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Your forecast: Mild temperatures are here for nearly a week, but there’s a trade-off. While temperatures fluctuate between -5 C today and 1 C on Friday, there won’t be much sunshine peeking through the clouds. Today, there’s a 30 per cent of snow flurries this afternoon and a chance of ice pellets and freezing rain overnight, while the forecast calls for a blustery, wet Thursday with a high of 2 C. On Friday, the daytime high is 1 C, while Saturday’s high is -2 C.
In case you missed it
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSKris Hrom (from left) hands “Missing” posters to Nolan Koop, Carsen Sobey and Curtis Rebeck, all teammates of Cooper Nemeth on River East Marauders, as they and hundreds of volunteers came together at Gateway Recreation Centre to search for Nemeth Tuesday. Cooper Nemeth was last seen early Sunday morning at a party in Valley Gardens.
Search widened: A few hundred people fanned out across the North Kildonan, East Kildonan and Elmwood areas Tuesday afternoon and into the evening in search of Cooper James Nemeth, the 17-year-old River East Collegiate student who has been missing since he left a friend’s home Saturday night. Friends and family members say the teen would not stay out of touch this long. READ MORE
Case before jury: Jury deliberations are set to begin today in the grisly rape and strangling of Elizabeth Lafantaisie, 73, in February 2011. Thomas Brine, 29, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder. Crown attorney Brian Bell summed up the evidence against Brine in a 20-minute closing, saying it is clear Brine is guilty. But defence lawyer Bruce Bonney says his client is the victim of shoddy police work. READ MORE
Dangerous way to hunt: The Manitoba Wildlife Federation is calling on provincial conservation officials to get tough on those who illegally hunt at night using spotlights. The organization says bullets flying at night will only lead to injuries to innocent people, and pointed to a Winnipegosis woman who was asleep in bed when a shot was inadvertently fired through her window and into a cabinet. READ MORE
Up next
U of M open house: The University of Manitoba will hold its annual open house for high school students Wednesday and Thursday. Info Days is an open house that allows students to learn about academic programs, supports and the student experience through mini-lectures, faculty presentations, campus tours and info fair where they can meet current students as well as faculty and staff, the university said in a news release. This year 3,226 students are expected to attend over the two days – 31 schools are registered for Wednesday, and 42 schools for Thursday.
Liberal promises: Manitoba Liberal Leader Rana Bokhari is making a health funding announcement this morning at 10:30 a.m. at the Manitoba Legislature. The provincial election is set for April 19.
Around the water cooler
Karl B DeBlaker / The Associated PressCarolina Hurricanes’ Noah Hanifin (5) controls the puck in front of Winnipeg Jets’ Mark Scheifele (55) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, in Raleigh, N.C.
Jets long way back: The Winnipeg Jets are still nine points back in the race for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference after a 2-1 defeat to the Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh, N.C., on Tuesday night. Jordan Staal and Riley Nash each scored power-play goals for the Hurricanes. Blake Wheeler scored Winnipeg’s lone goal. Jets’ goalie Ondrej Pavelec faced 29 shots while the Jets fired 21 shots at Hurricanes/ goaltender Eddie Lack. Winnipeg battles the Lightning in Tampa on Thursday. READ MORE
Changes at college: Students at Providence University College, one of the province’s most socially conservative post-secondary institutions, have formed a gay-straight alliance – even though students who are accepted at the school must agree in a covenant to practise sexual intimacy within the marriage between one man and one woman. READ MORE
Trending now
#TimCook: The CEO of Apple Inc. used the company’s website to post a letter attacking the recent court order that compels Apple to unlock and decrypt the San Bernardino gunman’s iPhone. His response came after an order from a judge that Apple Inc. help the Obama administration break into an encrypted iPhone belonging to one of the shooters in the December attack.
#HappyBirthdayEdSheeran: The English singer-songwriter and musician turns 25 today. Sheeran received a couple of early birthday presents Monday – two Grammy awards for his song Thinking Out Loud.
On this date
On Feb. 17, 1999: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Finance Minister Paul Martin had restored $11.5 billion in health-care funding in his second straight balanced budget. in Winnipeg, Mayor Glen Murray forecast a continued property tax freeze. Winnipeg’s Ukrainian community mourned the death of Father Yaroslav “Gerald” Rudachek, who died of smoke inhalation after a candle he was using for private prayers fell over and ignited a couch.
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