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Free Press Head Start for Jan. 6
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Good morning!
Today is a good day to live in Winnipeg.
First, a span of mild weather in the first week of January is a welcome sight. My memory may be skewed, but it seems as though this week is always wrought with a dismal, frigid cold. I have yet to bring out the wool socks I received for Christmas, so I consider that a gift in itself.
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On that note, the holidays have also come again for fans of the Winnipeg Jets, as the city’s beloved franchise is projected to see a welcome return of heavyweights to its depleted roster. Further, assistant captain and star defenseman Josh Morrisey (who happens to be performing at the top of his career) has been named an NHL All-Star and will make his way to Florida in February to play with the best in the league.
Is it cliché for me to reduce our city to weather and hockey? Maybe so… but please, forgive me my excitement.
Viva Winnipeg.
— Tyler Searle
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Your forecast
Partly sunny skies with a high of -9 C and a low of -13 C.
What’s happening today
The skating area at Riley Family Duck Pond and the Cargo Bar pop-up patio will open at Assiniboine Park.
Vladimir Putin ordered a 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine this weekend for the Orthodox Christmas holiday. Ukrainian officials dismissed the move.
Today’s must-read
More than $3 million set aside to improve air quality in schools during the COVID-19 pandemic has been spent on duct cleaning — a measure not backed by research as an effective way to limit infectious-disease transmission. Maggie Macintosh has the story.
On the bright side
The province’s first-ever charity grappling event, with all proceeds going to The Dream Factory, has been months in the making. Michael Santarsieri, the operations manager at Brickhouse Gym 24/7, started in Brazilian jiu-jitsu nearly a decade ago and has wanted to organize an event like this for quite some time. “I love the sport of Brazilian jiu-jitsu and submission grappling. I compete all over North America regularly and I just figured Manitoba needed something like this,” Santarsieri said. The event is already 90 per cent sold and takes place Jan. 7. Taylor Allen has the story.
Michael Santarsieri (Jessica Lee / Winnipeg Free Press files)
On this date
On Jan. 6, 1960: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the parents of between 50-75 Wolf Cubs were warned by Winnipeg health officers to watch their children for signs of typhoid fever over the following two weeks after a known typhoid carrier helped prepare and serve food at a Dec. 21 Wolf Cub banquet. Winnipeg ratepayers would see no city tax increase in 1960, according to alderman Peter Taraska. President Charles de Gaulle of France would make a state visit to Canada in April, visiting Montreal, Quebec City, Ottawa and Toronto. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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Top news
Tyler Searle:
Sunwing travellers consider class action
A Manitoba woman, whose $30,000 dream wedding was ruined, is considering joining a potential class action lawsuit against Sunwing, after the airline cancelled flights, lost luggage and stranded travellers throughout the holidays.
“I want people to know that Sunwing is not reliable,” said Candyce Pollock, who was set to depart from Winnipeg early Christmas Day and get married in Puerta Vallarta, Mexico, on Dec. 28.
She and more than 100 passengers arrived at the Winnipeg airport to find the Sunwing kiosk empty. After numerous unannounced delays, the airline cancelled the trip.
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Gwynne Dyer:
Awaiting Ukraine’s next offensive thrust
It’s still unseasonably warm in Ukraine, but there’s a chance of a hard freeze this weekend. By mid-month it should be reliably quite cold almost all the time: the ground will be hard and the smaller streams will have frozen over.
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