What you need to know
Darryl Dyck / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILESA paper bag used to collect the tears of those testifying, to then be burned in a sacred fire, is seen at the final day of hearings at the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, in Richmond, B.C., in April.
Submissions start: Final submissions to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls are taking place in Ottawa this week. A Manitoba MMIW coalition and the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs will both appear before the inquiry today. READ MORE
Promises amid protests: French President Emmanuel Macron will speak publicly for the first time in more than a week amid the “yellow vest” protests in Paris. His government is considering abolishing taxes on overtime, speeding up tax cuts and an end-of-year bonus for low-income workers, The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
What’s happening today
Mikhail Popkov looks through bars during a court session in Irkutsk, Russia, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. A court in Russia’s eastern Siberia on Monday convicted Popkov, a former policeman of murdering 56 women, bringing the number he is believed to have killed to at least 78. (Julia Pykhalova, Komsomolskaya Pravda via AP)
Siberian serial killer: A Russian court has convicted a former police officer of killing 56 woman. Serial killer Mikhail Popkov was already serving a life sentence for 22 other murders. READ MORE
Space talk: Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques, who is aboard the International Space Station, will speak publicly for the first time since he went into orbit.
Weather
Your forecast: Today will be sunny with a high of -7 C, wind from the west at 10 km/h and windchill of -16.
In case you missed it
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE Press FilesThe federal government announced nearly $4.2 million in funding to increase access to substance-abuse treatment in Manitoba last week. Provincial Health Minister Cameron Friesen (front left) and federal International Trade Diversification Minister Jim Carr shake hands after Friesen finalized the agreement with his signature while (from back left) Winnipeg Centre MP Robert-Falcon Ouellette, Brandon West MLA Reg Helwer and St. Norbert MLA Jon Reyes watch at the Crisis Response Centre at the Health Sciences Centre.
Drug deal: In his latest column, Dan Lett calls a government announcement to help battle methamphetamine addiction “underwhelming” and a “missed opportunity.” READ MORE
Human rights awards: The Public Interest Law Centre, playwright Daniel Thau-Eleff and LGBTTQ* advocate Brielle Beardy-Linklater are the winners of this year’s Manitoba Human Rights Awards, which are being presented tonight. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Dec. 10, 1919: The Manitoba Free Press reported that the Canadian Mint might reduce the fineness of the alloy used in coins, because the price of silver had risen so much that the actual value of the metal in some coins exceeded the coins’ face value. In Ontario, the provincial department of health threatened to quarantine the entire city of Toronto unless municipal officials complied with a directive to make vaccinations against smallpox compulsory for all the city’s residents. READ MORE
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