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Muslims welcome here: After slayings at a Quebec mosque and a U.S. travel ban on people from seven Muslim countries, Manitoba responded with 1,000 supporters at a vigil outside the Manitoba legislature and 1,500 praying at the Grand Mosque in Winnipeg. “We’re not alienated or feeling alone,” said a grateful Osaed Khan, president of the Manitoba Islamic Association. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Your forecast: Layer up with long johns, pull on the parka; it’s getting nastily cold. Today’s high of -15 C will be made colder by wind from the northwest at 20 km/h gusting to 40, so the temperature will feel like -31. Thursday’s high will be -15, Friday will be -18, Saturday will be -12, and Sunday will be -18.
In case you missed it
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESMohinder Saran has been expelled from the NDP caucus.
MLA expelled: The NDP caucus on Tuesday expelled Mohinder Saran, the Maples MLA accused of sexual harassing two women. He was unrepentant: “I deny the accusations that were made against me.” Nick Martin reports. READ MORE
Seeking a better snow job: Public works chairman Marty Morantz has directed his department to come up with a better way to clear snow from streets and sidewalks. “I think there are ideas out there that we can always study.” Aldo Santin reports. READ MORE
Up next
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Repartee in concert: The indie-pop fourpiece Repartee, known for their catchy radio hit “All Lit Up,” plays the Garrick Centre tonight, beginning at 7 p.m. The band is known by its fans for the work they put into their live performances, replicating their album’s many instruments and unusual tracks.
Fairness in government programs: Have you been treated unfairly by government programs run by Family Services, and Jobs and the Economy? At 7 p.m. today at 120 Maryland Street, Cheryl Roby, Fair Practices Officer, will offer confidential advice to people who have beefs with programs such as Employment and Income Assistance, marketAbilities, Children’s disABILITY Services, Community Living disABILITY Services and Manitoba Early Learning and Child Care (subsidy).
Around the water cooler
HANDOUT / THE CANADIAN PRESSStaff from the Toronto-based eatery Freshii attend the opening of the market at the TSX in Toronto on Tuesday.
Freshii worth lots of monii: Freshii Inc., the healthy fast food restaurant chain with 244 stores, has closed its initial public offering, raising $125 million. It’s made a rich man of its Winnipeg founder Matthew Corin. READ MORE
Stabbing spree: Police have arrested a suspect in a string of six stabbings in the Exchange District over the last two weeks, including at Red River College and in a food line outside Siloam Mission. The stabbings were random with no obvious motive. Alexandra Paul reports. READ MORE
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On this date
On Feb. 1, 1969: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that North Vietnamese troops attacked a United States base north of Saigon while raiders struck three times at the capital. In Rennes, France, Bretons booed and jeered the president, Charles de Gaulle, as well as throwing rocks, while police fired tear gas shells on the streets. In Miami Beach, Fla., a cheetah leaped from a $125,000 yacht docked at an oceanfront apartment complex and mauled a nine-year-old boy and chased a motorcycle policeman before it was shot to death. READ MORE
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