What you need to know
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The security measures came into effect at Millennium Library on Monday, Feb. 25.
A matter of security: A group opposed to security screening at the downtown library is holding a rally to mark the anniversary of the measures being introduced. It starts at 4:30 p.m. Here’s our story from one year ago today. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: A mix of sun and cloud with a daytime low of -15 C and high of -9 C, with wind from the northwest at 20 km/h for much of today and wind chill as low as -24 this morning.
What’s happening today
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Winnipeg Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff.
Clash in U.S. capital: The Jets face the Washington Capitals at 6 p.m. CT to end a four-game road trip. The two teams meet again in Winnipeg on Thursday. In his latest column, Mike McIntyre says the Jets were right to avoid mortgaging the team’s future at the trade deadline. READ MORE
Court case: Developers will make their arguments as part of a legal bid to quash the city’s controversial impact fee. The Manitoba Home Builders’ Association and the Urban Development Institute allege the City of Winnipeg doesn’t have the authority to charge the fee, which took effect on new homes in some neighbourhoods in 2017. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE
Democratic debate: Democratic presidential candidates will be onstage in South Carolina tonight for the final debate before Super Tuesday. With front-runner Bernie Sanders on the verge of building a large lead in the national delegate count, it’s expected his rivals will be targeting him tonight. READ MORE
In case you missed it
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FILE – In this April 2, 2008 file photo, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak looks attends a meeting at the Presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt state TV said Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. that the country’s former President Hosni Mubarak, ousted in the 2011 uprising, has died at 91. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
Mubarak dead: Hosni Mubarak, who was president of Egypt for nearly 30 years before he was forced to resign during the Arab Spring protests in 2011, has died at 91. He took office after the assassination of Anwar Sadat in 1981. READ MORE
Fires burn in back lanes: Firefighters were busy Monday night extinguishing six suspicious blazes in back lanes, all in the North End.
On this date
On Feb. 25, 1978: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that prime minister Pierre Trudeau told attendees at a pre-election Liberal party convention in Ottawa that the greatest threat to Canada’s survival was a “crisis of confidence” brought on by Conservative and NDP “doomsayers.” Manitoba’s flood forecasting committee predicted above-normal precipitation from this point until spring runoff could result in major flooding on the Red and Assiniboine rivers. Manitoba’s 1,300 milk producers told the government they wanted an increase in milk prices to recoup higher production costs. READ MORE
Today’s front page
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