Coronavirus crisis
Carrying multiple people who have tested positive for COVID-19, the Grand Princess passes the Farallon Islands while holding off the coast of San Francisco, Sunday, March 8, 2020. The cruise ship is scheduled to dock at the Port of Oakland on Monday. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Ship set to dock: The Grand Princess cruise ship, which has 21 people onboard diagnosed with COVID-19, will dock in Oakland today. The 237 Canadians on the ship are set to be flown to an air force base in Ontario, unless they are showing symptoms. READ MORE
Prices plunge: Stock and oil prices dropped significantly today, with the new coronavirus that has infected more than 110,000 people globally being blamed, at least in part. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Acts of faith: Local places of worship are taking steps to prevent potentially spreading the virus. Brenda Suderman reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: A mix of sun and cloud with a daytime low of -18 C and high of -11 C, wind at 30 km/h decreasing to 10 km/h, and wind chill as low as -30 this morning and – 17 this afternoon.
What’s happening today
A new innovation report suggests public delivery of the service for wheelchair users could have “high” feasibility — though the public service doesn’t recommend Winnipeg put that in place right now. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
Municipal matters: Finance committee chairman Coun. Scott Gillingham is speaking at a Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce breakfast, days after the city’s first four-year budget was unveiled. At city hall, the innovation committee is set to debate whether the city should provide 30 per cent of Transit Plus services. READ MORE
Clash with Coyotes: The Jets will seek their third consecutive win when they face the Arizona Coyotes at Bell MTS Place at 7 p.m. Taylor Allen reports on how Jets forward Adam Lowry is expected to play after missing 20 games. READ MORE
Traffic note: Stafford Street is closed between Yale and Dorchester avenues, and Grosvenor Avenue is closed between Stafford and Wentworth streets after fire gutted a home on Grosvenor late Sunday night.
Making conversion therapy criminal: In Ottawa, the Liberal government will announce a proposed amendment to the Criminal Code that would make therapy intended to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity illegal. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Sudan PM survives: Sudan’s prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, said he survived an assassination attempt after his motorcade was attacked with explosives and gunfire in the capital of Khartoum. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
In case you missed it
Jason Bell / Winnipeg Free PressIt’s been 16 years of waiting for Eleanor Hands to hear police have arrested someone in the slaying of her daughter, Nicolle. Saturday, March 7, 2020, that wait came to an end. March 8, 2020.
Arrest in cold case: The Free Press spoke with the mother of Nicolle Hands, who was fatally stabbed in her Winnipeg apartment as her three children and a babysitter slept nearby in 2003. The RCMP announced an arrest in the case this weekend. An RCMP spokeswoman said investigators hope to provide more information about the case today. Jason Bell reports. READ MORE
Planned library cuts panned: The Free Press spoke with library users about the city possibly eliminating hours at the six branches that are currently open Sundays. READ MORE
Gushue gets it done: Brad Gushue led his Newfoundland and Labrador team to its third national men’s curling championship in four years Sunday night. Jason Bell reports from the Brier in Kingston. READ MORE
On this date
On March 9, 1979: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the NHL’s decision not to add four WHA teams, including the Winnipeg Jets, to its league meant a proposed $15-million expansion to the Winnipeg Arena would not be built; the city had already committed $3.5 million to a “bare-bones” expansion to the facility, which was operated by Winnipeg Enterprises Corporation. The premier of Iran’s provisional government, Mendi Bazargan, resigned, but his resignatation was turned down by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. READ MORE
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