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BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESPremier Brian Pallister is concerned about “night shooting.”
Pallister speaks out: Free Press political writer Dan Lett phoned Premier Brian Pallister in Costa Rica on Sunday, asking him to clarify his widely reported views on night hunting by indigenous men. Pallister also talked about his frequent stays in Costa Rica, and his opinion on a move by U.S. President Donald Trump to block travel to the U.S. by people from Muslim countries. READ MORE
Your forecast: Enjoy the relatively warm weather today because it will steadily get colder as the week progresses. Today’s high will be zero, with two to four centimetres of freezing drizzle, wet snow or both. Tuesday’s high will be -4 C, Wednesday will be -12, Thursday will be -15 and Friday will be -16.
In case you missed it
No members of the Winnipeg Police Service have been disciplined for a system breakdown that resulted in an accused sex offender walking free because of delays in the case getting to court.
Pursuing police on sex-assault case: Persistent columnist Jen Zoratti pressed for details on how police twice misplaced a report of a sexual-assault case over an eight-year period, a delay that resulted in an accused child sex offender walking free last week because the case took too long to get to court. How did it happen? Were any police reprimanded? Jen got answers. READ MORE
Home-care needs to soar: The number of Manitobans requiring home care services will double by 2037 as the baby boom cohort ages into 65-and-older categories, according to a new report called the Future of Home Care Services in Manitoba. Carol Sanders examines the implications. READ MORE
Up next
Shh! Wait for the announcement: A project involving New Flyer Industries, Economic Development Winnipeg, The Forks and Mayor Brian Bowman will be unveiled today. The Free Press asked Sunday for a hint about the project, but there were no loose lips. An invitation to today’s 1 p.m. press conference says only “an exciting winter-themed announcement… with favourable implications for both recreation and business interests in Winnipeg.”
Belt-tightening for educators?: Manitoba education officials are likely feeling apprehensive as they await Tuesday, when Education Minister Ian Wishart will unveil the public school system’s operating grants for 2017-2018. The new Progressive Conservative government, of course, is looking with a hard eye at places to champion austerity. Nick Martin reports. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
TREVOR HAGAN / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS filesJennifer Jones is disappointed at not making it to the final, but says her team will rebound and will ‘try to learn from this and figure it out, and hopefully never let it happen again.’
Bye-bye Jennifer Jones: A Manitoba women’s curling championship without Jennifer Jones? While that might seem as unlikely as Donald Trump being welcomed in a mosque, Jones was knocked out of the Manitoba Scotties on Sunday for the first time since 2004. In the end, the Michelle Englot rink won. Melissa Martin was there. READ MORE
Reacting to Trump’s ban: Canada should welcome all refugees already vetted by American officials for acceptance, but who are now banned by U.S. President Donald Trump, said Abdikheir Ahmed, co-director of Immigration Partnership Winnipeg: “Everyone turned back should be allowed to come to Canada.” Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
Trending now
Francis Vachon / THE CANADIAN PRESSPolice survey the scene of a shooting at a Quebec City mosque on Sunday.
Quebec City: Eight people were killed and six wounded in an shooting at a Quebec City mosque that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called a “terrorist attack.” READ MORE
#MuslimBan: U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order banning travellers from seven predominantly Muslim countries and prioritizing the admission of Christian refugees. The move is already being challenged on legal grounds. READ MORE
On this date
On Jan. 30, 1936: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that France was alarmed at Nazi Germany’s rumoured plans to send troops to the demilitarized Rhineland. The Manitoba Dairy Association asked the provincial government to give the public utilities board permanent control over the sale of milk. In London, Queen Mary thanked subjects throughout the British Empire for their sympathy in connection with the death of King George. The question of Canada’s maritime rights complicated the process of getting the country constitutional autonomy. READ MORE
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