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Artist renderingAn artist’s rendering of Whiteshell Laboratories near Pinawa provided by Canadian Nuclear Laboratories. The company says entombing the site would be safer than disassembling and moving it.
Deep discussion: The company in charge of decommissioning the nuclear reactor at Whiteshell Laboratories near Pinawa wants to leave it in the ground and bury it in concrete. It would be the first nuclear reactor in Canada to be disposed of by burial. READ MORE
Your forecast: The cold weather continues. The skies will clear this morning and the high is expected to reach -18, with a wind chill of -32. Tonight, expect a low of -25 with a wind chill of -37. On Tuesday, there is a 30 per cent chance of flurries with a high of -18.
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JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSParamedics were called this weekend to the 300 block of Portage Avenue for a person down on the street. The woman died but they were able to save a different man by pulling him into a bank ATM lobby.
Cold claims woman: The deep freeze has claimed a woman’s life and nearly caused the death of a man downtown over the weekend. The man was saved when firefighters were alerted and brought him to shelter. First responders are advising Winnipeggers to call them if they see persons in distress because of the cold. READ MORE
Parking ban ends: It’s safe to park on residential streets again. The city said Sunday night that the residential parking ban has been lifted. READ MORE
Café back: A Wolseley café owner is back in business despite his ongoing dispute with the city. Bill Fugler, owner of the Neighbourhood Bookstore and Café on Westminster Avenue, isn’t serving food, though. He’s been battling city hall for six years because he hasn’t installed a grease trap in his establishment. READ MORE
Up next
Shoal Lake water: A rally is being held at city hall in support of Shoal Lake 40 First Nation’s demands that an agreement on community benefits be honoured by the city and the Manitoba government.
Around the water cooler
Patrick Doyle/ The Canadian PressManitoba premier Brian Pallister speaks to the media at the Chateau Laurier hotel before the First Ministers’ Meeting in Ottawa on Friday, December 9, 2016.
Manitoba diplomacy: Premier Brian Pallister risks becoming known for his tantrums in his dealings with fellow first ministers, Dan Lett writes. After holding out temporarily on a national agreement to increase CPP benefits earlier this year, the Manitoba premier refused to put his stamp of approval on a national carbon-pricing scheme last week because the feds won’t boost health transfers by the same rate next year as in past years. READ MORE
Notary on demand: Kyle Soble, a notary public appointed by the province to witness the signing of documents and oaths, makes house calls. His is the only mobile notary service in Manitoba. READ MORE
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AMBER BRACKEN / THE CANADIAN PRESSWinnipeg Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck (37) reacts after letting in an Edmonton Oilers goal during third period NHL hockey action in Edmonton, Alta.
#WPGvsEDM: This is till trending in Winnipeg, after the NHL matchup Sunday night between the Jets and the Oilers. The hosting Oilers won 3-2, unfortunately for Patrik Laine, who knocked the puck into his own net to the Oilers’ benefit. READ MORE
On this date
On Dec. 12, 1900: The Manitoba Free Press reported that former Manitoba MLA and then federal Minister of the Interior Clifford Sifton was fêted by Liberals from Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec at a dinner in his honour in Toronto. In Winnipeg, John Arbuthnot won the mayoralty in the municipal elections. In Washington, D.C., a state department official said that any amendment introduced by Great Britain into the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty between the two countries, governing the construction of a Central American canal between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, would not necessarily be ratified by the U.S. senate and would be regretted by Britain. Thirty Winnipeggers were among those returning home from service in the Boer War under Col. William Otter. READ MORE
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