Your forecast
Sunny. Wind up to 15 km/h. High 6 C. Wind chill -7 this morning. UV index 1 or low.
What’s happening today
The Seattle Kraken host the Winnipeg Jets at 9 p.m.
The Grey Cup Festival is underway, with plenty of free and family-friendly activities to choose from.
Some of Canadian literature’s best and brightest will converge on Toronto this evening for the annual Writers’ Trust Awards. Manitoba-born, Toronto-based Miriam Toews is among the finalists for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction.
Today’s must-read
A Winnipeg man convicted of killing two First Nations women more than a decade ago — with charges stayed in a third slaying — is expected to be released from prison Thursday.
Shawn Lamb’s legislated statutory release date — 12 years after he was sentenced — was met with fear and anger from Sue Caribou, an aunt of both Carolyn Sinclair, one of Lamb’s confirmed victims, and Tanya Nepinak, his alleged third victim whose body has not been found.
“I’ve been crying. I’ve been shaking,” Caribou said Wednesday after being told of Lamb’s impending release. “The justice system fails us all the time. I don’t know where the hell he is, and it’s scary. We deserve to know where they put Shawn Lamb. I don’t want to be feeling unsafe every day I go out.” Chris Kitching has the story.
Sue Caribou (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press)
On the bright side
Linda Hamilton often had to tiptoe to catch a good view of the jolly old elf at Winnipeg’s Santa Claus Parade, so when she she saw volunteers in the middle of the action, she knew she had to sign up.
“It’s a front row seat to the parade, and you get to help keep everybody safe…. It’s a perk of the job,” said Hamilton, whose volunteer duties include keeping the streets clear and safe for floats and spectators.
Saturday’s annual Santa Claus Parade is expected to draw more than 40,000 people downtown, organizers say. It will feature Santa and the Grey Cup, which will be contested Sunday between the Montreal Alouettes and Saskatchewan Roughriders. Toni De Guzman has more here.
The parade will begin at 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15 at Portage Avenue and Main Street. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press)
On this date
On November 13, 1957: The Winnipeg Free Press reported Laika, the dog aboard Russia’s Sputnik II satellite, had died. In other space news, a Manitoba farmer offered himself as human cargo for a trip to the moon so long as he would be able to return to Earth. Premier Douglas Campbell had received facial cuts and bruises after colliding with the rear of a semi-trailer truck parked on Hwy. 75, north of Morris. Canadian Pacific Airlines announced it would apply to the air transport board for permission to operate a trans-continental mainline route linking Vancouver and Montreal. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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