Your forecast
Cloudy with periods of rain beginning early this morning then turning to snow this afternoon. A high of 2 C with a wind chill as low as -11 C. Wind from the northwest at 30 km/h gusting to 50 km/h.
What’s happening today
The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra will accompany Elf, the Christmas comedy that stars Will Ferrell as an overgrown Santa’s helper. Tonight at 7 p.m., and Dec. 9, 1 p.m., at Centennial Concert Hall (tickets are $71.25-$110 at centennialconcerthall.com)
Will Ferrell in Elf (PNG Merlin files)
Winnipeg duo Cara Luft and J.D. Edwards marks the third anniversary of its holiday concert, Songs for a Winter’s Night, tonight at 8 p.m., at West End Cultural Centre ($37.32 at wecc.ca and Eventbrite)
The Small Glories, Cara Luft and J.D. Edwards (Supplied)
Today’s must-read
Manitoba’s surgical and diagnostic recovery task force spent more than $5 million on salaries over the past year, and the current government said it has not been able to get a full picture of task force financials or decision-making. Katie May has the story.
NDP Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara says the salary figures for members of Manitoba’s surgical and diagnostic recovery task force are concerning because the current government doesn’t know why they were so high. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press files)
On the bright side
Winnipeg students of all ages faced off against peers and professional athletes Thursday, as they competed in an annual Rock, Paper, Scissors tournament for charity in the St. James-Assiniboia School Division.
Grade 6 student Ben Cherwinski took the top prize. Maggie Macintosh reports.
Winnipeg Blue Bomber Brady Oliveira plays a round of Rock, Paper, Scissors with a student in the Rock, Paper, Scissors tournament for charity. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On Dec. 8, 1969: The Winnipeg Free Press reported a St. James-Assiniboia youth plunged 100 feet to his death from the top of a Greater Winnipeg Gas Company storage tank at Wilkes Avenue and Kenaston Boulevard in Tuxedo; the youth and a companion had climbed over a six-foot fence topped with barbed wire to ascend and walk on the ice-covered tank. In Ottawa, prime minister Pierre Trudeau said governments must protect family income with plans such as salary insurance against sickness. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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