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Monitoring police: The Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba stresses the word “independent.” They are not beholden to police. Instead, they investigate serious situations involving police officers, on-duty or off-duty. Reporter Kevin Rollason investigates the investigators. READ MORE
Your forecast: More freezing drizzle, more slush, more windshields splattered with speckles of mud. The high today will be -1 C, with a 30 per cent chance of flurries or rain. Early fog should dissipate by late morning. Tuesday’s high is expected to be zero.
In case you missed it
DAVID LIPNOWSKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSWinnipeg Jets #29 Patrik Laine during practice at MTS Centre Sunday January 22, 2017.
Laine returning soon: Jets star Patrik Laine participated fully in a team practice Sunday and should return to active duty this week. The rookie right-winger missed the past seven games with a brain injury after a heavy hit against the Buffalo Sabres on Jan. 7. Mike Sawatzky reports. READ MORE
The high cost of railway safety: Everyone agrees Manitoba’s railway crossings should be safe, but nobody likes the price. The cost of upgrading Manitoba’s 2,100 crossings to new standards by a 2021 deadline will be $10 million, minimum. Mia Rabson reports. READ MORE
Up next
A thousand years of life experience: When their lifespans are added together, they’ve lived the equivalent of a millennium. Ten centenarians will be honoured today at 2 p.m. at the Saul & Claribel Simkin Centre.
Cutting red tape: The eighth annual Red Tape Awareness Week kicks off today. Throughout the week, the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses will highlight government inefficiency with its Paperweight awards for the most ridiculous stories of ponderous bureaucracy, and the Golden Scissors Award, given to someone who has freed entrepreneurs from red tape.
Around the water cooler
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSThousands of people took part in Saturday’s Women’s March in Winnipeg as part of a global day of solidarity in support of women’s rights.
Marching in Winnipeg: Thousands of people in Winnipeg joined women around the world on Saturday in a march that was a little bit about concern for Donald Trump, and a lot about concern about women. Melissa Martin joined the marchers: “After all, what use is the right to use our voices, if we do not use them? If we are to consider Canada as a beacon for women’s rights, then that beacon must be tended, defended, and regularly infused with new and brightened light.” READ MORE
Health-care holdout: Four provinces and three territories have agreed to a federal plan on health-care funding. Manitoba is one of six provinces holding out hope they can get a sweeter deal. Columnist Dan Lett suggests Manitoba is playing a dangerous game that could backfire with big financial repercussions. READ MORE
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Andrew Harnik / The Associated PressWhite House press secretary Sean Spicer
#alternativefacts: The phrase, described as “Orwellian” by veteran journalist Dan Rather, was used by a Donald Trump adviser to defend the White House press secretary’s false statements regarding attendance at the U.S. president’s inauguration, and is now trending on Twitter. READ MORE
On this date
On Jan. 23, 1989: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a Lac du Bonnet couple and their son died in a single-engine plane crash near Nutimik Lake in Whiteshell Provincial Park. A decision by banks to lend billions of dollars between 1978 and 1982 resulted in a court case that could cost the banks millions, due to a dispute over the terms of the interest charged; at issue was whether the farmers and businesspeople who received the loans understood whether they were paying floating interest rates or fixed interest rates. In the United States, serial killer Ted Bundy awaited execution. READ MORE
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