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Road construction on Empress Street photographed Wednesday, September 5, 2018.
Better roads ahead: The City of Winnipeg is considering improving its road construction, with concrete to last 25 per cent longer and asphalt to last 15 per cent longer. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE
Consulting fees criticized: According to documents obtained through freedom of information legislation, former B.C. premier Gordon Campbell received nearly $600,000 in consulting fees for about five months’ work as head of a commission examining Manitoba Hydro megaprojects before stepping down in February 2019. Campbell stepped down a few days after a British newspaper reported he was being investigated by London police as part of a sexual assault investigation. Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Temperatures in Winnipeg this morning are around 11 C but are expected to reach a high around 0 today. There will be periods of increasing cloudiness with a chance of snow.
In case you missed it
Marcio Jose Sanchez / The Associated PressDemocratic presidential candidate former vice president Joe Biden, right, speaks next to his wife Jill during a primary election night rally Tuesday in Los Angeles.
Super Tuesday: U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden saw a boost in support as 14 states held primaries on Tuesday, with his candidacy collecting hundreds of delegates. Rival Bernie Sanders also showed strong results in states such as California, where the projections show his campaign winning the most delegates. Elizabeth Warren was a distant third in number of delegates, including in her home state of Massachusetts, and Michael Bloomberg’s poor showing reportedly has him reconsidering the future of his campaign. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Jets beat Buffalo: The Jets put lessons they learned facing the Washington Capitals to good use when they hosted the Buffalo Sabres Tuesday night and won 3-1. “We turned the page a little bit in Washington. We got our pace right. I think we saw what a Stanley Cup contending team looked like and how they play the game,” said captain Blake Wheeler. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
On this date
On March 4, 1949: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the United Kingdom was spending $3 billion on defence, its highest amount ever for peacetime military spending. In London, a “dapper, debonaire businessman” confessed to the killings of six people whose blood he allegedly sucked through lemonade straws. READ MORE
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