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TREVOR HAGAN / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS filesWinnipeg Fire Paramedic Service Chief John Lane
Arbitrator awards damages: A labour arbitrator has ordered the city to pay $115,000, ruling in favour of paramedics who filed a disrespectful workplace complaint against Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Chief John Lane. Arne Peltz ruled Lane must also make a “sincere” apology. “In my view, the chief’s handling of this affair was flawed from the outset,” Peltz said in the ruling obtained by the Free Press. Aldo Santin reports. READ MORE
High school hockey: The second game of the Winnipeg High School Hockey League’s boys championship series was cut short Wednesday when a player was taken was off the ice on a stretcher. The Sturgeon Heights Huskies player was hammered into the boards with the St. Paul’s Crusaders leading 5-0, and defenceman Michael O’Shea was given a game misconduct. The final game of the best-of-three series is scheduled for 5 p.m. at the Bell MTS Iceplex. Mike Sawatzky reports. READ MORE
New nuclear weapons: President Vladimir Putin said Thursday Russia has tested new kinds of nuclear weapons that can’t be intercepted. In a speech in Moscow, Putin said the weapons include nuclear-powered cruise missiles and underwater drones, and a hypersonic missile. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: The first day of March will be sunny with a high of 2 C, and a low of -9 C in the morning.
In case you missed it
As a licenced civil marriage commissioner for the province, Kevin Kisilowsky has to follow anti-discrimination laws. (Facebook photo)
Charter challenge rejected: Manitoba’s top court dismissed an appeal by Kevin Kisilowsky, a former marriage commissioner who argued he shouldn’t be required to perform same-sex ceremonies. His licence was revoked when he tried to renew it. Katie May reports. READ MORE
First rides Friday: Two ride-hailing companies, Cowboy Taxi and Tapp Car, say they’ll have drivers on the roads starting Friday. Insta Ryde is also licensed, but it’s not clear when that service or U2GO — another ride-hailing service in talks with Manitoba Public Insurance — will begin operations. Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSMathieu Perreault and Mark Scheifele celebrate Scheifele’s game tying goal against the Washington Capitals. “We could have easily won that game” says Perreault of the Jets’ loss to the Nashville Predators, Tuesday.
Managing momentum: In the past 10 games, the Jets have given up four goals in the first or final minute of a period, excluding empty-netters. The team won’t last long in the Stanley Cup playoffs if it makes those kinds of mistakes, Jeff Hamilton writes. READ MORE
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Dick’s Sporting Goods: A Florida sporting goods store, where the high school shooter in Parkland, Fla., had previously purchased a firearm, has announced it will no longer sell assault-style rifles or high-capacity magazines and will not sell firearms to anyone under 21. The store’s management has called on lawmakers to take stronger measures against gun violence. READ MORE
On this date
On March 1, 2014: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Manitoba and the federal government were at odds over new freedoms granted to Vince Li, the man found not criminally responsible for a gruesome slaying aboard a Greyhound bus. The Manitoba Games were set to begin. Aboriginal students at the University of Manitoba demanded to know why the longtime director of the Aboriginal Student Centre had abruptly left her job without public explanation. READ MORE
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