What you need to know
Liberal MP Jody Wilson-Raybould leaves the Parliament buildings following Question Period in Ottawa, Tuesday, February 19, 2019. The House of Commons justice committee will begin hearings today into the allegation that the Prime Minister’s Office improperly pressured former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to help Montreal engineering giant SNC-Lavalin avoid criminal prosecution. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Hearings on scandal start: Parliament’s justice committee will begin hearings into the SNC-Lavalin controversy today. The committee wants to hear first from academics about the legal principles underpinning the affair, The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Halifax house fire: Dozens attended a vigil last night outside the burned-out Halifax house where seven children were killed in a fire. A funeral is expected today or Thursday. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Today will be increasingly cloudy with periods of light snow beginning this morning, a high of -9 C, and windchill as low as -25 this morning and -14 in the late afternoon.
What’s happening today
Missile message: Russian President Vladimir Putin is warning the U.S. against deploying new missiles in Europe. “It’s a very serious threat to us, and we will have to respond,” he said in his state-of-the-nation address earlier today. READ MORE
Struggling sniper: The Jets play the Colorado Avalanche in Denver at 7:30 p.m. Forward Patrik Laine says he’s not too worried about the slump he’s in. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
In case you missed it
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Late-night service: Shoppers Drug Mart will no longer keep any of its Winnipeg stores open 24 hours. It’s not clear when the three locations affected will begin closing at midnight, Martin Cash reports. READ MORE
Country concert: Erin Lebar has a review of the Little Big Town show at Bell MTS Place last night. READ MORE
On this date
On Feb. 20, 1933: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the Winnipeg School Division would reduce teachers’ pay by 30 per cent. Harold G. Hutchings, a former Winnipegger, was wanted for his role in a bank failure in Siloam Springs, Ark.; Hutchings surrendered himself to authorities in Chicago. A so-called “psychic force” appeared to whirl a table around at a seance held in Winnipeg; Dr. T. Glen Hamilton, a psychic researcher, wrote about the event for the newspaper.
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