What’s happening today
The Montreal Canadiens watch as the Tampa Bay Lightning celebrate winning the Stanley Cup on July 7. (Phelan Ebenhack / The Associated Press files)
Faceoff in Florida: The Montreal Canadiens are set to face the Tampa Bay Lightning in Florida at 5 p.m. CT in the first NHL game since Dec. 21. The league’s Christmas break was preceded and followed by many games that were postponed because of the Omicron variant. Two other games are scheduled for later tonight, and a fourth was postponed. READ MORE
Parking ban begins: An extended snow route parking ban took effect in Winnipeg this morning. Drivers are prohibited from parking vehicles on snow routes between midnight and 7 a.m. until further notice. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: About 5 cm of snow ending in the mid-afternoon, then cloudy, with a high of -20 C, wind chill as low as -30 and peak winds from the northwest at 15 km/h.
In case you missed it
An apprentice plumber found Wayne Wall’s wallet, which contained a photo, cash, some ID and a receipt. (Supplied)
Long-lost item returned: A Portage la Prairie senior was stunned when the wallet he lost nearly 60 years ago was returned to him. Chris Kitching reports. READ MORE
Snow-removal poll: A poll found a slim majority of residents approve of how the City of Winnipeg clears and prioritizes snow removal from streets and sidewalks. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
Bill got failing grade: Education reporter Maggie Macintosh looks back at Bill 64, the legislation to overhaul the public school system that was abandoned by the Progressive Conservative government. The controversy surrounding the bill has been deemed by the Free Press to be one of the top stories that mattered in 2021. READ MORE
Staff shortages: Shortages of home-care workers have pushed vacancy rates as high as 30 per cent in some parts of Manitoba. Katie May reports. READ MORE
Ransomware a rising threat: The provincial government took down some of its websites earlier this month to strengthen protection against ransomware attacks. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Dec. 28, 1932: The Manitoba Free Press reported an exchange of products between Canada and the Soviet Union had been agreed to in a deal brokered by a Winnipeg syndicate. The deal included favourable terms for the sale of 100,000 head of cattle. A man convicted of the murder of an RCMP officer was sentenced to be hanged in Regina. In Kingston, N.Y., a court ruled Paul Whiteman could call himself “the King of Jazz”; an injunction had been sought by Frank Greeves of Albany, who called himself “King Jazz.”
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