Your forecast
Mainly cloudy, with periods of light snow beginning this morning and ending this afternoon. Wind becoming northwest at 30 km/h gusting to 50 near noon. High -9 C, wind chill near -21.
What’s happening today
🏒 The Winnipeg Jets host the Buffalo Sabres at Canada Life Centre, starting at 6 p.m.
🎭 Manitoba Theatre for Young People presents The Lightning Thief: the Percy Jackson Musical starting tonight and running to Dec. 28. Tickets $25-$34 available online. Before you go, read Ben Waldman’s story on lead actor Brady Barrientos.
🔭 Renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is set to land in Winnipeg tonight equipped with pop-culture references and insights into humanity’s biggest scientific question: are we alone in the universe? Eva Wasney has a full preview here. Centennial Concert Hall, 555 Main St., 8 p.m. Tickets $133 to $176.50 available online.
Neil deGrasse Tyson (Delvinhair Productions)
Today’s must-read
Marion Willis picked up her phone Thursday morning sounding both exasperated and exhausted. “I’m just swamped,” the executive director of St. Boniface Street Links said with a deep sigh. “I’m frustrated. I don’t even get it anymore. I thought we were all in this together.”
In the past two weeks, Willis said she has housed more than 30 people, reshuffling placements within Street Links’ system to make room for a surge of individuals, many of whom were from encampments that were cleared, leaving them nowhere to go.
“(The city) implements a ban on encampments without any strategy to support it,” Willis said. “And it’s been all on us.” Scott Billeck has the story.
An encampment on Mayfair Place sits empty Thursday after its inhabitants were removed by the city this week, leaving residents at the doorstep of St. Boniface Street Links. (Mike Deal / Free Press)
On the bright side
Two Manitoba institutions are slated to become the new homes for the Hudson’s Bay Company royal charter after it recently sold to two wealthy Canadian families.
If all goes according to plan, the Manitoba Museum and the Archives of Manitoba will co-host the 1670 document. The Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., and the Royal Ontario Museum are also due to hold the document.
The royal charter that created the company more than 350 years ago was sold to holding companies belonging to the Thomson and Weston families. They were named the winners Wednesday after making an uncontested $18-million bid for the document. Nicole Buffie has the story.
The 1670 royal charter signed by King Charles II establishing Hudson’s Bay Company recently sold at auction to holding companies belonging to the Thomson and Weston families. (The Canadian Press files)
On this date
On Dec. 9, 1969: The Winnipeg Free Press reported cattle producers were advised at the annual meeting of the Cattle Breeders of Manitoba to form a single united front to sell their animals on the world market. In Ottawa, a storm of protest from opposition and government members broke out over the decision to curb U.S. broadcasts over cable television. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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