What’s happening today
Talking taxis: City council will vote today on the proposed bylaw to regulate taxis and ride-hailing services, including changes Mayor Brian Bowman revealed Monday. The amendments include allowing taxis to use bus-only diamond lanes on a one-year trial basis.
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Release of report: The Manitoba office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives will release its annual report on the state of the inner city today at Thunderbird House. The think tank’s report “examines the struggles that community-based organizations are facing under the provincial funding review.”
Senate selection: Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton is expected to reveal a replacement for U.S. Sen. Al Franken, who has said he will resign amid allegations of sexual misconduct. The top contender is Lt. Gov. Tina Smith, The Associated Press reports.
Weather
Your forecast: Today will be cloudy with a high of -7 C, a risk of freezing drizzle early this morning, a 60 per cent chance of flurries in the morning and wind from the north at 30 km/h gusting to 50.
In case you missed it
JOE BRYKSA / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESDustin Byfuglien will miss Sunday nights’s game against the Vancouver Canucks at the MTS Centre.
Out of practice: After a day off Tuesday, the Jets return to the ice today for their first practice in nearly three weeks. The team struggled on a road trip last week before winning at home Monday, but head coach Paul Maurice says he doesn’t believe the lack of practice is to blame. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
Trump tweets: After the stunning victory of Democrat Doug Jones in Tuesday’s U.S. Senate election in Alabama, U.S. President Donald Trump is defending his decision to back a different candidate for the Republican nomination. Roy Moore, who has been dogged by allegations of past sexual misconduct with teens, has yet to concede. “Roy worked hard but the deck was stacked against him,” Trump tweeted early this morning.
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Team trademark: A trademark for the Atlantic Schooners has been registered by a group that is in talks with the Canadian Football League about establishing a franchise in Halifax. The league revealed last month it’s in talks with a “professional, enthusiastic and impressive” group of prospective owners. READ MORE
Trending
Justice Richard Wagner
#RichardWagner: The Montreal-born, a self-proclaimed advocate of judicial independence, will become the next chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
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#boeing: The government confirmed Tuesday that it is walking away from plans to buy 18 Super Hornets from U.S. aerospace firm Boeing amid a bitter trade dispute with Montreal-based rival Bombardier. Canada will instead buy 18 second-hand F-18s from Australia. READ MORE
On this date
On Dec. 13, 1950: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the 2nd Battalion of Princess Patricia’s Light Infantry had arrived in Japan, heading for duty in Korea. A 22-year-old railway telegraph operator took the blame for a mistake that resulted in a Canoe River train wreck that took the lives of 21 people a board of transport commisioners inquiry heard. READ MORE
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