What’s happening today
The strike by bus drivers in Winnipeg School Division has ended and a new contract will be decided through binding arbitration. (DAVID LIPNOWSKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES)
Ready to roll: Bus drivers with the Winnipeg School Division will resume picking up students today after a three-month strike. The Manitoba Labour Board ruled binding arbitration will be used to decide on a new contract. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
Set to release stats: Statistics Canada will reveal national job numbers for November. About three-quarters of the jobs lost during pandemic lockdowns in March and April have been regained, with six consecutive months of job increases since then. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
COVID-19 crisis: The provincial government will announce the latest COVID-19 numbers this afternoon. As of Thursday, Winnipeg’s positivity rate was a record 14.9 per cent. A record 357 patients were in hospital with the disease, and there were as many such patients in intensive care as ever. Danielle Da Silva reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly or partly cloudy for much of the day, with a high of -3 C, a daytime low of -10 C, wind chill as low as -16, and wind from the southeast at 10 km/h.
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Coronavirus claims veteran: A Second World War veteran who was recently acknowledged with an honorary street renaming has died of COVID-19. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE
Workers waiting on test results: Essential workers in Portage la Prairie told the Free Press they are waiting too long for COVID-19 test results and that that is dissuading others from getting tested. Warnings on social media urge residents not to get tested at a site rumoured to have slower results. Julia-Simone Rutgers reports. READ MORE
Coop a living classroom: A north Winnipeg school is raising chickens in an outdoor coop. The hens are being used to teach students about sustainable food, and the eggs are to be used in nutrition classes and in the school’s breakfast and lunch programs. Nicole Brownlee reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Dec. 4, 1965: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that in Cape Canaveral, Fla., two astronauts were set to launch on the Gemini 7 space mission as part of the longest manned space mission to date, at 14 days, during which they hoped to rendezvous with the Gemini 6 pilots. Russia launched its fourth attempt of the year to land a craft softly on the moon. In Saigon, Viet Cong forces stormed and blasted a billet where U.S. soldiers were staying, killing nine people and wounding scores more.
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