What’s happening today
THE CANADIAN PRESSJustin Trudeau at a news conference in May, with Theresa Tam appearing via video. (Adrian Wyld / The Canadian Press files)
PM on pandemic: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his health and finance ministers and Canada’s chief public health officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, will give the first federal COVID-19 update of 2022 later this morning. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Polish president tests positive: Poland’s president, Andrzej Duda, has tested positive for COVID-19 a second time but has no serious symptoms, an aide said. Duda previously tested positive in October 2020. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Kazakhstan protests continue: Demonstrators stormed the mayor’s office in Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city, and tried to break into the presidential residence as protests over rising fuel prices intensify. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
The first leg of the Nestaweya River Trail opened at The Forks on Tuesday. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)
Your forecast: Periods of light snow ending later this morning, then cloudy with a high of -23 C, wind chill as low as -40 and wind from the north at 30 km/h gusting to 50.
In case you missed it
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSMom, Tracey, with her twin five-year-old boys, Owen (left) and Justin, who became seriously ill after she believes one of them contracted COVID-19 at school. They haven’t had PCR tests done. She also tested positive for COVID-19 after a PCR test and is warning parents to be cautious and keep kids home from school if necessary.
‘Violently ill’: A Winnipeg mother who says her five-year-old twins contracted COVID-19 is warning parents that infections in children aren’t always mild. Katie May reports. READ MORE
Quarantine period panned: The Manitoba Nurses Union says members are afraid they won’t have enough time to isolate and recover from COVID-19 because health-care staff can now return return to work six days after testing positive. “This is a symptom of how desperately short we are right now for health-care workers, for nurses,” president Darlene Jackson said. Danielle Da Silva reports. READ MORE
MPI threatens lawsuit: Manitoba Public Insurance is threatening to sue the Free Press over a column critical of the Crown corporation and the Progressive Conservative government for using extra Autopac revenue to pay for the escalating cost of driver and vehicle licensing. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
Jets get it done in desert: The Winnipeg Jets won their third consecutive game — a stretch dating back to Dec. 19 because of postponed games — in Arizona last night. “I think we have an understanding of our opponent and how we have to play to be successful,” interim head coach Dave Lowry said after the game. Mike McIntyre reports from the road. READ MORE
On this date
On Jan. 5, 1952: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that British prime minister Winston Churchill arrived in North America for conferences in Ottawa and Washington and said “the prospects for world peace in 1952 are solid.” A tugboat pulled the crippled ship Flying Enterprise to Falmouth harbour in England after its skipper refused to abandon the wallowing vessel in the face of a wild storm. A redistribution bill to be introduced in the coming year would reduce Manitoba and Saskatchewan’s seats in Parliament by seven in total.
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