Your forecast
Scattered flurries with snow beginning this morning. Expected high today is -18 C, wind chill -35 this morning and -26 this afternoon, and a low tonight of -35.
What’s happening today
Today marks the anniversary of the École Polytechnique shootings in Montreal in 1989. A Quebec environmental engineering student who is researching solutions to the climate crisis is the latest recipient of a $30,000 prize established in honour of the 14 women killed on Dec. 6. The Canadian Press reports.
The commemorative plaque at the École Polytechnique in Montreal (Paul Chiasson / The Canadian Press files)
In Georgia, a runoff election will take place to determine whether Democratic incumbent Rev. Raphael Warnock or Republican challenger Herschel Walker will hold one of the state’s two seats in the U.S. Senate.
Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., left, and Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker (The Associated Press files)
Today’s must-read
Manitoba Public Insurance is shifting responsibility for delays in providing Autopac services online and massive cost overruns to upgrade its technology systems, pointing to incomplete advice from consultants hired to help with the rollout. Danielle Da Silva has the story.
(Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)
In case you missed it
“Pointe shoes are both a source of mastery and a source of pain, of blood and blisters and bunions. They are a rite of passage for the young ballet student and, later, a ritual for the company dancer,” writes Jen Zoratti. Read more of her feature on what goes into the care and maintenance of this highly-specialized artistic and athletic footwear.
Newer, harder shoes and older, softer ones can both have a place in a single ballet, Emilie Lewis says. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On Dec. 6, 1920: The Manitoba Free Press reported in Toronto, the federal minsiter of agriculture told banquet attendees Canada’s livestock was worth an estimated $2 billion. In Winnipeg’s civic election, the Citizens ticket was elected in Ward 1. Tree limbs weighed down by frozen precipitation were responsible for a short circuit in the Ottawa and Hull region, plunging the area into darkness until power was restored. In Dublin, expectations were low that any member of Sinn Fein with authority would take part in negotiations with the government. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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