What’s happening today
Bombers defensive end Willie Jefferson carries the Grey Cup off the plane after the team landed in Winnipeg in Monday. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Big Bombers bash: Thousands of Blue Bombers fans will celebrate the team’s second consecutive Grey Cup win at an event at IG Field this evening. The event is open only to vaccinated people. Pandemic restrictions prohibit the customary parade through downtown. READ MORE
‘Good to go’: Premier Heather Stefanson said everyone in her caucus will be eligible to enter the legislature after new rules requiring MLAs, their staff members and visitors to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 took effect today. That would mean Infrastructure Minister Ron Schuler, the only MLA who has not disclosed his vaccination status, has been inoculated. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Omicron case not confirmed: Little Voyageurs Learning Centre’s École Provencher site was set to reopen after closing last week because of two COVID-19 cases. Provincial health officials clarified Monday that they only suspect one of the cases is the highly contagious omicron variant and have yet to confirm that. Unlike other provinces, Manitoba only reports variant cases after they have been confirmed through genetic sequencing. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Military members challenge vaccination: The Federal Court is scheduled to hear arguments from four Canadian Armed Forces members facing disciplinary action for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Members were ordered to be inoculated by the end of November, but that deadline was extended to Saturday. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Inflation rate reading: Statistics Canada will release its inflation rate for November this morning. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Increasingly cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of flurries and risk of freezing drizzle beginning in the mid-afternoon, with a high of 0 C, wind chill as low as -10 this afternoon and peak winds at 30 km/h gusting to 50 from the northwest.
In case you missed it
Buffalo Sabres’ Jeff Skinner celebrates his goal against the Winnipeg Jets with Victor Olofsson and Tage Thompson during the third period in Winnipeg on Tuesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Greenslade
Rattled by Sabres: The Jets lost to the Buffalo Sabres, one of the NHL’s worst teams, at home last night and are 1-2-1 in their last four games. “We need to be better than that,” Jets head coach Paul Maurice said after. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
Talking travel restrictions: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau consulted with Canada’s premiers on additional border and travel restrictions that could help slow the spread of COVID-19 in a call last night. There were no details on whether Ottawa plans to change any travel restrictions as the Christmas season approaches. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
‘Deeply concerned’: The Manitoba Human Rights Commission sent a letter to Health Minister Audrey Gordon saying it wants triage policies to be publicly released to ensure “discriminatory attitudes” don’t dictate who has access to critical health care. Katie May reports. READ MORE
North Korea killings continue: A report by a human-rights monitoring group says North Korea is still holding public executions, including some in front of spectators forced to watch. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Meadows held in contempt: The U.S. House of Representatives voted to hold former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress last night. It’s the first time the House has held a former member in contempt since the 1830s. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Dec. 15, 1931: The Winnipeg Free Press reported a fire at a mental hospital in Charlottetown killed three inmates. Newfoundland offered to sell Labrador to Canada for a price of $100 million. The Free Press offered a tour and answered questions to 400 people, including many from the business community, to explain how news was gathered and reported. The steamer Baychimo, a veteran Arctic ship, was crushed in ice north of Wainwright, Alaska.
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