Your forecast
Partly sunny skies with a high of -9 C and a low of -14; wind chill -27 this morning.
What’s happening today
Today is World AIDS Day, and HIV activists are urging Ottawa to help stop a global backslide in progress on stemming infections and stigma. The Public Health Agency of Canada estimated that 62,790 people in Canada were living with HIV in 2020, but 10 per cent of them didn’t know they had the virus. The Canadian Press reports.
A woman walks by a sign during the AIDS 2022 conference in July. (Graham Hughes / The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
A complaint against Premier Heather Stefanson claiming she broke provincial conflict of interest rules will be heard early in the new year, a Court of King’s Bench justice has ruled. Carol Sanders has the full story.
Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press files)
On the bright side
More than a million twinkling lights in a riot of colours will transform the Assiniboine Park Zoo as Zoo Lights kicks off at 5 p.m. and runs until Jan. 8.
Zoo Lights attendees take in the light displays at Assiniboine Park Zoo in 2021. (Mike Sudoma / Winnipeg Free Press files)
On this date
On Dec. 1, 1943: The Winnipeg Free Press reported speculation about the upcoming meeting between British prime minister Winston Churchill, U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin was rampant in Washington, D.C., with expectations high that some new, large-scale attack against the Axis powers was being planned. Winnipeg children revelled in the first real snowstorm of the winter, while adults hoped it would finally mean clearer skies after the cloudiest November in 10 years. 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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