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Your forecast: “In November?” one Head Start associate remarked when informed Sunday’s forecast from Environment Canada calls for sunshine and a high of 11 C. Forgive him for being skeptical, particularly when the days preceding give no indication that kind of weather is on the way. Today, the rain becomes mixed with wet snow this afternoon, with precipitation of five to 10 millimetres. The high is just 2 C. On Friday, expect more of the same and a high of 3 C and an overnight low of -5 C. Blue sky returns Saturday but the mercury rises to just 1 C. Somehow, though, Sunday offers us one final chance to rake leaves and bring in the lawn furniture.
In case you missed it
Phil Hossack / Winnip[eg Free PressLong Plain FIrst Nation Chief, Dennis Meeches at the forum on the Kapyong property and Urban Reserves Wednesday at the Canadian Mennonite University.
Progress on Kapyong: About 500 people attended a meeting in which community leaders discussed the potential for the former Armed Forces base to become an urban reserve, now that the federal government is no longer blocking efforts by First Nations to acquire the land. Former city planner Harry Finnigan, Long Plain First Nation Chief Dennis Meeches and Andrew Holtman from the Tuxedo Community Association each spoke. “What I think we have before us in Winnipeg… is a real opportunity to make something pretty special happen,” said Finnegan. READ MORE
Diverse cabinet: Justin Trudeau was sworn in as Canada’s 23rd prime minister on a warm, sunny Wednesday in Ottawa. Fifteen women from different walks of life took positions in the first gender-balanced cabinet in Canadian history, taking on portfolios that will include priority policy files for the new government. The cabinet has 31 members, including Trudeau. Manitoba’s MaryAnn Mihychuk takes on employment, workforce development and labour. The new prime minister was asked why gender parity was such a priority for him. “Because it’s 2015,” he replied. Meanwhile, new MP Jim Carr of Manitoba will be natural resources minister. READ MORE
Hey, bus driver: Trustees with the Winnipeg School Division have voted to give bus drivers a raise of 15.7 per cent, effective immediately. The division says the move was made to bring driver salaries closer to the city average. But the board could not immediately release salary levels in the new deal. Other divisions pay drivers approximately $23 to $26 an hour. READ MORE
Up next
SubmittedJanice Filmon.
Nice women: A media conference at 11 a.m. today, titled ‘Nice Women Don’t Want the Vote,’ has speakers including Lieut.-Gov. Janice Filmon, MLA Jennifer Howard, history curator Roland Sawatzky, and Manitoba Museum CEO Claudette Leclerc. Free Press columnist Jen Zoratti will report on the event.
Kitchen sensation: Your George Foreman grill might soon be supplanted by a unique table-top Korean barbeque invented in Winnipeg. Called The Nutrigrill, the electric cooking device will be unveiled at noon today at Prairie Theatre Exchange, 3rd Floor, Portage Place. The event will include an appearance by celebrity chef Donatella Arpaia, from Iron Chef America. Free Press business writer Martin Cash has the details in an advance story. READ MORE
Remembrance Day: It’s never too early to inform folks about the city’s largest Remembrance Day Service. Once again, it will be held Wednesday, Nov.11 inside the RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg at 375 York Ave. The Convention Centre doors will be open at 9:30 a.m., patrons should be seated by 10:15 a.m. and the service begins at 10:45 a.m. The service, open to everyone, is hosted by the Joint Veterans Association of Manitoba and the Canadian Forces.
Around the water cooler
Handout / Fox Lake Police DepartmentLt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz
Officer staged his own death: A police officer in Illinois, about to be exposed as a thief, staged his own fatal shooting to look like a homicide, sparking a huge manhunt for a suspect. Police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz embezzled thousands of dollars from the Fox Lake Police Explorer program for seven years and spent the money on mortgage payments, travel expenses, gym memberships and adult websites, Lake County Major Crimes Task Force commander George Filenko said. Just before he died, Gliniewicz radioed he was chasing three suspicious men in a swampy area near Fox Lake, READ MORE
Pass Go, collect $200: On this date exactly 80 years ago, Parker Brothers first published the board game Monopoly, the self-proclaimed “Fast-Dealing Property Trading Game.” It is now produced by the United States game and toy company Hasbro. Oh, the fun of loading up Boardwalk and Park Place with houses, owning all four railroads or winning second place in a beauty contest. And it’s not just a family game, there’s actually a world championship every few years. Just two months ago, Italian champion Nicolo Falcone achieved world domination in China.
Protection orders: The tragic death of Camille Runke last week has sparked debate about the effectiveness of court-approved protection orders in Manitoba. Runke, 49, was shot to death outside her place of work in St. Boniface on Friday morning, despite having an order in place against her estranged husband, Kevin. Police say he was then considered a person of interest in the homicide but committed suicide Monday near St. Malo. Camille Runke called police 22 times from July to October to report incidents of harassment. READ MORE
Trending now
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren CalabreseWinnipeg Jets’ Alexander Burmistrov, right, celebrates his game-winning goal with teammate Blake Wheeler during the third period.
#GoJetsGo: Trending in Winnipeg as the Jets win last night thanks to some late heroics on the part of Alexander Burmistrov. Burmistrov came up with the winning goal with just 2:05 left in a 4-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs at Air Canada Centre.
#StressIn5Words: Can you sum up your tension in five words? With Twitter users lobbing phrases such as “Payday’s tomorrow, bill’s due today,” “Regular class starts next week,” and “Four years of President Jeb!” it seems it’s just enough to get you biting your fingernails.
On this date
On Nov. 5, 1904: The Manitoba Free Press reported that results in constituencies in Manitoba and the Northwest Territories showed sweeping victories for Liberal candidates. One riding in the Northwest Territories, that of Calgary, was unusual in that it went to a Conservative candidate. Liberal Leader Sir Wilfred Laurier was expected back in Ottawa that night, as his party’s election victory was celebrated. A scandal was erupting in Montreal, as it was revealed women had paid police officers for protection in “disorderly houses,” and a mass of evidence “of a spicy kind” was expected to come forth in court. In Victoria, B.C., Esquimalt was to become a great naval base. The Japanese bombardment of Port Arthur, Manchuria, though “dreadful,” failed to take the city, in the ongoing Russo-Japanese War.
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