What you need to know
THE CANADIAN PRESS/John WoodsManitoba Premier Brian Pallister.
Pallister on province: Premier Brian Pallister will unveil a a new economic development framework in his state of the province speech today. The Free Press has learned the plan includes restructuring of departments and outsourcing some government functions to third-party agencies. Martin Cash reports. READ MORE
Fired after furor: Stella’s restaurants announced on social media last night it has decided to “release” vice-president Grant Anderson. His firing was among the demands made by women who allege widespread harassment at the chain. READ MORE
Drones and drugs: Would-be smugglers are using drones to try to get drugs and other contraband into Stony Mountain prison north of Winnipeg, and officials have intercepted a handful of attempts. Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Don’t take offence, but baby, it’s cold outside! Today will be mainly sunny but very frigid, with a high of -17 C, windchill as low as -32 this morning and -24 this afternoon.
What’s happening today
FILE РIn this Jan.. 6, 2009, file photo, Golden Globe statuettes are displayed during a news conference in Beverly Hills, Calif. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association will unveil their nominations for the 76th annual Golden Globes Awards on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, beginning at 8:15 a.m. EST. The nominations will be live streamed on the Globes’ official Facebook page and the group’s website. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)
Naming nominees: The nominees for next month’s Golden Globe Awards will be announced shortly after 7 a.m. A Star is Born and the Disney musical Mary Poppins Returns might have big mornings, The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Bush’s burial: Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush will be buried beside his wife and daughter at his presidential library in College Station, Texas. After a service at a church in Houston, Bush’s body will be transported in a special train car with Plexiglas windows to its final resting place. READ MORE
In case you missed it
Arrested development: China is demanding Canada release a Huawei Technologies executive who faces possible extradition to the U.S., and Beijing also wants to know the reasoning behind Meng Wanzhou’s arrest in Vancouver this weekend. READ MORE
Back to work: Great-West Life employees will return to work today after most of its offices were closed Wednesday because of a threat. Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Dec. 6, 1938: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that South Africa’s defence minister warned that Europe was drifting toward a war that nobody wanted. A school teacher who had a premonition of disaster moved her 34 students out a school room mere minutes before its ceiling collapsed, crushing the desks. A farmer near Cranberry Portage escaped death when his tractor plunged through the ice and the farmer was forced to struggle out of the frigid water to safety. READ MORE
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