Your forecast
Cloudy, with a 60 per cent chance of light snow this morning, becoming a mix of sun and cloud this afternoon. Wind from the southeast at 20 km/h gusting to 40 near noon. High -3, wind chill -16 this morning and -10 this afternoon.
What’s happening today
The Winnipeg Jets host the Detroit Red Wings at the Canada Life Centre, starting at 6:30 p.m.
Today’s must-read
Mayor Scott Gillingham’s vision for 2024 includes clearing the way for hundreds of new affordable homes in Winnipeg, as cities across the country grapple with a housing crisis.
During a recent year-end interview, the mayor said tackling homelessness and increasing the Manitoba capital’s affordable housing supply will remain among his top priorities. While some projects are taking longer than expected, he has high hopes groundwork laid in 2023 will soon pay off. Joyanne Pursaga has the story.
Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)
On the bright side
Jessica Vincent had just started surveying the shelves of a Virginia thrift store when a vase caught her eye. It was shaped like a bottle and had ribbons of color, aqua green and amethyst purple, that spiraled up its glass surface like stripes of paint. “I bought it thinking it would look beautiful in my house somewhere,” said Vincent.
Her thinking changed after some research. And on Dec. 13, the vase sold through the Wright Auction House for $107,100. The Associated Press has the story.
A vase by Italian architect and designer Carlo Scarpa, which Jessica Vincent purchased at a Goodwill store. (Wright Auction House via The Associated Press)
On this date
On Dec. 20, 1951: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the value of manufacturing production in Manitoba for 1951 would reach an all-time high of $596 million, according to a year-end review published by the provincial department of industry and commerce. Living conditions in the neighbourhood known as Rooster Town were difficult for residents, with no running water and the only source of it a pump roughly a mile away, as temperatures plunged well below freezing. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
Get the full story: Read today’s e-edition of the Free Press.
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