What’s happening today
The Weeknd performs during the halftime show of the NFL Super Bowl 55 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, David J. Phillip
Nominees named: The nominees for the 50th annual Juno Awards, honouring Canadian music, will be announced later this morning. The contenders include the Weeknd, Justin Bieber, Grimes and Jessie Reyez. The awards ceremony will be broadcast from Toronto on May 16. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Set to meet after strike notice: Manitoba Hydro is scheduled to meet with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, which represents some of the public utility’s workers, after the union gave strike notice Sunday. After 48 hours have passed, workers can go on strike at any time after notifying Hydro two hours in advance. READ MORE
Tilt in Toronto: The Winnipeg Jets, after playing their worst game of the season in Montreal on Saturday, face the Maple Leafs at 6 p.m. CT. The match is the first of three consecutive games between the teams in Toronto. Jeff Hamilton reports. READ MORE
Councillor calls for report: The city’s environment committee will hear a motion from Coun. Brian Mayes calling for a report on halting the use of natural gas in new developments and city buildings. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Rain early this morning and a 60 per cent chance of showers until tonight, with a high of 7 C, and wind from the east at 20 km/h increasing to 30 km/h and gusting to 50 this afternoon.
In case you missed it
Mike Del Buono, owner of King + Bannatyne, has decided to keep his restaurant as pick-up only because even relaxed pandemic rules would have him turning away most of his customers. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)
Restaurant restrictions: Loosened pandemic rules allowing eateries to seat up to 50 per cent capacity have “made zero difference,” some local restaurant owners say. Cody Sellar reports. READ MORE
Route to return: A Regina-based bus company that previously scrapped a Winnipeg-Regina route after stepping in when Greyhound cut its western Canadian service is restarting the route later this month. Martin Cash reports. READ MORE
On this date
On March 9, 1923: The Manitoba Free Press reported that material valued at up to $118,000 lying along the railway to Hudson Bay between mile 214 and the end of the line, including steel rails laid on the railway, was recommended for removal in order to be used in other portions of the CN rail network, according to a new report by the company’s vice-president. The British government and the U.S. State Department each made public correspondence regarding a request from Britain for the U.S. to remove members of its consular staff from Newcastle, as they were “persona non grata to His Majesty’s government.” Also in England, for the first time in their lives the King and Queen broke bread with sitting Labour members of parliament in the home of one of their subjects; the Labourites came dressed in silken knee breeches, described as “a concession,” while others present wore the cherished garter.
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