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Great Cup: The Canadian Football League lived up to its reputation for wild, unpredictable excitement on Sunday. The newest team in the league, the Ottawa Redblacks, which earned its place in the championship game by winning last weekend in a blizzard (how Canadian), was considered the underdog but beat the Calgary Stampeders in overtime with a quarterback who is old enough to be a grandfather and was limping before the game started, and with a running back from the University of Manitoba Bisons. Jeff Hamilton reports from the Grey Cup. READ MORE
Your forecast: Remember how the weekend weather was wonderfully sunny and warm? That changes today. Light snow will be mixed with five to 10 cm of rain, with a high of 4 C. And that rain/snow will be pelted against your cheeks by winds from the east at 30 km/h, gusting to 50.
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King Connor: If you happen to be reading Head Start in a restaurant, scrutinize fellow patrons, and if any are Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck, please pay for his breakfast as a gesture of respect for his astonishing shutout feat Sunday, leading the team to a 3-0 victory over the Nashville Predators and stopping a five-game Jets losing skid. Jason Bell reports. READ MORE
Gunned down downtown: A 32-year-old man has died and the city’s homicide unit is investigating after two men were shot through the windshield of a vehicle early Saturday morning at Donald Street and Stradbrook Avenue. The second victim remains in hospital in stable condition. Police haven’t caught the shooter. READ MORE
Up next
They want your wallet: City councillors will explain why they want to take more of your hard-earned wages today when they examine the preliminary 2017 city budget. It calls for a property tax increase of 2.33 per cent. For the typical Winnipeg home assessed at $288,190, the municipal property tax bill will be $1,694 — an increase of $38.51 from 2016. Aldo Santin will be there.
Beloved teacher missing: The search will continue for Kevin Dilk, 50, a teacher at Collège Béliveau, a Grade 7 to 12 school. His family hasn’t seen him since Wednesday, when he is believed to have left his St. Boniface home on foot. About 150 people searched on the weekend for the teacher who is described as “full of love, caring, compassion.” READ MORE
Around the water cooler
FACEBOOKKevin Kisilowsky, a Stonewall resident involved in a Christian ministry that welcomes bikers, is awaiting a ruling from Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Karen Simonsen, who reserved her decision Thursday after hearing arguments from lawyers on both sides of the debate.
Same-sex ruling: A Manitoba judge has rejected a former marriage commissioner’s bid to strike down the province’s requirement that they must perform same-sex marriages if asked. Kevin Kisilowsky, who engages in Christian ministry through the House of the Risen Son Ministries and the Bondslave Motorcycle Club, had argued same-sex marriages are non-Christian. READ MORE
Ice aquarium: About 5,000 dead fish packed in the ice at a skating rink in western Japan are causing an uproar. The rink owners unveiled the concept earlier this month as an “attraction never heard about,” intended “to give the feel of the ocean to the ice skating rink.” After substantial uproar, the owners closed the rink and said they are “extremely remorseful to have invoked such unpleasant feelings.” READ MORE
Trending now
#CyberMonday: If you didn’t take part in the U.S.-inspired Black Friday sales last week, Canadian retailers are hoping you’ll do some shopping online today.
Redblacks, and #GreyCup: No surprise why these terms are trending after Ottawa pulled off an upset victory over Calgary on Sunday.
On this date
On Nov. 28, 1928: The Manitoba Free Press reported that the Prince of Wales was returning home to Great Britain from Dar-Es-Salam in East Africa; the prince’s decision to make for the coast came suddenly, as King George’s illness was said to be approaching a critical point, though the king was expected to pull through. A pilot attempting a non-stop flight from Walkerville, Ont. to Havana, Cuba was forced to end his flight 100 miles from his destination; he was forced down due to illness brought on from anti-sleeping capsules. After being seen by a doctor, the pilot refused to stay in a hospital but instead went to a hotel; he intended to complete his flight to Cuba the next morning, and then make a non-stop flight from Cuba to Detroit. READ MORE
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