What you need to know
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSMaples Met School students (from left) Armaandeep Dhanoa, Karina Lawe and Alexis Bez will meet former U.S. president Barack Obama, who is speaking tonight at Bell MTS Place.
Obama in town: Former U.S. president Barack Obama is speaking at Bell MTS Place tonight. Ashley Prest has a story on some Maples Met School students who were invited to a reception before Obama’s speech. READ MORE
Trudeau talks in TO: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is holding a “climate action” rally in Toronto tonight, a day before the Liberal party rolls out ads in the four provinces — including Manitoba — that refused to levy their own carbon taxes. A party spokesman said the ads had been planned since long before the Trudeau government became embroiled in the SNC-Lavalin affair. READ MORE
Crime scene: Police remain at the scene of an incident in the area of McGee Street in the city’s West End. The Free Press will have more information on the investigation later today.
Weather
Your forecast: There will be light snow today, with wind from the northwest at 30 km/h gusting to 50, blowing snow this afternoon, a high of -11 C, and windchill as low as -29 this morning and -22 in the afternoon.
What’s happening today
Pope Francis delivers his speech during the traditional greetings to the Roman Curia, at the Vatican, Friday, Dec. 21, 2018. Pope Francis vowed that the Catholic Church will “never again” cover up clergy sex abuse and demanded that priests who have raped and molested children turn themselves in. (Filippo Monteforte/Pool Photo via AP)
Pope to open archives: Pope Francis says he will open the Vatican archives on Pope Pius XII, who reigned from 1939 to 1958 and has been accused by Jews of staying silent on the Holocaust. Francis said “the church isn’t afraid of history.” READ MORE
Democrats seek documents: The House Judiciary Committee will seek documents from U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, his business’s CFO and the president’s oldest son. “We are going to initiate investigations into abuses of power, into corruption and into obstruction of justice,” chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) says. READ MORE
Estonia’s election: In a sign of increased popularity for right-wing politics in Europe, an anti-immigration party has finished third in Estonia’s national election, more than doubling its support. READ MORE
In case you missed it
When wheelchair lifts are out of order at Portage and Main, Allen Mankewich and other people with disabilities have to take long detours to cross the intersection. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Lift down: A wheelchair lift at Portage and Main has been broken for a full month. “I think it’s appalling,” said Marieke Gruwel, who works in the Exchange District. Bill Redekop reports. READ MORE
Wheeler scores four: Captain Blake Wheeler scored a hat trick and then an empty-netter as the Jets beat the Blue Jackets 5-2 in Columbus last night. “Blake leads all of the things that we do,” head coach Paul Maurice said after the game. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
On this date
On March 4, 1914: The Manitoba Free Press reported that in Ottawa, the Social Service congress of Canada sought to build links between organized labour and church groups with the purpose of improving social conditions in Canada. In Toronto, the editor of the Haileyburian, C.C. Farr, reported on his experience investigating how immigrants were treated; he dressed as an immigrant and on his way to visit the British Welcome league, he was arrested as a vagrant and confined for two days.
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