Your forecast
A mix of sun and cloud with a high of -20 C and low of -26. Wind north 40 km/h gusting to 60, with blowing snow in some areas. Wind chill -39 this morning and -34 this afternoon.
What’s happening today
Travellers in B.C. have been hit hard by extreme weather that disrupted air travel this week, and it looks like it’s Ontario and Quebec’s turn next, with a major winter storm bearing down on those provinces. Residents are being warned to reconsider travel plans as conditions could get hazardous. The Canadian Press reports.
A major winter storm is bearing down on Ontario and Quebec. (Darryl Dyck / The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
A Manitoba surgeon compares the Tory government’s plan to send people out of province for hip and knee procedures to applying a bandage on a hemorrhaging artery, as the controversial program falls behind targets and operations continue to be cancelled close to home. Danielle Da Silva has the story.
Canadian Orthopedic Association Manitoba chapter president Dr. Jason Crosby (Mikaela Mackenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On Dec. 23, 1971: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the air war between the U.S. and North Vietnam intensified, with U.S. fighter-bombers striking a radar site only 82 miles from Hanoi. In Ottawa, with legislation moving through the House of Commons and the Senate, representatives from all parties could not agree whether to take just the weekend off for Christmas, or rise until Feb. 16. The Manitoba government was looking at setting up its own manufacturing industries, such as for toys, jewelry, candy or cosmetics, in 1972 if private developers could not be found. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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