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Snow ending late this morning, amount 2 to 4 cm. Cloudy. Wind from the northeast at 20 km/h. High -14 C. Wind chill near -24.
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What’s happening today
Canada Post is set to start accepting commercial letters and parcels as it works to get back to normal operations following a month-long strike.
The postal service has warned Canadians should expect delays into the new year as it works through a backlog of mail, after workers went back on the job Tuesday. The Canadian Press reports.
A Canada Post employee drives a mail truck in Vancouver, B.C. (Darryl Dyck / The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
Fresh allegations of a toxic work environment have been levelled against CancerCare Manitoba, a day after the Free Press published a slate of physicians’ complaints detailed in an internal report.
Nurses and allied health workers are the latest professionals to speak out over conditions within the provincial cancer agency — where new documents obtained by the Free Press suggest nursing staff levels dipped to dangerous lows in some clinical departments in recent years.
“Our workloads are so ridiculously heavy we cannot sustain them,” a CancerCare nurse said Wednesday. “It needs to be made public that the nurses have expressed ourselves continuously to leadership.” Tyler Searle has the story.
(John Woods / Free Press files)
On the bright side
When Muriel Smith adopted her dog Jake more than a year ago, it took 37 days before she could touch him. Her new companion didn’t trust her yet.
Now, Smith and her mixed-breed Eurohound put their trust in each other while competing in bikejoring, a dog-powered cycling sport raced over forested terrain.
“It’s a really cool relationship to have,” Smith said. “He trusts I am going to take care of him, and I trust he is going to go where I want him to go.” Massimo De Luca-Taronno has more here.
Muriel Smith and her Eurohound Jake take part in a bikejoring competition. (Unbridled Imagery)
On this date
On Dec. 19, 1953: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the entire future of the NATO alliance now depended on the swift French passage of the European Defence community treaty; if there were delay by the French government, the U.S. would consider an “agonizing reappraisal” of its European commitments. MLA-elect for Winnipeg South Duff Roblin, seen as a strong contender for leadership of the Manitoba Progressive Conservative party, sharply criticized the party’s failures in Canada and said its policies had failed to keep up with progress. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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