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PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS – Fashion Mogul Peter Nygard at a ribbon cutting ceremony at Nygard fashions head office Wednesday evening. – Sept 12, 2018
Nygard to resign after raids: Winnipeg fashion mogul Peter Nygard announced Tuesday he’s stepping down as chairman of the Nygard companies and will divest his ownership interest. The stunning news came hours after the FBI and New York Police Department raided Nygard’s corporate headquarters. Ryan Thorpe reports from New York. READ MORE
New coronavirus case: A new case of the COVID-19 virus was announced in Toronto this morning. A woman in her 60s who travelled to Iran is the first case in Canada where the patient didn’t travel to China or live with someone who did. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly cloudy with a daytime low of -15 C and high of -11 C, with wind chill as low as -19 this morning and -14 in the afternoon.
What’s happening today
Protest planned: A round dance protest — in support of the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs and their opposition to a pipeline project in northern British Columbia — is expected to shut down Portage and Main from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Meanwhile, three people were arrested at a protest for the same cause in Toronto Tuesday night. READ MORE
Assisted-dying amendments: The Liberal government will introduce amendments to the assisted-dying law. Sources told The Canadian Press medical assistance in dying will no longer be limited to people who are near death. A post-approval waiting period for the procedure will be eliminated, as will a requirement that a person give consent a second time. READ MORE
Museum CEO stepping down: Claudette Leclerc announced she will retire next month after 23 years as CEO of the Manitoba Museum — nearly half the time it has existed. The museum’s board of governors said it will begin a national search for Leclerc’s replacement.
In case you missed it
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Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin and Winnipeg Jets defenceman Dmitry Kulikov reach for the puck during the second period Tuesday in Washington.
Odd ending: The Jets, trailing the Washington Capitals 0-3 on the road, earned a point by tying the game but lost in the shootout after a strange decision by Nikolaj Ehlers. Jason Bell reports. READ MORE
Clash in South Carolina: Democratic presidential candidates attacked front-runner Bernie Sanders in a messy debate Tuesday night. Candidates frequently spoke over one another and went past the allotted time in the final debate before Super Tuesday. READ MORE
NFL deal clears hurdle: The union representing NFL players voted early this morning to send a deal for a new collective agreement, which includes a 17-game season and more playoff teams, to a vote by their full membership. There’s no word on when the vote will happen. READ MORE
On this date
On Feb. 26, 1988: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that six members of the Montreal SWAT team were ordered to pay $250,000 in damages to a widow for a 1978 raid in which they sprayed her apartment with bullets, killing her husband and wounding her. Manitoba premier Howard Pawley was ready to take up the federal government’s challenge and fight in court if Ottawa forced Manitoba into accepting its free trade deal with the United States. READ MORE
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