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Equal education for all: Does a kid in a North End school get the same quality of education as a student in wealthier areas in south Winnipeg? School trustees have suspicions, but not facts. Winnipeg School Division agreed Monday to compare programs, facilities and experience of teachers in a wide-ranging equity audit of each school across the division. Nick Martin reports. READ MORE
Your forecast: If Seasonal Affective Disorder brings winter gloom, we hereby create a new diagnosis called Seasonal Affective Optimism. A symptom is that our mood improves as temperatures warm. Today is expected to be a high of -3, and then the temperature will rise above freezing. Wednesday will be +2 and Thursday will be +3.
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PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSWilma Derksen: ‘Of course we will all laugh at some point.’
Finding light in darkness: During the first day of the retrial for Candace Derksen’s murder, Wilma Derksen told reporters the surviving family members have “deliberately cultivated” a positive attitude. “We’ve had to say… ‘all of life is good.’” Melissa Martin offers her opinion. READ MORE
Justice delayed: With the Supreme Court ruling that accused criminals can walk free if it takes too long for their cases to drag through the courts, two Manitoba lawyers have tried to get their clients’ cases dismissed. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
Up next
Phil Hossak / Winnipeg Free Press FilesThe Canadian Museum for Human Rights building in Winnipeg.
CMHR drops price to $5: From today until Jan. 31, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights has dropped its admission price to $5. The special price is to kick off Canada’s 150th anniversary year.
Two entertainment choices tonight: Country star Dwight Yoakam plays the Burton Cummings Theatre at 8 p.m., a show that will include bluegrass covers of his own early material. And veteran comedian Steve Patterson, the host of CBC’s The Debaters, will be cracking wise at the Park Theatre at 7:30 p.m.
Around the water cooler
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSPhil Goss, facility manager at Main Street Project and former client, is fitted for a new suit by Brett Kuchciak, regional sales manager at EPH Apparel, on Monday. Clients and former clients are being fitted to walk the runway in The Runway To Change, a Main Street Project fundraising fashion show.
From street to catwalk: Six formerly homeless men were fitted for business suits Monday and in about two weeks will strut a runway in a fashion show fundraiser. The six men — all former or current clients of Main Street Project — will model their new threads in front of a corporate crowd to raise funds for the drop-in centre that serves individuals experiencing homelessness and substance addiction. Alexandra Paul reports. READ MORE
Jets losing skid continues: If the marriage pledge of “for better or worse” also apply to the relationship between athletes and their fans, Winnipeg’s relationship with the Jets is experiencing “worse.” The team was humbled 5-2 by the San Jose Sharks on Monday, its fourth loss in a row. The team returns to Winnipeg for a four-game homestand beginning Wednesday. READ MORE
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#MakeABookAmerican: Call it red, white and blue literature… that takes a dim view of recent political life in the United States: “As I Lay Dying Because I’m Uninsured,” “Pride But Mostly Prejudice,” “A Pipeline Runs Through it” or “I Am The Best Gatsby Everyone Says So Honestly You Would Not Even Believe How Great A Gatsby I Am.”
On this date
On Jan. 17, 1992: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a 50-year-old cab driver was in hospital after being severely injured by four people he had picked up. David Milgaard would be asked to plead his innocence at the start of a historic review of his murder conviction in a 1969 slaying. A Winnipeg businessman complained to the Law Society of Manitoba that an attorney had overbilled him to the tune of $13,000. Nationally, the Royal Bank of Canada forecast that economic growth for the year would be the slowest since the Second World War. READ MORE
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