What’s happening today
CPPrime Minister Justin Trudeau during Question Period on Wednesday. (Adrian Wyld / The Canadian Press)
Set for democracy summit: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will speak at the first day of U.S. President Joe Biden’s virtual Summit for Democracy. The summit is happening while authoritarian regimes in Russia and China are threatening Ukraine and Taiwan. A White House spokeswoman would not say whether Biden will speak about the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in January or a stalled effort to protect voting rights in his own country. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Let’s get Kraken: The Winnipeg Jets will face the expansion Seattle Kraken for the first time this season. Mike McIntyre has a column from Seattle. READ MORE
Closing arguments in case: Jury deliberations could begin this afternoon in the second-degree murder trial for a man accused of killing his wife and blowing up their Brandon home. READ MORE
Report to be released: The Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth will release its annual compliance report this morning. It examines the provincial government’s compliance with 51 recommendations issued between 2018 and 2020.
Rare news conference: French President Emmanuel Macron will hold only his second news conference at the presidential palace to answer a broad range of questions. The first was in April 2019 amid anti-government “yellow vest” protests. Macron has been in office since May 2017. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: A mix of sun and cloud with a 30 per cent chance of light snow and a risk of freezing drizzle this morning, a high of -2 C, wind chill as low as -13 this morning, and wind from the south at 30 km/h gusting to 50 this morning and from the west at 20 km/h gusting to 40 by mid-afternoon.
In case you missed it
Joy Dougans (from left), Keith Rudance and Alvin Klassen discuss their next move during clean-up work. (John Longhurst / Winnipeg Free Press)
Faithful pitch in after flooding: Faith writer John Longhurst reports on Mennonite volunteers from Manitoba pitching in to clean up after flooding in British Columbia. READ MORE
Survey raises suspicion: Critics say Manitoba Hydro’s first public survey to assess future electricity use hints at a practice known as surge pricing. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Dec. 9, 1969: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the president of the Insurance Agents’ Association of Manitoba told a legislative committee that motorists’ premiums would soar if the province followed Saskatchewan in creating a government-run auto insurance scheme. U.S. president Richard Nixon pledged to pull more troops out of Vietnam by the end of December. British prime minister Harold Wilson’s government continued its support of U.S. policy in Vietnam despite back-bench MPs voting against it.
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