Your forecast
Scattered flurries with a high of -5 C and a low of -15.
What’s happening today
Mani Soleymanlou’s Un. Deux. Trois. debuts tonight at the Théâtre Cercle Molière, running until Nov. 20.
Winnipeg artists The Grey Jays and Sam Singer will play some of their favourite tunes from songwriting titans Carole King and Bob Dylan tonight at the Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club.
Today’s must-read
KUB Bakery, the family-owned, near-century-old bakery that produces the singular, chewy rye bread familiar to generations, reluctantly closed its doors this week, another victim of the pandemic and its high-inflation aftermath. Martin Cash and Gabrielle Piché have the story.
Unsliced loaves of Red River-style rye bread cool at KUB Bakery in 2016. (Jason Halstead / Winnipeg Free Press files)
On the bright side
Investigators in northern Spain say they have discovered what could be the oldest written record of a precursor to modern Basque, pushing back its earliest evidence to the first century B.C. The inscription was found on a hand-shaped bronze plate that was unearthed by archaeologists last year. The Associated Press reports.
A flat piece of bronze shaped like a human hand is displayed in the Navarra region. (Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi via The Associated Press)
On this date
On Nov. 17, 1966: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the federal Conservative party launched its search for a new leader, but leader John Diefenbaker, still intended to run despite evident support among the party for rival Dalton Camp. At the United Nations, Britain, France and the Soviet Union accused Israel in the Security Council of an unjustified and deplorable attack on Jordan. Striking Air Canada machinists would not get the support they expected from machinists at TransAir and Bristol Aviation Services in Winnipeg. Search our archives for more here.
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