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Free Press Head Start for Dec. 20
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Good morning!
No one likes to think about it right now, in the thick of holiday season, but… there are only 11 sleeping days left until New Year’s Eve. Have you gotten all your sleeping done? Or are you a last-minute sleeper? Either way, it’s crunch time, and you don’t want to be caught tired on the day of the big eve. The time for window-sleeping is past. Online sleeping may not get you the rest you need in time.
What’s that? We don’t need another thing to feel pressure about? You’re right. (And so is Shelley Cook — read this.)
— David Fuller
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Your forecast
Periods of light snow ending this morning with a high of -20 C and a low of -28. Wind chill -34 this morning.
What’s happening today
The holiday edition of the popular Winnipeg Free Press Movie Night is fast becoming an annual tradition in its own right, and, in keeping with tradition, we’re once again hosting a virtual screening of a locally shot Hallmark movie. Hanukkah on Rye starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are free, but registration is required.
Jeremy Jordan and Yael Groblas in Hanukkah on Rye.
Today’s must-read
More than 6,500 students — about four per cent of Manitoba’s K-12 population — went missing from school in September 2020, an alarming statistic revealed in a new report that warns COVID-19 has worsened engagement in education. Maggie Macintosh has the story.
(Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press files)
On this date
On Dec. 20, 1951: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that manufacturing in Manitoba would reach an all-time high of $596 million in 1951, with an even bigger boom expected in the coming year. An in-depth story on Rooster Town in south Winnipeg showed the community had only outdoor plumbing, people lived in poorly constructed buildings, and the nearest water pump was a mile away, posing particular difficulties when winter temperatures dropped to 18 F (-28 C). The superintendant of the Winnipeg zoo said conditions behind the scenes at the zoo were “the most disgraceful” of all the parks he had visited that year. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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New in Sports
Mike McIntyre:
Wing and a prayer: Hard-working Jets hanging tough
It was a whirlwind weekend, which included a bumpy flight into Vancouver on Friday evening (thanks, mountain turbulence), a white-knuckle drive to Seattle through a snowstorm on Sunday morning (thanks, Mother Nature), a much calmer highway return to Vancouver on Monday afternoon and a crowded flight home late Monday night.
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New in Arts and Entertainment
Eva Wasney:
Day 9: Apple Dessert Latkes, 1987
Happy Hanukkah! It’s the ninth day of our Homemade vintage treats series and, at sundown, the third day of the Jewish festival of lights, which started at sundown on Sunday.
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New in Business
Rachel Ferstl:
Sweet victory
Sugar Blooms and Cakes bakers beat American teams to win The Big Bake: Holiday
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Fresh opinions
Editorial:
Byelection sends message to, and about, Poilievre
Conservative Party of Canada Leader Pierre Poilievre, who looked invincible three months ago after winning his party’s leadership convention, looks a little more vulnerable this week after his candidate lost badly in a byelection in the Ontario riding of Mississauga-Lakeshore.
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Gwynne Dyer:
In China and Iran, tyrants in retreat
Retreat is one of the most difficult military operations, for two reasons. One, there is generally no plan for retreat, and there are lots of moving parts that can go wrong. Two, your opponent will be growing in confidence and ambition as you pull back and reveal your weakness.
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