Your forecast
Periods of snow today, up to 2 cm. Expected high is -16 C with a low of -23, and wind chill of -34 this morning.
Today’s must-read
Bus passengers are frustrated by problems with the Winnipeg Transit tracking app, such as when a bus is shown to be arriving soon, but doesn’t come, and then apparently disappears from the schedule. Malak Abas reports.
Erin Riediger uses the Winnipeg Bus Live app. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)
On the bright side
Winnipeg schoolteacher Scott Templeton, who is too young to remember the final game of Jets 1.0 in 1996, has nevertheless recreated the event in Lego with a model of the old Winnipeg Arena, and has been hearing from fans reminiscing about it. He’s even received a request from a person who attended the game who wanted to send Lego versions of himself and some friends to be placed in the model. David Sanderson has the story.
Scott Templeton shows off his Lego replica of the Winnipeg Arena. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On Dec. 19, 1921: The Manitoba Free Press reported Dec. 26 would be observed as a Dominion-wide holiday. The British Antarctic expedition ship called “Quest” left Rio de Janerio following a three-week stay for repairs. In Chicago, 500 people were arrested for violating prohibition law. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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