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What’s happening today
🎭 Prairie Theatre Exchange presents Serving Elizabeth at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available online. Reporter Ben Waldman has a preview on the performance here.
Reena Jolly (left) and Bola Aiyeloa-Owens in Serving Elizabeth. (Joey Senft photo)
Today’s must-read
While many St. Vital Centre shops have papered their storefronts with holiday décor, one outlet representing hundreds of Manitoba products has different signage — closure notices.
Love Local Manitob has maintained an outpost in the south Winnipeg mall for six years in varying capacities — its last day is Dec. 28. Gabrielle Piché has the story.
Marlene Hornick, manager of Love Local Manitoba, at the entrance of the store in St. Vital mall. The shop sells products from some 100 local businesses, but now needs a new home. (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press)
On this date
On Nov. 12, 1947: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the federal government would undertake a three-fold program to combat Canada’s shortage of U.S. dollars. The British government would attempt to curb inflation by imposing a 10 per cent tax on betting on soccer and dog track racing, among other measures. Data from the most recent dominion bureau of statistics report showed women outnumbered men in the Winnipeg metropolitan area. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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