Your forecast
Periods of snow with a high of 0 C, wind chill as low as – 9 C.
What’s happening today
The Winnipeg Jets host the Nashville Predators at Canada Life Centre, starting at 7 p.m.
Today’s must-read
When area residents called on the city to take action on mounting garbage near a Waterfront Drive encampment in May, they were hopeful media attention would result in housing options for those living by the riverbank and a cleanup of the mess.
Instead, they say, the Fort Douglas Park site has only gotten more packed with trash and, as the weather gets cold, near-constant open fires started by people hoping to keep warm have been exacerbated by flammable garbage. Malak Abas reports.
An encampment at Fort Douglas Park on Wednesday which area residents say is packed with trash and the site of open fires started by those hoping to keep warm. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On Nov. 9, 1955: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that thousands of Winnipeggers were late for work after five inches of snow fell overnight, slowing traffic to a crawl and making city bus service an “awful mess.” In a Brandon court, the only English-speaking defendant of a trio accused in the killing of Father Alfred Quirion identified his signature on a statement naming the triggerman in the shooting of the priest. In Saskatoon, the federal minister of agriculture said drought would strike again and Canada’s wheat surplus would vanish as a result. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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