Your forecast
Cloudy with 30 per cent chance of snow early this morning then a mix of sun and cloud. Wind up to 15 km/h. High of -13 C. Wind chill -24 C this morning and -19 C this afternoon.
What’s happening today
The Fringe festival comedy duo of James & Jamesy (Alastair Knowles and Aaron Malkin, respectively) promise to break theatre’s fourth wall but none of the china when they perform their show O Christmas Tea tonight at the Centennial Concert Hall, at 7:30 p.m.
James & Jamesy
New Year’s Eve
For a roundup of events taking place in the city to ring in 2023, click here.
New Year’s Eve fireworks at The Forks (Mike Sudoma / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Today’s must-read
Our downtown series continues with Malak Abas’s piece on the inner city’s housing stock, rates of poverty, and the increasing pressure to help those without a home. (You can read Melissa Martin’s introductory article on the series here, Gabrielle Piché’s piece on businesses here, Maggie Macintosh’s look at the effects of major educational institutions here, and Ben Waldman’s piece on the presence of art in the area here.)
Brian Pincott lives in a home on Spence Street. When asked what he’d like to see change, the list is long: investments in housing, in active transport, in community supports to make that housing successful. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On Dec. 30, 1952: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the city’s $16-million air navigation school could be expanded in 1953 with the addition of personnel and staff from the RCAF air navigation school at Summerside, P.E.I. A coroner’s jury exonerated a cab driver who crashed on Provencher Bridge on Dec. 15, fatally injuring two people. Lac du Bonnet made history, electing Manitoba’s first woman mayor, Mrs. Frank Brown. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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