Your forecast
A mix of sun and cloud. Becoming cloudy this afternoon then periods of snow. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind up to 15 km/h. High -8 C, wind chill -21 this morning and -14 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low.
What’s happening today
🏒 Hockey Canada is set to unveil today in Toronto the 23 players — 20 skaters and three goalies — who will defend Canada’s Olympic gold medal in women’s hockey. The Canadian Press reports.
🖼️ Lucas Morneau’s Queer Newfoundland Hockey League exhibition is on now at Gallery 1C03 at University of Winnipeg, Centennial Hall, 515 Portage Ave. until Jan. 28. “Morneau’s project is a queering of hockey iconography that faces off against homophobia and toxic masculinity within hockey culture,” writes Jen Zoratti in her profile on Morneau. “But their work also aims to create a new masculinity in the sport, one that’s joyful, welcoming and accepting.”
Artist Lucas Morneau created 14 jerseys for the fictional clubs of the Queer Newfoundland Hockey League. (Supplied)
Today’s must-read
WestJet is eyeing Winnipeg as the potential home for an aircraft maintenance facility, the Free Press has learned, launching a race to expand wastewater, utilities and traffic infrastructure near the airport to help secure the deal.
Conversations are ongoing between the airline, the Winnipeg Airports Authority and all levels of government regarding the facility. Other cities, including Hamilton, Ont., are also courting the airline, multiple sources told the Free Press.
The deal is still up in the air, but if it lands in Winnipeg, it could bring a large number of jobs and revenue into the Manitoba economy. Tyler Searle has the story.
Talks are ongoing about making Winnipeg a potential site for an aircraft maintenance facility. (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press)
On the bright side
Morris is a long ways away from South Korea.
So, when Team Eun-ji Gim checked into the Stampede Inn ahead of the 2018 DeKalb Superspiel at the Morris Curling Club, they weren’t expecting to see a fellow Korean behind the front desk in Min Lee.
“Usually, you see Koreans in bigger cities, but it was a really small town, and out of nowhere, there was a Korean guy at the hotel we happened to be staying in,” said Gim, through Lee’s translating, at the Players’ Championship in Steinbach at the Southeast Event Centre.
Lee, who grew up in Seoul and moved to Vancouver as a teen before his family purchased the Stampede Inn, helped Gim and her team feel at home in the southern Manitoba community. The word about Lee got back to the Korean Curling Federation, and, since then, he’s been hired as a technical trainer to help support all Korean teams when competing in Canada. Taylor Allen has more here.
Skip Eun-ji Gim (right) praised Korea Curling Federation’s technical trainer Min Lee from Morris for his dependability when her team or other Korean teams compete in Canada. (Taylor Allen / Free press)
On this date
On Jan. 9, 1974: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in Ottawa the welfare minister said the government was considering an amendment to the Old Age Security Act to end discrimination against war veterans who had served overseas. The prospect of a 1,000-mile oil pipeline route, blasted through the Pre-Cambrian Shield to link Winnipeg and Montreal and bypassing United States lines, gained favour in the House of Commons. Search our archives for more here.
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