What’s happening today
Paramedic Rebecca Hoke prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 to 12 years old at a vaccination site in Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021. The federal government is set to announce Friday that Health Canada has approved the COVID-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-LM Otero
COVID-19 vaccine for kids: The federal government will announce Health Canada has approved the COVID-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11. Ottawa is also expected to announce it will no longer require travellers returning from short trips to the U.S. to present a negative molecular COVID-19 test. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Tory case in court: A judge in Winnipeg will consider whether the Court of Queen’s Bench has jurisdiction to hear a case about alleged election irregularities in the Progressive Conservative leadership race. READ MORE
Ramping up relief efforts: British Columbia’s government is expected to provide more information about the state of emergency it has declared amid flooding and mudslides. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Jury still deliberating: The jury at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial in Wisconsin is set to begin a fourth day of deliberations. Rittenhouse, 18, is on trial for killing two men and wounding a third during a turbulent night of protests in Kenosha in the summer of 2020. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Cloudy this morning and mainly cloudy this afternoon, with a high of -2 C, wind chill as low as -14 and wind from the south at 30 km/h gusting to 50 this morning.
What’s happening this weekend
JESSICA LEE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSBlue Bombers and CFL leading receiver Kenny Lawler pulls in a catch Thursday during practice at IG Field.
Clash in Calgary: The Blue Bombers face the Calgary Stampeders on the road on Saturday evening in the final game of the Canadian Football League regular season. Receiver Kenny Lawler can become the first Bombers player to lead the CFL in receiving yards since 2002. Taylor Allen reports. READ MORE
Country concert: Dean Brody is performing at Canada Life Centre on Saturday night. The Free Press will have a review. READ MORE
Olympic curling trials: The Canadian Olympic curling trials begin in Saskatoon on Saturday. Jason Bell takes a closer look at the local challengers. READ MORE
In case you missed it
Connor McDavid scores on Connor Hellebuyck during the shootout. (Jason Franson / The Canadian Press)
‘A hell of a game’: The Jets earned a point in Edmonton after Oilers star Connor McDavid tied the game late in the third period and then scored the winning shootout goal. The Jets face the Vancouver Canucks at 9 p.m. tonight to end a two-game road trip. Jeff Hamilton reports. READ MORE
‘One big outbreak’: The head of Germany’s disease control agency says the country is in a “nationwide state of emergency” because of increasing COVID-19 infections. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
India to withdraw farm laws: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government will repeal agriculture laws that led to protests from tens of thousands of farmers in India and around the world. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Nov. 19, 1976: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Quebec Liberal MP Harold Herbert openly questioned prime minister Pierre Trudeau’s leadership of the party. The Manitoba government offered doctors a seven per cent pay increase for 1977. Senior staff members and access to documents for the Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corp. would be made available to the legislative press gallery to prove there was nothing illegal about the way the MHRC was acquiring land.
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