Good morning!
Your forecast: March has come in like a lion, a snarly one, too. But we’ve got a forecast that should soothe the savage beast… er, breast. Indeed, the morning has some bite to it, with a temperature of -25 C at 6 a.m. and rising to just -13 C by mid day. A steady breeze of up to 15 km/h will make it feel like -33. On Wednesday, things warm slightly to -10 C under a mostly sunny sky, and it’s much the same for Thursday. Friday’s high is -6 C and on Saturday we could reach a high of 1 C.
In case you missed it
Huge water main break: Winnipeg police are warning drivers to steer clear of an area on the west side of the city where crews continue to clean up after an overnight water main break. There is an eight-square-block area affected, including all streets north of Silver Avenue and south of St. Matthews Avenue between King Edward Street and Roseberry Street. READ MORE
Fraud allegations: A search warrant unsealed Monday shows the RCMP investigation into Winnipeg’s police headquarters — now into its 15th month — was sparked by fraud allegations involving Caspian Construction, the main contractor on the $214-million project. The warrant alleges Caspian president Armik Babakhanians defrauded the city of more than $5,000 and forged documents between February 2011 and December 2014. READ MORE
Slain teen laid to rest: More than 1,200 mourners at the Calvary Temple, many teenagers wearing hockey jerseys — including the River East Marauders — joined family and other friends of Cooper Nemeth at a memorial service in his honour Monday. The 17-year-old went missing Feb. 14 and his body was found a week later. Police arrested one man on a second-degree murder charge. READ MORE
Up next
Liberals eye Southdale: At 7 p.m. today, the Manitoba Liberal Party will have a nomination meeting for their Southdale MLA candidate. The riding was previously held by the NDP’s Erin Selby, one of the so-called Gang of Five who challenged the leadership of Premier Greg Selinger. Selby is not running again.
Trumping Hillary: Many eyes will be the U.S. presidential primary race this evening for Super Tuesday, the multiple-state voting that is considered a solid indicator of campaigns that will eventually win. Democrat Hillary Clinton is buoyed by her win in South Carolina on Saturday. Donald Trump is the strongest Republican candidate, even as he tried to shake off a controversy for failing to disavow former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke during a recent interview. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSGrade 4 student Ryan K. had a chance to meet Pope Francis at the Vatican last week. He is holding a Pope Francis medallion he received on the trip.
Local boy meets Pope: Ryan K., a grade four student from St. Ignatius School in Winnipeg, had a chance to meet Pope Francis at the Vatican last week and asked the pontiff some tough questions. Ryan and his father Ryan and his father, Sam, visited Pope Francis as part of the launch of a children’s book called Dear Pope Francis. READ MORE
Licence plates to be scanned: Automatic licence-plate scanners are coming to the fore after Manitoba Public Insurance’s recent decision to scrap licence-plate validation stickers starting March 1. It’s a move expected to save the public insurer $200,000 a year but is raising privacy concerns. READ MORE
Jets take on Panthers: The Winnipeg Jets are back on home ice tonight against the Florida Panthers, 7 p.m. at the MTS Centre. It’s the club’s first home game after the trade that sent captain Andrew Ladd to Chicago for a first-round draft pick and winger Marko Dano, who makes his Winnipeg debut. The Jets lost defenceman Adam Pardy on the waiver wire to Edmonton on Monday but made no other moves as the NHL trade deadline came and went.
Trending now
#TheBachelor: It’s getting down to crunch time on the ridiculously popular reality show on ABC. The latest bachelor, Ben, sent Caila packing on Monday night, leaving Lauren and Jo-Jo as the finalists to win his heart.
#HappyBirthdayJustinBieber: The Canadian pop star turns 22 today!
On this date
On Mar. 1, 1954: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that listeners of an Ottawa quiz show believed that clues leading to a prize of $2,500 pointed to Trade Minister and acting Prime Minister C.D. Howe, and callers were besieging Howe’s residence by phone. Mrs. Howe said their telephone had been ringing morning until night for the previous four weeks with callers asking “outrageously impertinent personal questions” about the acting prime minister’s private life. In the United States, two Congressmen were shot in the House of Representatives, with several volleys of shots having been fired from the gallery.
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