What’s happening today
Daniel Crump / Winnipeg Free PressFans of the Fort Richmond Centurions cheer as their team wins game two of the B Division High School Hockey Championship against the Murdoch Mackay Clansmen Tuesday. The series is now tied at one game each.
New rules for indoor sports: Starting today, kids 12 and older must have at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine or a recent negative result from a rapid antigen test to enter indoors sports and recreation facilities — including at schools — in Manitoba. READ MORE
Bill on mandatory minimums: The Liberal government is expected to introduce a bill to amend the Criminal Code by repealing mandatory minimum penalties for drug offences. READ MORE
Anniversary of attack: Tributes are planned to remember the 14 women slain in the mass shooting at École Polytechnique in Montreal 32 years ago, but organizers are asking crowds not to gather because of the pandemic. READ MORE
Freeland at finance hearing: Opposition MPs will grill Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland about the economy and the government’s pandemic response during a committee meeting. READ MORE
Ousted leader convicted: Aung San Suu Kyi, the civilian leader of Myanmar who was ousted in a coup in February, has been convicted of two offences and sentenced to four years in prison. Human rights groups called the verdict “bogus.” The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny with a high of -21 C, wind chill as low as -34 this morning and peak winds at 15 km/h from the northwest and later the west.
In case you missed it
Joni Mitchell at the 44th Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday. (Carolyn Kaster / The Associated Press)
Canadians get Kennedy awards: Two Canadians — folk music legend Joni Mitchell and Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels — were among the five people to receive lifetime achievement awards for artistic excellence at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Surgeries postponed amid strain: Cardiac surgeries for this week are at risk of being postponed because of ongoing strain on Manitoba’s intensive units. Danielle Da Silva reports. READ MORE
‘Pretty damn embarrassing’: The president of the Manitoba Federation of Labour says it’s “ridiculous” that this province will soon have Canada’s second-lowest minimum wage. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Outside inner circle: The two federal cabinet ministers representing the Prairies, including Winnipeg’s Dan Vandal, were not appointed to an influential steering committee. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Dec. 6, 1929: The Manitoba Free Press reported that an Atlantic storm hitting the British Isles and western Europe had claimed 21 lives; winds reached speeds of up to 160 km/h. The second contingent of the MacAlpine party of explorers, returning from the Arctic, was expected in Winnipeg. In Chicago, Canadian breeders won big at the horse show, with Saskatchewan sweeping the Clydesdales category. A million-dollar British embassy in Washington, D.C. was nearing completion.
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