What you need to know
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Meth Feature project; Main Street Project women’s detox centre.
Photos taken during tour of Main Street Project women’s detox centre (Riverpoint Centre) by Director Tahl East. Some with clients not showing faces.
Story is partly about how there are fewer detox beds for women than there are for men in Winnipeg, but I’m told women may be more severely affected by the meth crisis.
Dec 12th, 2018
Drug’s demographics: In the fifth instalment of our seven-part series on Manitoba’s meth crisis, Katie May reports on how the drug is doing disproportionate damage to women and girls. READ MORE
Moroccans make arrests: Authorities in Morocco have arrested three more suspects in the brutal slaying of two Scandinavian tourists, one of which was recorded and posted online. Another suspect had already been arrested in the attack, which Denmark says “may be related” to the Islamic State group. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Today will be cloudy with a high of -8 C, a 30 per cent chance of light snow, and wind chill of -20 this morning and -13 in the afternoon.
In case you missed it
FILE – In this Dec. 1, 2010, file photo, a terminal link train arrives behind a glass window at the snow covered terminal station at London’s Gatwick Airport in Horley, England. London’s Gatwick Airport shut down late Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, while officials urgently investigated reports that two drones were flying above the airfield. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)
Drone delay: Thousands of passengers are affected as the lone runway at Britain’s second-busiest airport remains closed after drones were spotted over the airfield. READ MORE
Perilous passage: Eleven dead African migrants were found in a boat off the southern coast of Spain today. Thirty-three passengers were rescued, but one later died. READ MORE
Putin on Syria pullout: At a news conference today, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw his country’s military from Syria. READ MORE
What’s happening today
CPSan Jose Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson (Tony Avelar / Associated Press files)
Water main work: Dugald Road will be closed between Plessis Avenue and Ravenhurst Street starting at 9 a.m. Only eastbound local traffic will be permitted until late Friday night.
San Jose surging: The Jets face the Sharks in San Jose at 9:30 p.m., the second match of a three-game road trip that started with a loss. The Sharks have won five consecutive games. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Dec. 20, 1989: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a Winnipeg lawyer argued that proposed provincial legislation would strip taxpayers of the right to appeal some property-tax assessments. U.S. troops fought Panamanian forces in an attempt to overthrow Gen. Manuel Antionio Noriega. Federal finance minister cut the proposed Goods and Services Tax from nine per cent to seven per cent in response to a national outcry against introducing the tax. READ MORE
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