What’s happening today
Hydro seeking hikes: A Public Utilities Board hearing into Manitoba Hydro’s requested rate increases begins this morning. The Crown corporation had applied for a 7.9 per cent hike effective last August, and the PUB approved a 3.36 per cent interim increase. At this hearing, the PUB will review the interim hike and a requested 7.9 per cent hike proposed for April 1.
Trump endorses embattled Moore: U.S. President Donald Trump endorsed Roy Moore, the Republican candidate in the Alabama Senate race, in a tweet early this morning. It was Trump’s strongest show of support for Moore since allegations surfaced he sexually assaulted teenage girls decades ago.
Weather
Your forecast: Today will be cloudy with a high of -3 C, with five centimetres of snow expected beginning early this morning, blowing snow in the afternoon and 50 km/h winds from the northwest gusting to 70.
In case you missed it
TREVOR HAGAN / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Private matter: Private schools are receiving government funding increases at a higher rate than public schools. Between the 2012-13 and 2015-16 school years, grants to private schools increased 11 per cent, compared with 6.2 per cent for the public system. The formula for funding private schools dates back to the Tory government of Gary Filmon. Nick Martin reports. READ MORE
Shipping bears south: Churchill’s mayor Mike Spence says the northern town doesn’t want captured polar bears automatically sent to Winnipeg anymore. “We need to do things differently,” he says. “We can’t just continue to do nothing other than ship them off to zoos.” Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSMayor Brian Bowman and councillors on the EPC tabled the 2018 Preliminary Budget at City Hall Wednesday.
Failure to communicate: The dialogue between the City of Winnipeg and the Manitoba government over ambulance funding has been a “triumph of ambiguity,” Dan Lett writes in his latest column. Both sides must bear part of the blame, Lett says. READ MORE
Still soaring: The Jets, who scored seven goals in a home win over Vegas on Friday, cruised to a 5-0 win over the Ottawa Senators yesterday night at Bell MTS Place. The Jets had 49 shots on goal, their most this season, and Connor Hellebuyck got his first shutout of the year. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
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#CarolBurnett50: On Sunday evening, a comedy icon returned to television with The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special, with appearances from the cast of the much-loved Carol Burnett Show, a staple of sketch comedy in the 1970s.
On this date
On Dec. 4, 1939: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Finland resisted invading Russian troops and asked the League of Nations for help; Argentina urged other nations to expel Soviet Russia from the League, while in fascist Italy demonstrators pushed for their country to aid Finland. In London, Stalin’s move was seen as a factor that would prolong the war; in Nazi Germany, fears of a communist invasion increased. READ MORE
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