What you need to know
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and with Gov. Gen. Julie Payette leave following a cabinet shuffle at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Friday, March 1, 2019. Trudeau is to meet with Payette at Rideau Hall today to confirm that he intends to form government. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Meeting at Rideau Hall: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet with Gov. Gen. Julie Payette today to confirm he intends to form a minority government after the Liberals won the most seats in last week’s federal election. A new poll suggests 35 per cent of Canadians voted strategically to prevent another party from winning, The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Winnipegger wins book award: Joan Thomas has won the Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction for her new historical novel, Five Wives. The book is based on the real stories of women who must fend for themselves in the Ecuadorian rainforest after their missionary husbands are killed. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Six killed in quake: Six people are dead and more than 100 were injured after an earthquake hit the southern Philippines today. The region was already damaged by a strong quake two weeks ago, The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Flurries ending this morning, then mainly cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of more flurries, a high of -1 C, wind from the west at 20 km/h increasing to 30 km/h and wind chill as low as -14 this morning.
What’s happening today
TREVOR HAGAN / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESWinnipeg Jets fans have trouble hiding their disappointment during a loss to the St. Louis Blues during last season’s playoffs.
Clash in California: The Jets face the Ducks in Anaheim at 9 p.m. in the second of four consecutive games out west. In his latest column, Mike McIntyre says the inconsistent Jets, who have played mostly Eastern Conference teams so far, might have more success against other Western teams. READ MORE
Eager for election: British lawmakers will vote on Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s latest push for an early election. Opposition Leader Jeremy Corbyn has told his Labour Party shadow cabinet he’ll back the bill. A political deadlock has prevented Johnson, who previously sought an election three times, from getting his Brexit deal to leave the European Union ratified. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
One win away: The Houston Astros can win their second World Series in three seasons with a win against the Washington Nationals in Game 6 tonight, but they’ll have to do something neither team has accomplished — win at home. READ MORE
In case you missed it
“We want to drive people to our customer portal, which will allow them to answer questions about their household and possibly get ideas on how they can do retrofits. That will be a big change,” Colleen Kuruluk said.
New Crown corporation: Efficiency Manitoba, which will assume responsibility for energy-savings programs from Manitoba Hydro in April, says it expects it will save electricity customers a total of $14.9 million annually over the next three years and natural gas customers $3 million over the same period. Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE
‘Disturbing and heartbreaking’: A rural Manitoba couple was sentenced yesterday for sexually abusing the man’s daughters, depriving them of food and keeping them in a locked room where they were forced to defecate on the floor. Both victims were left “irrevocably changed and damaged,” Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Sandra Zinchuk said. Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Oct. 29, 1970: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that none of the 397 people arrested in Quebec under the War Measures Act had been charged with any offence, Justice minister John Turner told an astonished House of Commons; 259 people had since been released since the act was invoked on Oct. 16, while 138 were still being detained. Manitoba premier Howard Pawley announce that all licensed drivers in the province would have to buy government auto insurance when the government’s compulsory plan went into effect in the coming year. READ MORE
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