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Your weather: If it’s sun you desire, then it is sun you shall have. So says the great minds at Environment Canada, who tell us to expect a clearing sky by late afternoon followed by a couple of sunny days in Winnipeg. The high today is -15 C with a wind chill of -27. On Friday, we’ve been promised a sunny, cold day, with a high of only -22 C and an extreme wind chill of -41. Saturday’s high is -16 C, while we could see some snow flurries Sunday and a high of -10 C.
In case you missed it
Investigating baby’s death: RCMP believed an infant in western Manitoba was the victim of shaken baby syndrome when they began an investigation into what they would later deem a homicide. Early details of the investigation have been revealed in documents filed in support of a warrant to search two-month-old Haelin Taliyah Taylor’s home in Sioux Valley Dakota Nation. She was taken to the Brandon Regional Health Centre on Jan. 4 and transported to Children’s Hospital in Winnipeg, but died Jan. 23. “We still believe someone is responsible for her death, someone is criminally responsible for her death,” RCMP spokesman Sgt. Bert Paquet said Wednesday. READ MORE
Not feeling neighbourly: City hall’s ability to control what happens within the Winnipeg boundaries could be in jeopardy following a court ruling stemming from its dispute with a neighbouring rural municipality. The RM of East St. Paul has received permission to go to the Court of Appeal in its dispute over Winnipeg’s decision to close two North Kildonan streets vital to a big box development adjacent to the city’s northern boundary. In a recent chambers decision, Justice Christopher Mainella gave the green light to East St. Paul to make its case in the province’s highest court — knowing the outcome could impact the independence and authority of local governments across the province. READ MORE
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The Manitoba Museum. The Nonsuch, a full-size 17th century sailing vessel. BORIS MINKEVICH/WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Night at the museum: If you ever wanted to drink rum on the deck of the Nonsuch while bellowing bawdy seafaring songs, tonight may be your chance. A replica of the 17th-century ship is a popular exhibit at the Manitoba Museum, which is trying an adults-only evening with a cash bar.
Human rights, outdoors: For the first time, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights will present an outdoor exhibit. It will be unveiled at 10:30 a.m. today as part of Festival du Voyageur, which starts on Friday with a hearty “Hé-Ho!”
VIPs in town: A warm Winnipeg welcome is being offered to a group of 25 Americans, including U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, and a group of 10 Mexican officials, including Mexican Energy Secretary Pedro Joaquín Coldwell. They arrive today to discuss clean energy with federal natural resources minister and Winnipeg MP Jim Carr.
Around the water cooler
JOE BRYKSA / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSIdentical twins Dennis ( Assiniboine Memorial) and David Bohn (Granite Curling Club), right, are both skips for separate teams at the Manitoba Men’s Curling Championship at Selkirk Recreational Complex.
Battling brothers: David and Dennis Bohn have been fixtures on the Manitoba curling scene for years – as a matching set. But this year, the identical twins are not playing together, choosing, instead, to skip their own teams. They’ve already had some run-ins on the curling ice this season, but none bigger than their battle at the Manitoba men’s curling championship this afternoon at the Selkirk Recreation Complex. The winner will advance to an A-side qualifying game, while the loser gets bounced to the B side. READ MORE
‘Copter needs new camera: The police helicopter needs a new infrared-light camera to stay in the air, the Winnipeg Police Service said Wednesday. The WPS has asked the city’s finance committee for approval to purchase a new Forward-Looking Infrared camera. It’s got a price tag of $360,000, and, if the purchase is approved, the city and the province would have to split the cost. “The reality is that the helicopter is worth more with an operational camera on it in the same way that selling your car is worth more with a good transmission and a safety certificate,” said Patrol Sgt. Rob Duttchen, of the flight READ MORE
Chevy’s next move: It’s been a year since Winnipeg Jets’ general manager executed the biggest trade since the NHL club relocated from Atlanta. He sent winger Evander Kane and defenceman Zach Bogosian to the Buffalo Sabres for winger Drew Stafford and blueliner Tyler Myers, plus then-prospect Joel Armia, prospect Brendan Lemieux and a draft pick that turned into Jack Roslovic. This month, he’s made another big deal, locking up defenceman Dustin Byfuglien for another five years. So, what’s next? Does he re-sign captain Andrew Ladd or trade the pending unrestricted free agent to a contender? READ MORE
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Dennis Oland: Convicted of second-degree murder in the death of his father, Dennis Oland of Saint John will learn his fate today as a sentence is handed down.
On this date
On Feb. 11, 1932: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Japanese planes dropped bombs on the International Settlement in Shanghai, killing five Chinese workmen and wounding fifteen others, and endangering U.S. Marines in the United States sector. In Ottawa, The Earl of Bessborough, the Governor General of Canada, opened the 17th Parliament of Canada. In the Northwest Territories, the RCMP sought the famous fugitive trapper wanted for murder, “two-gunned Albert Jonsson,” in the Rat River hills. Veteran Northland pilot W.R. “Wop” May was now assisting in the search by air. Mayor Ralph Webb of Winnipeg said Regina was the logical choice for a capital of the “united provinces of the Canadian west.”
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