Your forecast
Scattered flurries today with a high of -22 C and a low of -24. Wind chill -38 this morning and -30 this afternoon.
What’s happening today
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is travelling to Washington, D.C., for a summit with U.S. President Joe Biden and to address Congress, in his first known trip outside Ukraine since Russia invaded in February. The Associated Press reports.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via The Associated Press)
In Vaughan, Ont., a candlelight vigil is expected to take place for victims of a Sunday condo shooting.
Today’s must-read
Why aren’t Manitobans flocking across the border to get hip and knee surgeries even though many have been waiting months — some have waited years — for the procedure? The province is encouraging patients to speak with their specialist if they are willing and eligible to be considered to have their operation completed by an out-of-province partner. Kevin Rollason has the story.
Kim Kurylo is the first Manitoban to get hip surgery at Ohio’s Cleveland Clinic under the province’s initiative to reduce its backlog for hip and knee replacements. (Jessica Lee / Winnipeg Free Press)
On the bright side
A team of teachers, elders and fluent Anishinaabemowin language speakers in Winnipeg worked together to develop materials and educational supports for a bilingual program at Riverbend Community School. Now, the Riverbend community and anyone else interested in the language can access beginner lessons via an online dictionary and complementary app. “This is the way that we’re rewriting our own future…” says teacher Pamela Morrison. “I just love hearing (kids speak Anishinaabemowin). It’s like self-actualization — being able to be in a place where you can hear your whole language.” Maggie Macintosh has the story.
Jennifer Lamoureux, Seven Oaks’ teacher team leader for Indigenous education, shows a language app.(Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On Dec. 21, 1931: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a seven-year-old boy playing with a sled on Ergang Lake near Muskegon, Mich., fell through the ice; in attempting to save him, his parents, brother and three other relatives jumped into the lake, but all, including the boy, drowned. In Winnipeg, all thirty-five horses were rescued from a fire that destroyed the stables of the Tuxedo Riding Club. Joseph Lyons, leader of the United party, was poised to become prime minister of Australia following the defeat of the Labor government in the recent general election. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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