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Your forecast: By week’s end, we’ll finally break out of this wicked cold snap. But that’s still four days away. Today’s high is just -19 C, with a breeze making it feel like -33. Tonight, the temperature drops to -28 C, with a wind chill of -33. On Tuesday, expect a grey, windy day and a high of -17 C, while Wednesday’s high is -15 C. The sun returns Thursday and the daytime high is expected to be -18 C. Environment Canada is calling for a daytime high of -7 C on Friday, with a chance of snow flurries, while Saturday’s high is -8 C.
In case you missed it
Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free PressManitoba Jobs and Economy Minister, Kevin Chief, jumps on an old mattress with some kids at the announcement that Mother Earth Recycling has partnered with IKEA to offer an affordable mattress recycling program.
No sleeping on this big idea: North End business Mother Earth Recycling, along with IKEA and Take Pride Winnipeg, has created a partnership to recycle 40,000 used mattresses per year, while training young indigenous people for their first jobs. The province is kicking in $250,000. Anyone who buys a new mattress from IKEA can have a used mattress delivered to Mother Earth for just $10. READ MORE
Pallister would spend on education: In an interview with the Manitoba Teacher magazine, Conservative Leader Brian Pallister says education will be “the number one investment in the future of our province” if a Tory government is elected in the April 19 provincial election. Pallister emphasized his own roots as a teacher, and has promised he would not cut the number of educators in the province. READ MORE
Conflict of interest update: In a 109-page report released this month, the Manitoba Law Reform Commission is calling on the province to update its municipal conflict-of-interest legislation by creating the post of an independent commissioner who could investigate alleged breaches of unethical conduct, and give judges the power to impose a range of sanctions on offenders. READ MORE
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Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press filesA code of conduct will be prominently displayed in public transit buses and stations starting Monday.
Be nice to bus drivers: Beginning today, Winnipeg bus riders will notice new decals and signs on transit vehicles that remind passengers of the consequences of threatening or assaulting Transit operators. The campaign aims to draw attention to a new Transit Code of Conduct that was finalized last month. READ MORE
Jail-N-Bail: Dozens of Winnipeggers will be “arrested”, don orange jump suits and then stand before a judge at CF Polo Park today to find out how much money they have to raise for charity. Jailbirds must use their connections with family, friends and work colleagues to raise “bail” or pledges for their release. It’s all part of the Canadian Cancer Society’s Jail-N-Bail fundraising event between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Around the water cooler
RCMP / HANDOUTConst. Dennis Strongquill
Fallen officer honoured: The late Dennis Strongquill will be the first law enforcement officer to have a geographic location named in his memory. A lake located about 45 kilometres north of Flin Flon will be named after Strongquill, an RCMP officer who was shot and killed during a routine traffic stop east of Russell just before Christmas of 2001. Manitoba Attorney General Gord Mackintosh and Assistant RCMP Commissioner Kevin Brosseau, the province’s commanding RCMP officer, will join members of Strongquill’s family today for the announcement. READ MORE
Three Jets grounded: Forwards Mark Scheifele, Drew Stafford and Adam Lowry are not expected to play tonight against the Colorado Avalanche at 7 p.m. at the MTS Centre. Lowry and Stafford have been placed on the injured reserve list retroactive to Jan. 14 while Scheifele has been out with a lower-body injury since Jan. 7. READ MORE
Historic building burns in Glenboro: A large, two-and-a-half storey white brick building that was the old hospital in the village of Glenboro, built around 1916, was lost to a fire that started at about 6:45 p.m. Saturday. Firefighters believe the fire started in the basement but the cause is still being investigated. No one was in the building at the time and there were no injuries. READ MORE
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Ryan Remiorz / THE CANADIAN PRESS ARCHIVESUp to three-quarters of Canadians say they are in debt, and the average debt load rose by 21 per cent to $15,920 over the last year, an RBC survey said.
#BlueMonday: Yep, it’s Blue Monday today, considered by some as the most depressing day of the whole year. That’s because by the third Monday of January, credit card bills from the holiday season are due, New Year’s resolutions have already been blown to smithereens and the weather sucks.
#Broncos: Denver quarter Peyton Manning guided the Broncos to a come-from-behind 23-16 triumph over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday afternoon in NFL playoff action. That set up an AFC championship game next week between Manning’s Broncos and Tom Brady and the New England Patriots.
On this date
On Jan. 18, 1995: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that rescuers in Japan worked to find survivors after a major earthquake in Kobe, which had already killed more than 2,000 people. Canadians were likely to face another interest rate hike as the Bank of Canada tried to shore up the battered loonie, which stood at 70.49 cents US, its lowest point since 1986. Revenues from a proposed $250-million spaceport at Churchill were expected to eventually cover the costs of improving the Bay Line, which links Churchill with southern Manitoba and other infrastructure; but immediate support from Ottawa was needed to maintain the infrastructure lifeline.
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