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More judges: Manitoba’s top provincial court judge is arguing for the appointment of more judges to deal with a greater volume of criminal charges and heavier court dockets. Margaret Wiebe tells Free Press reporter Katie May she wants to lessen court delays, make child-protection cases less adversarial and improve judicial services in northern Manitoba. READ MORE
Your forecast: It will be cloudy this morning with a 30 per cent chance of flurries. Snow will begin this afternoon. Expect two centimetres. The high will be -17 C. Tonight, there will be periods of snow with another two to for centimetres falling. The low will be -19. On Tuesday, periods of light snow will end in the afternoon. Again, the high will be -17. Sunny skies will return Wednesday.
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Submitted photoJános Boda and Rózsa Boda were killed while vacationing in Cuba when the ambulance they were travelling in crashed into a concrete barrier.Top row, from left, are János Boda, Rózsa Boda, William Rutherford (fiancée of Veronika Boda). Front row, from left, are the Boda children, Martin, Bettina and Veronika.
Couple mourned: A Winnipeg couple is being mourned after they were killed in an ambulance crash Thursday while vacationing in Cuba. János Boda and Rózsa Boda were riding to hospital after Rózsa complained of chest pains. The vehicle struck a concrete barrier. The couple have three children, ranging in age from 15 to 27. READ MORE
Explosives in North End: Winnipeg police are expected to release further information this week about a dramatic entry into a North End home on the weekend as part of an investigation into the selling of stolen explosives on the black market. Two people were taken into custody. A justice source told the Free Press the case involves sticks of dynamite that can sell for $1,000 a piece on the black market. READ MORE
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JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSThe newly renovated Sherbrook pool is expected to re-open Monday.
Pool to reopen: More than four years after swimmers took their last strokes there, the Sherbrook Pool will reopen today. The 86-year-old pool was closed in November 2012 after structural problems were discovered. The repairs and renovations cost more than $4 million.
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WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSPremier Brian Pallister in his office Friday with a sample of the reading material he took to Costa Rica.
Pallister and Costa Rica: Columnist Dan Lett weighs in on the news that Premier Brian Pallister does not use email to keep in contact with his office while spending weeks at a time at his vacation home in Costa Rica. More of a problem for Pallister, he writes, is the perception of a premier preparing a tough budget for Manitobans from a comfortable seaside home in Central America. READ MORE
Worker sounds off: A home-care worker with more than 20 years on the job wants the public to stop blaming front-line workers about gaps in service. She said the system is cumbersome and plagued by red tape. READ MORE
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This image released by NBC shows Meryl Streep accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017. (Paul Drinkwater/NBC via AP)
#MerylStreep: The award-winning actor roundly criticized U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s mockery of a disabled reporter as she accepted an award at the Golden Globes ceremony Sunday night. READ MORE
On this date
On Jan. 9, 1931: The Manitoba Free Press reported that two would-be bandits in separate incidents were foiled in their attempts to rob people on the streets of Winnipeg. In one, a victim struck a revolver-wielding man with such force he was able to escape the stick-up. In the second incident, a 17-year-old boy was accosted, but the thieves made off only with his rosary and beads. In Texas, a nurse single-handed saved five patients from a burning hospital, carrying them out herself, and then she carried out four cylinders of high-explosive gas from the operating room. READ MORE
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