Your forecast
Cloudy with a 60 per cent chance of light snow or freezing drizzle. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind becoming northeast at 30 km/h gusting to 50 this morning. High -9 C, wind chill near minus 21. UV index 2 or low.
What’s happening today
📖 The Wild & Wonderful Words reading series returns tonight to Sookram’s Brewing Co. (479-B Warsaw Ave.).
Once again hosted by author Sheldon Birnie, the evening’s readings will include work from Gus Klaverkamp, Celiese Lypka, Riva Billows and Keith Cadieux. Readings get underway at 7 p.m., and there’s no cost to attend the all-ages event.
For more book-related events and news, check out Ben Sigurdson’s Paper Chase column.
Today’s must-read
A security guard at a downtown discount store is accused of beating and threatening to kill an Indigenous man in an incident that was captured on video and has raised concern among First Nations groups.
“It’s quite clear, through the video evidence that was collected and provided and reported to police, that there was definitely an excessive use of force… during this incident,” Winnipeg Police Service spokesman Const. Claude Chancy said Tuesday, after police announced the guard will be facing criminal charges.
People protest outside the Dollarama on Portage Avenue on Monday afternoon. (John Woods / Free Press)
The video, which was shared online, shows a man wearing an Impact Security uniform slamming another man onto the floor at the Dollarama on Portage Avenue. The man on the floor is slapped, punched and kicked. The security guard appears to be wearing brass knuckles. Erik Pindera has the story.
On the bright side
A firefighter’s chance meeting with some cold, lost dogs Sunday night is a story that ends on a heartwarming note.
A crew headed back to the downtown fire station on Ellen Street after a call spotted the canine quartet and stopped to investigate.
Nick Kasper, president of the United Fire Fighters of Winnipeg, said the dogs got spooked and ran away. The firefighters were able to coax them out from behind a dumpster.
The crew loaded the four dogs into the truck and, once back at the station, they quickly warmed up and were given food and water. Kevin Rollason has more here.
Firefighter paramedic Adrienne Hobbs with four-month-old Sheba. (Supplied)
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