Today’s weather
Your forecast: A mix of sun and cloud with a chance of showers and risk of thunderstorm late this afternoon. Expected high is 28 C, Humidex 33 and UV index 7 or high.
What’s happening today
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Montreal during the first full day of Scholz’s visit to Canada, then tour a national artificial intelligence institute funded by the federal government before heading to Toronto for an official dinner.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Kerstin Joensson / Pool / The Associated Press files)
Today’s must-read
A Pinawa man who reunited with his high-school sweetheart after 20 years says the federal government has left him in a catch-22, putting his tax credits in jeopardy because his American wife has waited 16 months for Ottawa to issue a work permit. Dylan Robertson has the story.
On this date
On Dec. 22, 1924: The Manitoba Free Press reported Britain’s first air dreadnought, the most powerful single-engined plane in the world and measuring 54 feet long and 88 feet from wingtip to wingtip, made its first flight. In Ottawa on a tour of the British Empire, Sir Frederick Field paid tribute to sailors and navy during the First World War; his remarks were echoed by prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and Sir Robert Borden, Canada’s wartime prime minister. The president of the British association agricultural section told the Free Press during a stop in Winnipeg that the progress made by farmers in western Canada was “simply astounding.” Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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