What you need to know
Evan Vucci / The Associated PressU.S. President Donald Trump, centre left, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrive for a round table meeting during a NATO leaders meeting on Wednesday.
Alliance’s anniversary: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remains in London, where NATO leaders have gathered to mark the military alliance’s 70th birthday. Secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said Canada is a key part of the alliance. “In an unpredictable world, we need strong multilateral institutions like NATO, and Canada is helping us to strengthen NATO,” he told The Canadian Press. READ MORE
Video goes viral: Video recorded during a reception at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday shows Trudeau, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron apparently speaking candidly about U.S. President Donald Trump. Observers are suggesting Trudeau and the other leaders were mocking Trump, The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly cloudy with a risk of freezing drizzle early today, a high of -1 C, wind from the west at 15 km/h decreasing to 10 km/h from the southwest this afternoon, and wind chill as low as -11 this morning and -7 this afternoon.
What’s happening today
Susan Walsh / The Associated PressHouse Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Experts on impeachment: In Washington, four legal scholars will appear before the House of Representatives’ judiciary committee to weigh in on whether the president has committed impeachable offences. One, called by the Republicans, will argue Democrats have a “slipshod impeachment” case, while the other three will argue for impeachment, opening remarks obtained by The Associated Press state. READ MORE
Grave issue: A judge in Indianapolis will hear a cemetery’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a relative of John Dillinger who wants to exhume the infamous bank robber’s grave to determine if he’s actually buried there. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
In case you missed it
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSWinnipeg Jets’ Luca Sbisa, Neal Pionk, Blake Wheeler and Nikolaj Ehlers celebrate Ehlers’ goal against the Dallas Stars during the first period in Winnipeg on Tuesday.
Jets shoot down Stars: The Jets beat the Stars at Bell MTS Place last night in the first of consecutive games against Dallas. Winger Patrik Laine scored his 18th goal in 16 games against the Stars. “I wish we played 82 against those guys because I’d have a lot of goals. It just seems like it goes in,” he said. “Don’t have any explanation. Thank God they’re in our division.” Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
Cameras and crashes: Only one of the city’s 20 worst intersections for crashes has a red-light camera. In his latest column, Dan Lett argues that if the province wants to improve road safety, it should help the city install more cameras. READ MORE
MLL mum on cost: Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries won’t disclose the cost of the new security setup at the entrance to its Tyndall Market liquor store, saying it would compromise the tendering process for changes to other Winnipeg locations. Danielle Da Silva reports. READ MORE
‘Vicious cycle’: The Winnipeg School Division has ordered a review of its suspension policy “to incorporate restorative justice practices that engage students in school as an alternative” to keeping them out of classes. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Dec. 4, 1923: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the U.S. Navy planned an expedition by air to the North Pole in the coming summer. An unprecedented flood of immigrants from Great Britain to Canada was expected, due in part to the limit to British immigrants allowed into the United States until May having been reached. Col. Strange of Fenn, Alta., won the grand championship for all wheats at a competition in Chicago, Ill. READ MORE
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