What you need to know
Eric Gay / The Associated PressDemocratic presidential candidate former vice president Joe Biden, right, is joined by former rival Sen. Amy Klobuchar, left, during a campaign stop in Dallas, Monday. At center is Jill Biden.
Super Tuesday: More than a third of the delegates for the Democratic presidential nomination are up for grabs tonight, with 14 states — including California and Texas — holding primaries. Bernie Sanders is expected to increase his delegate lead over second-place Joe Biden. Two candidates dropped out in less than 24 hours and have endorsed Biden, but millions of Democrats had already cast early votes. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard remain in the race. Meanwhile, billionaire Michael Bloomberg is on the ballot for the first time. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of light snow this morning, then a mix of sun and cloud, a daytime low of -7 C and high of -2 C, wind from the northwest at 20 km/h for much of the day, and wind chill as low as -14 this morning.
What’s happening today
Mark Humphrey / The Associated PressA resident photographs damage after a tornado touched down Tuesday in Nashville, Tenn.
Tornadoes hit Tennessee: At least seven people are dead after two tornadoes touched down in central Tennessee. About 40 buildings in the Nashville area were destroyed. READ MORE
Battle with Buffalo: The Jets host the Buffalo Sabres at Bell MTS Place at 7 p.m. Taylor Allen reports on how the home team is expected to use starting goaltender Connor Hellebuyck as the end of the regular season nears. READ MORE
In case you missed it
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSPeter MacKay, Progressive Conservative leadership candidate, attends a rally in Winnipeg Monday.
Meeting MacKay: Conservative leadership candidate Peter MacKay held a rally in Winnipeg Monday night. In his speech, he referred to rail blockades in support of the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs, who oppose a pipeline in British Columbia. “When we can’t move goods across this country — critical items such as medicine, fuel and food — we are failing as a nation,” MacKay said. Malak Abas reports. READ MORE
Last stop: Jerry Zalik, one of the city’s longest-serving bus drivers, recently retired. He said he tried to make the job fun and became friends with many passengers over 46 years. “I was very close with a lot of them. I knew them, they knew my kids,” Zalik told Danielle Da Silva. “We talked about everything on the bus.” READ MORE
‘I was completely traumatized’: She was 14 years old and a virgin, and thought she was about to become a model. Then, she says, she was raped by fashion mogul Peter Nygard. Ryan Thorpe spoke to the woman, who is now 18, and filed an article from the Bahamas. READ MORE
Jail plan in place: Manitoba Justice has issued an advisory intended to prevent the new coronavirus from infecting jail inmates. Prisoners who have travelled internationally in the last 14 days and have flu symptoms would not be allowed into jails unless they are cleared by a blood test. READ MORE
On this date
On March 3, 1939: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that in Halifax, firefighters were faced with the grim task of retrieving bodies from the ice-coated remains of the Queen hotel, which had been destroyed by fire. In Vancouver, the RCAF lost one of its new $75,000 Hawking Hurricane fighter planes when it crashed and burned in a takeoff; the pilot escaped when he jumped from the plane. READ MORE
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