What you need to know
John Woods/ The Canadian PressA typical vaccination station at the COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg, Monday, December 14, 2020.
Delay prompts questions: After a five-day pause, Manitoba is resuming COVID-19 vaccinations, raising questions about why the province decided not to vaccinate anyone from Dec. 24 to 28. Meanwhile, the province announced 107 new cases and nine deaths from the coronavirus on Monday. Katie May reports. READ MORE
Drowning under debt: Sports merchandise retailer River City Sports has filed for bankruptcy protection, as it is struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic to cover payments on its $8-million debt. Temur Durrani reports. READ MORE
Aid package goes to Senate: The Democrat-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted to increase the amount of aid per person from $600 to $2,000 in a long-delayed COVID-19 aid package, matching Republican President Donald Trump’s demand for that amount. The Republican-controlled Senate, which must approve the change, has been holding up passage of the relief bill for months and only recently agreed to pass the $600 aid amount as part of it. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Winnipeg is in for increasing cloudiness with light snow beginning this afternoon. The high is expected to reach -4 C but with winds from the south at 30 km/h gusting to 50 km/h the windchill is expected to be -25 this morning and -10 this afternoon.
In case you missed it
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSMerv Halvorsen, a pastor with Salvation Army (SA), and SA cadets John Burton and Kathryn Dueck feed and support people as they drive around in their Extreme Environment Response Vehicle in downtown Winnipeg Saturday, April 4, 2020.
Reporter: Thorpe
Life on the Strip: In part four of a series on homelessness along Main Street, reporter Ryan Thorpe and photographer John Woods tell the story of a Salvation Army pastor and two cadets who regularly check in on people needing immediate help overnight. READ MORE
Breaking protocol: A Winnipeg high school basketball team from Northstar Preparatory Institute ignored the advice of local health officials and travelled to Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., for a two-week training trip, returning to Manitoba on Dec. 21. Taylor Allen reports. READ MORE
Food drive success: A volunteer group numbering 50 people came together in short order to collect food in Wolseley to donate to the Bear Clan patrol for distribution. Ruby West restaurant on Westminster Avenue served as a focal point for storing donations before they were distributed. Julia-Simone Rutgers has the story. READ MORE
What’s in a name?: Sometimes an animal’s moniker can have a big effect on how quickly it is adopted from a rescue shelter. Eva Wasney has the story. READ MORE
On this date
On Dec. 29, 1928: The Manitoba Free Press reported that in London, a spokesman for Buckingham Palace said King George V had slept many hours during the night, assuaging concerns about his ability to rest, but that his grave condition owing to being seriously ill with septicaemia had not changed. In Toronto, there were a reported 40,000 cases of influenza and deaths from that disease and pneumonia the previous day totalled 21. In Winnipeg, the Free Press siren was set to sound off at three minutes to midnight on Dec. 31, giving the signal to bells and whistles throughout the city to celebrate the new year; the siren was estimated to be heard within a radius of 15 miles, weather conditions permitting.
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