Your forecast
Flurries today, with 5 cm of snow expected, and temperature steady around -1 C.
Today’s must-read
Tyree Cayer appeared destined for big things after starring in Winnipeg’s high school football league, where he conquered defences and set a scoring record that still stands a decade later. After injuries disrupted his career and he lost an aunt who was like a best friend, Cayer, 28, fell on hard times and was experiencing homelessness when he was fatally stabbed at the downtown Millennium Library on Sunday. Chris Kitching has the story.
Tyree Cayer (Supplied)
What’s happening today
In Montreal, the role of private money and industry in preserving natural ecosystems will be the focus at an international conference on biodiversity. The Canadian Press reports.
Delegates walk past a giant Jenga-style tower at the COP15 United Nations conference on biodiversity in Montreal. (Paul Chiasson / The Canadian Press files)
On the bright side
If you’re keen to do some baking these days, arts reporter Eva Wasney has you covered. Plumbing the depths of the Free Press archives and families’ collections, Eva has curated 12 days’ worth of holiday recipes, including a fruitcake recipe from 1840, a plum pudding recipe from 1893 one for cocoanut caramels from 1909 and a cranberry meringue pie recipe from 1922, with more to come. (In case you’re hungry for more, Eva also edited the Free Press’s community cookbook Homemade: Recipes and Stories from Winnipeg and Beyond. We’re sold out of physical copies of the cookbook, but an e-version is available for purchase here.)
Cranberry meringue pie (Eva Wasney / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On Dec. 14, 1931: The Winnipeg Free Press reported European seas were hit by gales that severely disrupted shipping and wrecked vessels, killing as many as 60 people. The new Japanese government, in its first official act, abandoned the gold standard, becoming the fifteenth nation to do so. Former heavyweight champ Jack Dempsey, in Winnipeg for a boxing match as part of his comeback campaign to regain the title, said it was a tough grind getting back into fighting shape, but added, “I think I will soon be ready to take any of them on.” Search our archives for more here.
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