What’s happening today
Vancouver Canucks’ Nils Hoglander celebrates his goal in front of Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck during the first period. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Greenslade
Another clash with Canucks: The Winnipeg Jets host the Vancouver Canucks for the second consecutive night after being shut out Monday, ending a four-game winning streak. The visiting team has won all four games between the two teams this season. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
‘Democracy is fragile’: Six prominent Manitobans have issued an open letter criticizing an “unprecedented” situation where 19 bills have received first reading in the legislature even though their contents haven’t been made public. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: A mix of sun and cloud for most of the day, with a high of 4 C and wind from the south — and later the northwest — at 30 km/h gusting to 50.
COVID-19 crisis
CPNina Luhowy, 93, gets her shot at the COVID-19 vaccination super-site on Monday. (Kevin King / pool)
New numbers: Provincial health officials will release the latest COVID-19 numbers this afternoon. Meanwhile, the province began giving COVID-19 vaccines to members of the general public Monday. Danielle Da Silva reports. READ MORE
Set to release stats: Statistics Canada is expected to announce exactly how much the economy suffered last year. Preliminary estimates suggests it shrank by 5.1 per cent in 2020, which would be the worst decline on record. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Air travel plummets: The drop in international arrivals at Canadian airports between early January and early February was about four times larger than the decline during the same period the previous two years. The federal government started making all international air travellers show proof of negative COVID-19 tests before boarding connecting flights in early January. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Pandemic poll: Fifty-six per cent of Canadians believe the federal government has a plan to buy enough COVID-19 vaccine doses by the fall, a new poll found. READ MORE
Delay detecting variants: The provincial government’s delay in asking a private lab doing COVID-19 tests to send samples on a daily basis led to a lag in detecting highly contagious variants. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
In case you missed it
A Toronto company is still seeking federal funds to redevelop Portage Place. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Portage Place plan: Starlight Investments says its proposal to redevelop Portage Place is in jeopardy after it failed to secure $20 million in federal funding by Monday. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE
Vandal on vaccines: Liberal cabinet minister and Winnipeg MP Dan Vandal wrote a letter to Premier Brian Pallister urging that Métis and Inuit people be given priority access to COVID-19 vaccines. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
On this date
On March 2, 1982: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a woman who claimed she didn’t see the zeroes on a $1,200 cheque was taking legal action against the Lucky Dollar Store in Niverville, where she cashed it for $12 two years previously; the store denied any wrongdoing but was offering the woman $600. A homeowner in the north Logan area accused the city of turning off water service and issuing “final notice” water bills to local residents in an effort to force them to leave their homes rather than fight expropriation by the city to make way for a proposed industrial park. In Miami, a would-be plane hijacker was foiled when a passenger tackled him and flight crew restrained him until he was arrested by police and FBI agents.
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