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U of M strike ends: University of Manitoba faculty will forgo its picket line and return to lecture halls. A three-week strike is over and students are expected back in class this morning. Nick Martin and Alexandra Paul explain the deal reached late last night. READ MORE
Your forecast: When people complain about the snow this morning, perhaps they should look at the calendar. It’s Nov. 22. It’s Winnipeg. Stop grumbling and pull on your tuque. The forecast calls for two to four centimeters of snow, ending this morning. The high will be 2 C, with wind from the southeast at 30 km/h, gusting to 50.
In case you missed it
BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSPolice outside a house on Kinlock Lane, where two people were sent to hospital Sunday.
Fentanyl scourge continues: By coincidence, federal Health Minister Jane Philpott was in Winnipeg on other business Monday when Winnipeg police learned two more local people had died from overdoses of a drug suspected to be fentanyl. “It’s one of the most serious health threats our country is facing right now,” she told the Free Press. READ MORE
Closing the wallet: The PC government unveiled its throne speech Monday and, perhaps unsurprisingly, the Progressive Conservatives acted conservatively. They said they will keep a lid on public-sector spending, including universities, hospitals and Crown corporations. Larry Kusch and Nick Martin explain what it means. READ MORE
Up next
Plethora of politicians: About 900 mayors, reeves, councillors and administrators are in Winnipeg today and Wednesday for the 18th annual convention of the Association of Manitoba Municipalities. Their hub is the RBC Convention Centre.
Be your own boss: Aspiring entrepreneurs are invited to World Trade Centre Winnipeg, 219 Provencher Blvd., today from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for a seminar on how to start small businesses. Nicole Fontaine will cover legal considerations, name registration, financing options, taxation, licensing requirements and more.
Around the water cooler
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSDanny Smyth is now officially the Winnipeg Police Service chief.
Wasteful police overtime: Commendably, new police Chief Danny Smyth wants to rein in unnecessary overtime for police officers, including the practice of having officers wait outside courtrooms all day in case lawyers want to call them to the witness box: “What I find frustrating is that about 80 per cent of the time we’re not required to testify. But we’re subpoenaed to court. A lot of times these things are settled right at the time of the court case.” The new chief spoke to Gordon Sinclair Jr. READ MORE
Ethical stand: A federal law passed in June allows health-care professionals to hasten death for terminally ill patients who ask to die. So it’s legal. But is it right? At least six faith-based health facilities in Manitoba say no. They will not provide medically-assisted deaths to patients who want it. Kristin Annable reports. READ MORE
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#christmasmusic: It may be too early for this in the United States, as American Thanksgiving is still to come, but in Winnipeg as November finally brings some snow, it could be just about right for those who celebrate to start getting into the Christmas spirit.
On this date
On Nov. 22, 1943: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Canadians in the Italian campaign, reinforced by new infantry and armoured formations, would fight together as a corps. Russian forces advanced against German positions at Krivoi Rog, meant to divert Nazi forces from the northern Ukraine front. A writer pondered how long Japan could hold out after the fall of Hitler’s Germany. READ MORE
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