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Paramedics respond to a stabbing at the 600 block of Balmoral St. in Winnipeg on Friday, Dec. 14, 2018.
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On the front lines: In the fourth instalment of our seven-part series on Manitoba’s meth crisis, Jessica Botelho-Urbanksi examines the battle first responders and emergency room nurses face. READ MORE
No incentive to stay: Headingley company Living Skies Solar says it’s moving to Saskatchewan after Manitoba Hydro’s solar power incentive program ended earlier this year. Martin Cash reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Today will be cloudy with a high of 2 C, a 60 per cent chance of showers followed by a 30 percent chance of flurries late this afternoon, and wind from the northwest at 20 km/h gusting to 40 starting in the afternoon.
What’s happening today
Shinny split: A motion seeking an injunction to stop teams that split off from the Keystone Junior Hockey League from continuing play in their own league is slated to be contested in a Winnipeg courtroom.
B.C. bomb plot: An Appeal Court is expected to release its decision on a couple whose guilty verdicts for plotting to blow up the B.C. legislature were stayed by a judge. READ MORE
In case you missed it
Los Angeles Kings left wing Austin Wagner, right, celebrates after scoring as Winnipeg Jets defenseman Dmitry Kulikov reacts during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Royally beaten: In a game that ended early this morning for Manitoba viewers, the Jets lost to the Kings in Los Angeles, snapping their five-game winning streak. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
Another arrest in China: A third Canadian has been detained in China, but Global Affairs Canada did not link the incident with the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver earlier this month, the National Post reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Dec. 19, 1979: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Manitoba’s health minister wanted the Victoria General Hospital’s board of trustees to respond to allegations that patient care was being threatened by a breakdown in staff relations at the hospital. Beginning in 1980, the provincial government would no longer register its fleet of vehicles in Brandon to take advantage of lower Autopac rates. Pierre Trudeau, recently returned to the post of leader of the federal Liberal party, planned to kick off his election campaign in Winnipeg. READ MORE
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