What you need to know
Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILESFinance Minister Bill Morneau
State of the economy: Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau will give an update on the state of the economy and reveal how much Ottawa will be giving in equalization payments to some provinces and territories next year. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly sunny with increasing cloudiness this afternoon, a 60 per cent chance of flurries in the late afternoon, a high of -10 C with a risk of frostbite, wind increasing to 20 km/h this afternoon, and wind chill as low as -32 this morning and -24 in the afternoon.
What’s happening today
United Jewish Appeal/The Canadian Press filesBarry and Honey Sherman in October 2017
Statement on slayings: Insp. Hank Idsinga, the head of the Toronto Police Service’s homicide squad, will make a joint statement on behalf of investigators and the Sherman family about the ongoing investigation into the murders of billionaires Barry and Honey Sherman. The couple was found slain in their mansion on Dec. 15, 2017. READ MORE
New pot products: Today is the first day next-generation cannabis products, including edibles, could arrive at some Manitoba stores. New federal regulations for the products took effect Oct. 17, a year after pot was legalized, but required Health Canada be given at least 60 days notice about the new products. READ MORE
Clashes continue: Protests are taking place across India after its Parliament passed a law giving citizenship to people who enter India illicitly while fleeing religious persecution — unless they are Muslim. READ MORE
In case you missed it
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSJust before meeting with the Free Press on Friday, Mayor Brian Bowman sat down with officials from the city’s water and waste department, as well as Rural Municipality of Rosser Reeve Frances Smee and West St. Paul Mayor Cheryl Christian, to discuss the north end sewage treatment plant project.
‘That was a complete shock’: The Free Press sat down with Mayor Brian Bowman for a year-end interview. Jessica Botelho-Urbanski reports on what Bowman said was one of the year’s biggest surprises at city hall. READ MORE
Breaking the ice: Two men who live near a small bridge over Omand’s Creek have cleared it after the city blocked it off, citing hazardous ice after an unusual fall flood. “It’s just asinine bureaucracy,” Brad Hignell told the Free Press. Solomon Israel reports. READ MORE
Satisfying stat: Jets fourth-liner Logan Shaw scored his first goal in nearly two years in a rout of the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday. Jason Bell has more on the 27-year-old from Glace Bay, N.S. READ MORE
On this date
On Dec. 16, 1924: The Manitoba Free Press reported that a Manitoba flight to Reindeer Lake in the far north of of Manitoba and Saskatchewan stood among other groundbreaking accomplishments in aviation including the recent flight around the world. The Royal Canadian Air Force took aerial photos of clouds north of Winnipeg. An extreme cold snap continued over Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. In Russia, Leon Trotsky’s banishment from Moscow to Crimea sparked riots in the Russian capital, presaging a possible splintering or downfall for the Soviet regime. READ MORE
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