What’s happening today
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland adjusts her notes during a joint news conference in Ottawa, on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Update on federal finances: Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is set to release an updated accounting of federal finances and provide the federal government’s economic outlook. The Finance Department has indicated the update won’t include a long list of new spending measures. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Set to face Sabres: The Winnipeg Jets will host the Buffalo Sabres in the first contest of a three-game home stand. Defenceman Neal Pionk is set to return to the Jets lineup after a two-game suspension and an injury that forced him to miss a third game. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
Draft budget discussion: City council’s executive policy committee is expected to vote on possible changes to the draft 2022 budget. READ MORE
More dithering by Duterte: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has withdrawn his senatorial candidacy in the latest switch regarding what he plans to do after his term ends. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Contempt vote in Congress: The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote to refer contempt charges against former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to the Justice Department. A committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol voted to recommend the charges Monday after Meadows, a former member of the House, stopped co-operating. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: A mix of sun and cloud with a high of 2 C, wind chill as low as -10 this morning and wind from the southeast at 20 km/h increasing to 40 km/h and gusting to 60.
In case you missed it
Winnipeg Blue Bombers kicker Sergio Castillo kicks a field goal against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats during second half football action in the Grey Cup in Hamilton on Sunday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Going over Grey Cup win: Sports reporter Taylor Allen has five takeaways from the Bombers’ Grey Cup victory on Sunday. Another Bombers player had a strong case for the game’s MVP award, which went to quarterback Zach Collaros. READ MORE
School psychologists seek regulation: School psychologists say they don’t want to get left behind as the province considers a new governance model for their teacher peers. The Manitoba Association of School Psychologists has been lobbying the province for decades to require school-based practitioners to be regulated under the college that oversees their profession at-large. READ MORE
On this date
On Dec. 14, 1921: The Manitoba Free Press reported a resolution passed by the Social Service of Saskatchewan recommended organizing an international police force under the jurisdiction of the international court of justice. Eight people, seven of them children, died after kerosene was poured into a stove at a farmhouse north of Detroit. Brtiain’s parliament was set to assemble to consider a treaty between Great Britain and Ireland.
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