooding on the Clyde and Cart rivers.
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