Your forecast
Fog dissipating this morning, becoming a mix of sun and cloud, with wind up to 15 km/h. High -3, wind chill -11 this morning and -5 this afternoon.
What’s happening today
The Winnipeg Jets host the Carolina Hurricanes at Canada Life Centre, starting at 6:30 p.m.
The first-degree murder trial of a former Mountie is set to begin in Prince Albert, Sask., today. Bernie Herman was charged with first-degree murder in the death of 26-year-old Braden Herman in 2021. The two are not related. The Canadian Press reports.
Deputy sheriffs walk into the Saskatchewan Provincial courthouse in Prince Albert, Sask. (Kayle Neis / The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
Tears rolled down Beverley Beardy’s face as she paused in silence in front of a memorial overflowing with flowers on the steps of the West Broadway home where her two daughters were killed one week ago. “I’m going to miss my girls very, very much,” Beardy told reporters.
The Sunday vigil at the Langside Street home was organized by the Bear Clan to honour the victims of the November 26 shooting.
On Friday, police announced the arrest of their sole suspect: Jamie Randy Felix, 32. Katrina Clarke has the story.
The Sunday vigil at the Langside Street home was organized by the Bear Clan to honour the victims of the Nov. 26 shooting. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press)
On the bright side
If you struggle with wrapping gifts or you just want to support a good cause, the Manitoba chapter of Cystic Fibrosis Canada is here for you this holiday season.
The chapter’s sixth annual Wrapping for a Cure fundraiser kicked off Dec. 1 at Kildonan Place mall. Shoppers can bring their gifts to the booth across from Shoppers Drug Mart until Christmas Eve, where a volunteer will wrap them in exchange for a donation. Aaron Epp has the story.
Volunteering’s just in my blood,” says Wrapping for a Cure’s Mandi Machado (left). For Tara Vosbourgh, joining Machado at Kildonan Place, it’s for the joy of it and in support of her husband. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On Dec. 4, 1929: The Manitoba Free Press reported in St. John’s, Nfld., anxiety for the safety of nine vessels unreported since leaving the port six days earlier increased as two steamers searching for the fleet found no trace of them; 70 lives aboard the missing ships were at stake. The first part of the MacAlpine party reached The Pas aboard a Fokker aircraft, bringing them to the first large centre since they left civilization in August, having set out from Winnipeg to survey Canada’s far North; the party had been missing since September. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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