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Sunny, becoming a mix of sun and cloud this morning. Wind up to 15 km/h. High 1 C, wind chill -20 this morning.
What’s happening today
Chickadee, formerly known as Freddy and the Fire Nation, performs at The Leaf, 145 The Leaf Way, 7 p.m. Tickets: $15 at the Assiniboine Park website.
Fred Warner (centre top) and his band Chickadee (Supplied)
Today’s must-read
Standing in front of a massive Canadian flag hung in front of the Manitoba Legislative Building Tuesday morning, Premier Wab Kinew told Manitobans it was time to fight for the Maple Leaf.
“Today we’re sharing a message of unity here in Manitoba and a sense of resolve and commitment against what President Donald Trump is launching by way of an economic attack on this country that we love so much,” Kinew said just hours after Trump imposed 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian imports to the U.S.
“As humble and as friendly Manitoba, as we all want to be, when a fight finds its way to us, we’re a nation of hockey players,” he said, flanked by NDP caucus members in a biting wind.
Kinew announced payroll and retail sales tax deferrals for businesses impacted by the tariffs that opt in. The deferral will start with the February tax period and run for three months before the measure is reassessed, he said. Carol Sanders has the story.
Premier Wab Kinew speaks to media about the government’s response to U.S. government tariffs outside the Manitoba legislature Tuesday. (John Woods / Free Press)
On the bright side
A group of second-generation Indo-Canadian men from Winnipeg who are getting their first taste of hockey through their children decided it wasn’t enough to simply cheer from the cheap seats. Instead, they obtained some equipment, put aside any fears they may have had and hit the ice for a crash course — in some cases literally — about the sport.
“It brings everyone together,” one of the participants, Sukhbinder Lidder, told the Free Press on Tuesday. “And I just love getting out there.”
One of his friends, Sumit Sharda, was the brains behind the idea and convinced the group of six “new hockey dads” to sign up for the First Shift program, which is subsidized by the Winnipeg Jets as part of an NHL initiative to try and grow the game in non-traditional communities and markets. Mike McIntyre has more here.
Sohan Jammu (from left), Rimmi Dhaliwal, Sukhbinder Singh and Sumit Sharda found a love of hockey after playing in an organized setting for the first time this winter. (Supplied)
On this date
On March 5, 1954: The Winnipeg Free Press reported Clifford Leonard Orr, a Winnipeg man who jumped $15,000 bail on house-breaking and theft charges, admitted to also robbing the Free Press of $24,600 cash and $2,241.17 in cheques on Dec. 21. Orr pleaded guilty to the robbery charge in police court three hours after arriving in custody from the United States; he was sentenced to five years in prison on the robbery charge. In Iserlohn, Germany, a 22-year-old Winnipeg was sentenced to death for killing a German widow in December. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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