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Plan for Saran: NDP MLAs have shown Mohinder Saran a pathway for rejoining the NDP caucus as a full participating member. The Maples MLA is on the outs with his party over accusations of verbal sexual harassment of a staff member. His status is now in limbo. However, if he follows a number of steps, including apologizing to his accuser, he could be readmitted to the fold, reporters were told Tuesday. READ MORE
Your forecast: It will be mainly sunny, but cold. Expect a high of -22 and a wind chill of -40 today. Tonight, it will cloud over and light snow will start to fall around midnight. It will be windy tonight — 30 km/h from the south, gusting to 50 km/h. On Thursday, the light snow will end in the morning. Again there will be harsh winds, this time from the northwest at 50 km/h, gusting to 70 early in the day. The temperature will fall to -26 by Thursday afternoon.
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FRED CHARTRAND / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILESMaryAnn Mihychuk, MP for Kildonan-St. Paul, will no longer be in cabinet.
Cabinet shuffle: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has rejigged his cabinet, with Manitoba losing one of its two ministers. MaryAnn Mihychuk (Kildonan-St. Paul) is no longer employment, workforce development and labour minister after holding the post for 15 months. Her departure leaves Winnipeg South Centre MP Jim Carr, the minister of natural resources, as Manitoba’s lone cabinet representative. READ MORE
Road safety: A committee of city councillors has instructed the civic administration to develop a road-safety strategy designed to eliminate all traffic fatalities on Winnipeg streets. The directive was prompted by Coun. Janice Lukes. She has been pushing city hall to adopt a Swedish strategy known as Vision Zero, which has been embraced by many countries and other Canadian municipalities. READ MORE
Up next
Jets vs. Habs: Winnipeg Jets take on the Montreal Canadiens at the MTS Centre this evening. Game time is 6:30.
Around the water cooler
Ruth Bonneville Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free PressTerminally ill Susan Griffiths spends her last days in her home with family and friends before leaving Winnipeg for the last time to board a flight to Europe. By the end of April she will have had an assisted suicide. She wrote letters to Parliament to advocate for right-to-die laws.
Assisted dying: The province has increased the number of doctors to help terminally ill patients to die after receiving far more requests for the service than anticipated. Twenty-four Manitobans have died with assistance of medical professionals since March. Most of them were cancer patients older than 65. READ MORE
Risking life and limb: After two refugees from Ghana nearly froze to death Dec. 24 walking into Canada from the United States, the Ghanaian community in Manitoba is warning others of the dangers. Frank Indome, vice-president of the Ghanaian Union of Manitoba, says there may be more refugees in the U.S. looking to trek to Canada. But he said the group is warning that it’s too dangerous to do so at this time of year. READ MORE
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CHARLES REX ARBOGAST / THE ASSOCIATED PRESSU.S. President Barack Obama wipes his tears as he speaks in Chicago on Tuesday, giving his presidential farewell address.
#ObamaFarewell: Outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama delivered an emotional farewell address to the nation Tuesday evening. Hearkening back to his 2008 campaign slogan “Yes we can,” he highlighted his government’s and supporters’ accomplishments, adding, “Yes we did.” READ MORE
On this date
On Jan. 11, 1958: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Russia’s bid a multi-heads-of-state meeting concerning East and West Germany was likely to be rejected by Western powers. In Canada, the activities of the RCMP’s “anti-subversive” branch as regarding its handling of files on individuals met with criticism from the CCF party. The Liberal Party of Canada touted what it said would be new policy, a new look and a new leader for the party ahead of the coming election. READ MORE
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