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WAYNE GLOWACKI / FREE PRESS FILESClub Regent Casino will be open 24 hours on Fridays and Saturdays for the next four months.
24-hour gambling: Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries is looking at rolling the dice around the clock – at least on a trial basis. Beginning Dec. 2, the corporation will begin a pilot project that will see two provincially run casinos in Winnipeg – McPhillips Street Station and Club Regent – open 24 hours on Fridays and Saturdays for the next four months. READ MORE
Your forecast: It will be mainly cloudy today with a 30 per cent chance of flurries in the afternoon. High 0 C. The wind will be from the north at 30 km/h. But the sun will shine on the weekend. On Saturday, it will be sunny with a high of -2 C. On Sunday, expect a mix of sun and cloud, and again the high will be -2 C.
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PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSThe former Officer’s Mess at Kapyong Barracks sits empty and is now slated for demolition.
Kapyong paralysis: Ottawa has spent $20 million in recent years to maintain buildings at Kapyong Barracks. The word now from the Department of National Defence is that the structures would have been torn down years ago if the property hadn’t been the subject of extended lawsuits. READ MORE
Golden opportunity: A Saskatoon-based labour-sponsored venture capital fund is paying $7.7 million for Fort Garry Brewing Co., maker of such local brews as Fort Garry Pale Ale and Frontier Pilsner. Golden Opportunities Fund Inc. purchased the business from Russell Breweries. Although the fund is based in Saskatchewan, it raises about $1 million per year from Manitoba investors and has a mandate to invest in Manitoba companies. READ MORE
Fentanyl testing: Manitoba has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars for sophisticated equipment that will allow homegrown testing for drugs such as fentanyl, speeding up data on deaths and allowing officials to respond better to the opioid crisis. READ MORE
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WE Day: Today, MTS Centre will be rocking with the annual WE Day – an event that brings together world-renowned speakers, A-list performers and tens of thousands of youth. This year’s speakers include astronaut Chris Hadfield and singer-songwriter Paula Abdul. READ MORE
Fentanyl summit: A high-level meeting of politicians and medical experts gets underway today in Ottawa to deal with the fentanyl crisis. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
MIKE APORIUS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSThe bodies of two women and a man were found in the house in the 100 block of Petriw Bay.
Fentanyl victim ID’d: One of three people found dead this week in northwest Winnipeg of a suspected fentanyl overdose has been identified as Aayla Asham, a 21-year-old mother of two. The woman’s younger sister took to social media on Thursday to raise awareness of the consequences of using the potent opioid. The bodies of two other people – a man and a woman – were also discovered in the Petriw Bay home on Wednesday. READ MORE
Mental illness report: A new study suggests the rate of mental illness among Manitoba children is almost double the national average and even higher in Winnipeg’s inner city neighbourhoods and the province’s north. About one in seven Manitoba kids between the ages of six and 19 was diagnosed with a mental disorder by a physician between 2009 and 2013, according to the study by University of Manitoba researchers. READ MORE
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#SlumberParty: Britney Spears released a new video for Slumber Party, featuring Tinashe from her new album Glory. READ MORE
#coc16: Canadian Kaetlyn Osmond sits in first place after the short program at the Cup of China, a stop on the Grand Prix of Figure Skating, as do ice dance duo Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje. Patrick Chan is in third after his short program. READ MORE
#WPGvsPHI The Winnipeg Jets started a long road trip with a 5-2 loss to the Flyers last night in Philadelphia. READ MORE
On this date
On Nov. 18, 1985: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that three roommates who shared a phone line were unhappy that MTS had assigned them a phone number previously used by gay hotline. They reportedly received 15 calls a day from callers seeking the organization previously using the number, Gay Info (Project Lambda). In Geneva, Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbavhe challenged U.S. president Ronald Reagan to halt the development of space-based weaponry. Winnipeg fans still supported the Blue Bombers after the team’s loss to the B.C. Lions in the Western Conference final. READ MORE
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