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Browaty feels blindsided: City Councillor Jeff Browaty was “surprised and disappointed” by Mayor Brian Bowman’s handling of the controversy that led last week to Browaty’s ouster as chairman of the Winnipeg Police Board. Browaty was out of town as the issue raged, and feels the mayor could have waited until he returned. Bill Redekop reports. READ MORE
Your forecast: Feb. 14 is a day made for lovers, as long as those lovers stay indoors. The temperature will fall to -10 this afternoon, but it will feel substantially colder with wind from the northwest at 30/kmh, gusting to 50.
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JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESWinnipeg School Division trustee Chris Broughton
Learning about austerity: Higher school taxes, or reduced school programs: those are the bleak choices facing Winnipeg School Division, which announced Monday it will hold four public meetings to gauge public appetite for raising taxes. Alexandra Paul reports. READ MORE
Refugee donations needed: With a growing number of refugee claimants arriving in foot over the border at Emerson, Man., groups that help resettle the newcomers say they are maxed out and need more public donations. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Up next
Jets vs. Stars: Lacing up the blades on Valentine’s Day, the Winnipeg Jets could certainly use some love from the fans. The Jets (25-29-4) have lost the past four games in a row and their playoff chances fading fast. Puck drops at 7 p.m. READ MORE
Miss Lonelyhearts & WSO: Free Press columnist Maureen Scurfield, a.k.a. Miss Lonelyhearts, will help host a sultry program of lovers’ music by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra tonight. The program includes opera arias by Puccini, music from Bizet’s Carmen, Saint-Saëns’ Samson et Dalila, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats and Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story. The baton rises at 8 p.m.
Around the water cooler
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press filesMayor Brian Bowman’s desire to find a new direction for organic waste disposal in the city means green bins won’t be popping up on Winnipeg curbs any time soon.
What a waste: Columnist Dan Lett thinks the city was wrong to throw out its plan for curbside collection of organic waste: “Unfortunately for the supporters of organic recycling, it must find more support at council, a forum that has never been known for having an abundance of sense of any kind.” READ MORE
Exorbitant bills dropped: A group of 11 homeowners in Old Kildonan breathed sighs of relief on Monday when they learned a developer had cancelled plans to charge them exorbitantly for neighborhood improvements. They had been served bills ranging from $76,000 to $361,000. Greg Lockert reports. READ MORE
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SEAN KILPATRICK / THE CANADIAN PRESSPrime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, D.C., on Monday.
#TrudeauMeetsTrump: The Canadian prime minister’s first face-to-face meeting Monday with the new U.S. president in Washington was important for many reasons, not least of which was Justin Trudeau striking a positive note with Donald Trump, given the different policy positions the two leaders have taken on a variety of issues. READ MORE
On this date
On Feb. 14, 1994: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Canada had won its first medal at the 1994 Winter Olympic Games: Edi Podivinsky of Edmonton took bronze in men’s downhill skiing. Manitoba’s doctors would see their fees protected in he face of future health-care cuts, according to a five-year deal reached between the Manitoba Medical Association and the provincial government. The province’s renaming of Highway 2 as “Red Coat Trail” to honour the mounted police drew criticism from a group dedicated to preserving the heritage of the North West Mounted Police as well as local residents, due to historical inaccuracy and the fact the group had sought such recognition for a portion of Highway 3. Winnipeg moviegoers could see such films as Schindler’s List, Philadelphia, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Fugitive, The Piano, and Grumpy Old Men. READ MORE
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