Your forecast
Increasing cloudiness with a chance of showers this afternoon and a high of 7 C. Wind becoming northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 early this afternoon. Low tonight is expected to be -7.
What’s happening today
In Parliament, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is set to table a mini-budget focused on spurring investment in Canada’s clean-energy sector in response to new U.S. tax incentives signed into law this past summer. The Canadian Press reports.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland (Adrian Wyld / The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
Manitoba is weighing whether to create a teacher registry as well as an independent body or college of educators that would improve accountability for educator misconduct in K-12 schools. Maggie Macintosh reports.
Education Minister Wayne Ewasko (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On Nov. 4, 1954: The Winnipeg Free Press reported members of the game and fisheries branch, as well as numerous private citizens who were proficient hunters, were scouring Manitoban marshes “trying to bag ducks for the Queen Mother.” The hunt was sparked by Charlotte Whitton, then-mayor of Ottawa, who requested 60 Manitoba ducks for a banquet honouring an upcoming royal visit. In River Heights, the future of a city-owned property on Renfrew Street between Haskins (renamed Grosvenor in 1959) and Corydon avenues was in dispute as representatives from varying committee presented contesting ideas of how it should be used. Some proposed it become a new community centre or baseball diamond, while others suggested it become a service station or be reserved as an engineering department yard. Search our archives for more here.
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