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Sandbag alert: The U.S. National Weather Service says there is more than an 80 per cent chance of major flooding along the Red River near the Manitoba border in the coming months. Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE
Your forecast: The Winnipeg temperature in the next four days will drop as steadily as Donald Trump’s popularity among the immigrant community. Today’s high will be -4 C, with a 30 per cent chance of flurries. Friday’s high will be -6, Saturday will be -8 and Sunday will be -9.
In case you missed it
BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESIan Wishart, minister of education and training.
Wishart versus WSD: Education Minister Ian Wishart told school boards to control costs. The Winnipeg School Division board then said it might close some nurseries, reduce library staff, and slash all 66 adult crossing guards. Now, Wishart said he’s disappointed the board picked some of its most valuable services to chop. Nick Martin chronicles the dispute. READ MORE
Who killed Marilyn Rose Munroe?: A year ago on Wednesday, Marilyn Rose Munroe, 41, a mother and grandmother, was found dead in her home. No one has been charged with her death. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
Up next
Dangers of impaired driving: Mothers Against Drunk Driving is visiting River East Collegiate today to show a film called In The Blink Of An Eye, which chronicles the fate of teens who drink and smoke weed before driving. The fictional story is followed by the powerful real-life accounts of three victims of impaired driving.
Eggs and economic elucidation: Early-bird entrepreneurs will meet at 7:30 a.m. today at a MBiz breakfast to hear Pierre Cléroux, Chief Economist of BDC, the only Canadian Bank devoted exclusively to entrepreneurs. He will examine the challenges of doing business in a Manitoba economy focusing on austerity. Martin Cash will report.
Around the water cooler
Sean Kilpatrick / The Canadian PressManitoba skip Michelle Englot and son Derek Schneider at the Scotties in St. Catharines, Ont. Wednesday. Schneider will be cheering loudest during his mom’s game against Rachel Homan tonight.
A rowdy taste of Toba: A small army of Manitoba fans are whooping it up at a curling rink in St. Catharines, Ont., cheering, chanting and blowing the signature train whistle of Team Manitoba at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Melissa Martin is there. READ MORE
Return of the ’90s: Columnist Jen Zoratti is pondering the revival of the final decade of the 20th century, prompted by upcoming concert visits by Everclear and Weezer, a new Winnipeg radio station that plays ’90s music, and fashion throwbacks: “Oversized flannel, crushed velvet babydoll dresses, slinky slips (worn over a basic white T-shirt), chokers, Adidas tracksuits — all back.” READ MORE
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NASA / JPL-CaltechAn artist’s conception of what the surface of the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1f may look like.
#NASA: The U.S. space authority revealed it has discovered seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a nearby star (“nearby” meaning 40 light years away), with three of them in the habitable zone, the area around a star where a rocky planet is most likely to have liquid water. READ MORE
On this date
On Feb. 23, 1941: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that British bombing raids against German ships intensified, while German aircraft targeted the British coast. There were fears the war would spread to eastern Europe, the Balkans, and Turkey. The British and French navies blockaded Russia to prevent supplies from reaching Germany. In Manitoba, several air schools were being established as part of the British Commonwealth air training program. READ MORE
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