Your forecast
Clear, but becoming a mix of sun and cloud this morning, with wind from the west at 20 km/h. High 2 C, wind chill -13 this morning.
Thanks to El Niño, chilly nights and snow-covered slopes may not be easy to come by in much of Canada during the first part of the winter season, according to the winter outlook from The Weather Network. The Canadian Press reports.
Snow-covered cattle stand in a pasture near Didsbury, Alta. in October. (Jeff McIntosh / The Canadian Press files)
What’s happening today
Boney M featuring Liz Mitchell performs at Club Regent Event Centre tonight at 7 p.m. Winnipeg a cappella group Those Guys open the show. For ticket information, click here. For more holiday concerts, read Alan Small’s full story.
Today’s must-read
A Manitoba doctor has been found guilty of sexually assaulting five patients during the course of medical examinations spanning 16 years.
Arcel Bissonnette, 64, stood trial earlier this year accused of sexually assaulting the women between 2001 and 2017 during medical examinations at the Ste. Anne Hospital and Seine Medical Centre. Dean Pritchard has the story.
Dr. Arcel Bissonnette (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)
On the bright side
An endangered green sea turtle found on a Nova Scotia beach has been revived and shipped back to warmer waters after nearly dying in the frigid Bay of Fundy.
Scottie was given her name after she was found hypothermic and semi-comatose on Nov. 16 on a beach near Scots Bay, about 100 kilometres northwest of Halifax. The Canadian Press reports.
Scottie the green turtle in her tank at the Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo. (Handout / Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo / The Canadian Press)
On this date
On Nov. 29, 1948: The Winnipeg Free Press reported land, sea and air traffic was disrupted over a large portion of Europe by dense fog extending from the Scandinavian peninsula to the Po Valley, and from the British Isles to Poland. Similar conditions blanketed Winnipeg, reducing visibility at the airport to nearly zero and forcing motorists to use their headlights. The critical battle for central China appeared to be shifting from Suchow to Nanking, as Nationalist forces seemed to have been ordered to withdraw southward to engage the main Communist forces. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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