Expect a sunny Friday, Montreal. Environment Canada predicts a high of -8C that is expected to dip and hover around -20C tonight. Skies should remain clear for the weekend.
The loonie: At 6 a.m., the Canadian dollar was worth 70.5 cents U.S.
Coming up today:
- René Angélil’s funeral takes place today at 3 p.m. at the Notre-Dame Basilica in Old Montreal. Take note of blocked streets near the event.
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier Philippe Couillard attend the World Economic Forum in Davos.
- Movies coming out today include Dirty Grandpa, The 5th Wave and The Boy, plus Quebec’s Endorphine starring Sophie Nélisse.
- There is a full moon tonight at 8:46 p.m.
Photo of the day:
Don’t forget to submit your photos of Montreal via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram by tagging them with #ThisMtl. See them appear at montrealgazette.com/thismtl and we’ll feature one per day right here in the morning file. This photo was posted by @mbdlh
Quote of the day:
In a historic decision on Jan. 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade that women, as part of their constitutional right to privacy, can terminate a pregnancy during its first two trimesters. Only during the last trimester, when the fetus can survive outside the womb, would states be permitted to regulate abortion of a healthy pregnancy.
Reproductive choice has to be straightened out. There will never be a woman of means without choice anymore. That just seems to me so obvious. The states that changed their abortion laws before Roe are not going to change back. So we have a policy that only affects poor women, and it can never be otherwise. – Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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