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Periods of snow, between 2 to 4 cm, with wind up to 15 km/h. High -14 C, wind chill -24 this morning and -17 this afternoon.
What’s happening today
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will join mourners in Richmond Hill, Ont., this afternoon to mark four years since the Iranian military shot down Flight PS752. The Canadian Press reports.
Members of the Iranian community gather and grieve on the fourth anniversary of the downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752, in Toronto on Sunday. (Christopher Katsarov / The Canadian Press)
Today’s must-read
The complement of nurses working in Manitoba’s provincial float pool program has more than doubled since May, signalling a step forward in relief efforts for beleaguered health-care workers in remote and rural communities.
“It’s taken some time to get it up and running, but we are up and running,” Manitoba Nurses Union president Darlene Jackson said by phone last week. “There is lots of freedom and work-life balance when you’re working for a private agency, so we are really trying to emulate that within the public system.” Tyler Searle has the story.
Darlene Jackson, president of the Manitoba Nurses Union (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press files)
On the bright side
Kevin Lagacé has adopted his blood type as a way of life: B positive. “I try to, wherever I go, if not raise the morale, then keep it high,” says the energetic south St. Vital resident. “If I can help lift it up, that’s awesome.”
His desire to make a positive impact is one of the reasons he’s a blood donor. If all goes well, he’ll make his 60th donation at Canadian Blood Services this year. Aaron Epp has the story.
Kevin Lagacé (right) with his son, Jordan Lagacé at Canadian Blood Services on William Avenue. (Supplied)
On this date
On Jan. 8, 1924: The Manitoba Free Press reported the president of Turkey, Mustapha Kemal Pasha, and his wife, were injured after a would-be assassin threw a bomb at their home. Drewry’s Ltd., a brewery established in Winnipeg in 1877, was sold to a syndicate represented by Black & Armstrong, who declined to go into particulars as to the identity of the buyers. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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