Your forecast
Blizzard conditions are expected to end this morning. Blowing snow will continue until early this afternoon. Snowfall amount 2-4 cm, with wind from the north gusting at 60 km/h gusting to 80 km/h, diminishing to 40 km/h gusting back to 60 km/h this morning. High of -17 C.
What’s happening today
🎶 The Little Opera Company performs The House Without a Christmas Tree at the Desautels Concert Hall. Tickets are available online for the 7:30 p.m. show. Reporter Ben Waldman has the preview on the production.
Today’s must-read
B’nai Brith Canada has taken the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba to court after it dismissed a complaint about a doctor’s social media posts, which the Jewish organization called antisemitic. Erik Pindera reports.
Dr. Barry Lavallee was reposting and commenting on social-media posts in 2024 about the Israel-Hamas war and the humanitarian situation in Gaza. (Mike Deal / Free Press files)
On the bright side
As researchers watched polar bears making their way towards Churchill in mid-November, they took note that the mother, who they had observed with a single cub in the spring, had added a second to her travelling party.
It’s just the 13th known case of a polar bear adoption in the western Hudson Bay subpopulation. Toni De Guzman reports.
A wild polar bear outside Churchill has adopted a cub that isn’t her own. Polar Bears International captured her on camera with her own cub and the adopted cub. (Dave Sandford / Discover Churchill)
On this date
On Dec. 18, 1961: The Winnipeg Free Press reported Indian soldiers pushed to within seven miles of the capital of Goa, apparently stopping short of taking the town amid other reports of stiffened opposition from Portuguese troops defending the colony against the Indian invasion. In Ottawa, preliminary negotiations were set to begin with the provinces on farm aid program that could see $15 million a year earmarked for agricultural rehabilitation. 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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