Your forecast
A mix of sun and cloud, with wind becoming south at 30 km/h gusting to 50 near noon. High 0 C, with wind chill -20 this morning.
What’s happening today
The Winnipeg Jets face the Los Angeles Kings, starting at 9:30 p.m. The Jets’ top scorer, Kyle Connor, will be out for six to eight weeks after a knee hit earlier this week. Mike McIntyre has the story.
Kyle Connor was knocked out of Sunday’s game in Anaheim after Ducks forward Ryan Strome caught him with a knee-on-knee hit. (YouTube screenshot)
Today’s must-read
The taps have been shut off and corks put back in the bottles on any potential move to expand private liquor sales in Manitoba.
On Tuesday, the new NDP government continued to put its stamp on the boards of provincial Crown corporations, announcing former Tory cabinet minister Bonnie Mitchelson had been replaced as Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Corp. chairperson. Kevin Rollason reports.
(Rick Bowmer / The Canadian Press)
On the bright side
Less than a year away from a historic trip around the moon, Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen says humankind’s upcoming missions to further explore deep space will inspire future generations, just as NASA’s Apollo expeditions sparked his passion.
Hansen will be on board Artemis II, slated to launch in November 2024, the first crewed voyage to lunar space since the final Apollo mission more than half a century ago. The Canadian Press reports.
Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen (far right) with, from left, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch. (The Canadian Press files / NASA via The Associated Press)
On this date
On Dec. 13, 1940: The Winnipeg Free Press reported British forces in Egypt battered Italian troops back to the Libya border, capturing several thousand more prisoners, including two generals. Greece captured Porto Palerno on the Albanian coast from the Italians. Sheffield, England was battered by an overnight German air raid. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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