What’s happening today
CPMary Simon is sworn in as Governor General in the Senate chamber in July. (Blair Gable / The Canadian Press files)
No surprises in throne speech: Gov. Gen. Mary Simon will outline the agenda for the Liberal government’s third consecutive term in a speech from the throne. The speech in the Senate is expected to be short and contain no surprises. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Residents to return: Some residents of Merritt, B.C., will be allowed to return home, with some properties remaining on evacuation alert and under a boil-water advisory. Canadian Pacific says it plans to reopen its railway between Kamloops and Vancouver by midday. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Court case continues: Lawyers for the University of Manitoba Faculty Association and the provincial government will be back in court arguing what the association should be entitled to in damages after earlier rulings that the province interfered with contract negotiations. Queen’s Bench Justice Joan McKelvey will hear arguments from the province today. Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
Closing arguments conclude: Jurors could begin deliberations later today in the murder trial of three white men for the killing of a Black man, Ahmaud Arbery, in Georgia in 2020. The prosecution will continue its closing arguments this morning. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Series set to resume: The Canadian women’s hockey team will face the U.S. in Game 4 of the Rivalry Series in Ottawa tonight. Canada leads the series, which the teams are using as preparation for the Olympics, 2-1 after losing in overtime in Game 3 on Sunday. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly sunny with a high of 0 C, wind chill as low as -10 and wind from the south at 30 km/h gusting to 50 this morning.
In case you missed it
Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck makes a save on the Pittsburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby during the first period in Winnipeg on Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Greenslade
Another loss: The Jets lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins at Canada Life Centre. The team has now lost three consecutive games. Jeff Hamilton reports. READ MORE
Deadly bus crash in Bulgaria: At least 45 people were killed when a bus headed to North Macedonia after a tourist trip to Turkey crashed and caught fire in Bulgaria. READ MORE
‘I’m not a racist person’: Kyle Rittenhouse, who was acquitted of killing two men and wounding another during the unrest that followed the police shooting of a Black man, says he supports the Black Lives Matter movement. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Ex-dictator dies: Former South Korean dictator Chun Doo-hwan, who seized power in a 1979 coup and was later sentenced to death and pardoned, has died at age 90. READ MORE
House fire in Tyndall Park: A problem with a clothes dryer is believed to be the cause of a house fire in Tyndall Park on Monday night. READ MORE
On this date
On Nov. 23, 1957: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a letter purported to be from the Russian embassy in Ottawa had been sent to Canadian school principals, exhorting them to end the “cheapness and vulgarity” of their schools and follow the communist school system instead; the embassy denied such a letter had been sent. Two landslides near Prince Rupert, B.C., killed eight people and cut off phone, telegraph, road and rail contact with the outside world.
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