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Increasing cloudiness with a high of -17 C, wind chill as low as -34 this morning and -24 this afternoon. Risk of frostbite. Thirty per cent chance of light snow late this afternoon. Wind up to 15 km/h.
What’s happening today
A legal fight over the Lemay Forest continues. Owners of the private property in the St. Norbert area have a scheduled court hearing today as they seek to extend an injunction barring protesters from the land. Protesters have been on site trying to stop clearcutting and development of the forest, even after a temporary injunction ordered them to leave the premises. Reporters Joyanne Pursaga and Kevin Rollason reported last week on a potential new offer from a conservancy to buy the land from developers.
Today’s must-read
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In his death, 24-year-old Jordan Charlie exposed society’s greatest failings, columnist Dan Lett writes. The Nunavut man was shot and killed by Winnipeg police outside a strip mall on Nov. 24. In a more perfect world, Lett writes, we would mark Charlie’s death by committing to an urgent and robust campaign to providing real help and hope to the homeless, the addicted and the mentally ill.
On the bright side
Council of Women of Winnipeg members Arlene Macklem (left), Brenda Buleziuk, and Arlene Draffin Jones. The volunteer-run organization celebrated its 130th anniversary this year. (Mikaela MacKenzie/Free Press)
It’s been 130 years and counting of women’s rights advocacy for the Council of Women of Winnipeg. The volunteer-run group celebrated its milestone anniversary last year.
Founded in 1894, the council now includes around 80 members who labour to improve the quality of life for women and their families in Winnipeg. Their slogan is: “Women working together.”
“It feels great that this organization has stood the test of time — that today, women still get together and talk about the important women’s issues in the city,” says president Brenda Buleziuk. Aaron Epp has the details.
On this date
On Jan. 6, 1926: Two train derailments were front-page national news in the Manitoba Free Press. One derailment happened in northern Ontario outside of North Bay, killing a locomotive engineer. Six people were injured in a separate derailment the same day, Jan. 5, near Salt Springs, N.S. South of the border, a coal miners’ strike was ongoing near New York. Here at home, Manitobans were itching to get behind the wheel. The province recorded record-breaking demand for automobile licence plates, and Winnipeg welcomed its first “automobile tourist” who drove up from Fargo, North Dakota over the holidays.
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