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The Costa Rican connection: As usual, Manitoba Premier Brian Palliser will spend six to eight weeks a year at his vacation home in Costa Rica, including this holiday season. He says he will continue to work on Manitoba business while he is there. READ MORE
Your forecast: While our weather can’t compete with the other country where our premier spends so much time (today’s forecast for the capital city of San Jose, Costa Rica, is 18 C), the weather in Manitoba will warm up considerably from last week’s deep freeze. Today’s high will be -6 C, with wind from the west at 30 km/h. Tuesday’s high will be relatively balmy at minus 1, and Wednesday will hit -4.
In case you missed it
SuppliedTegveer Minhas is battling AML leukemia and his only chance is to find an unrelated stem-cell donor.
Saving a toddler: People lined up on Sunday for a cheek swab to see whether they were a match to be a stem-cell donor for Tegveer Minhas, 17 months old, who is battling AML leukemia. “We got the diagnosis on October 22,” said the tot’s father, Sukhbir Minhas. “Since then it has been more bad news after another.” READ MORE
Jets Christmas present: If all you want for Christmas is a NHL team that wins as many games as its loses, the Winnipeg Jets are trying to deliver. They beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-1 on Sunday, their second straight victory. Their record is now 15-16-3. “We had to get back on track. It was two huge games here at home,” said captain Blake Wheeler. Jason Bell reports. READ MORE
Up next
Paramedics meet Bear Clan: The anonymous pen behind Head Start has high regard for people who volunteer to help others. Two examples are the Bear Clan Patrol, which walks the night streets of areas such as the North End to look for people who need help, and local paramedics who will meet the Bear Clan at 11 a.m. today to teach them CPR and basic first aid. People helping others, who can in turn help others.
Ottawa showdown: Expect a lot of hollering out of the nation’s capital today when Manitoba Health Minister Kelvin Goertzen joins other provincial representatives for a showdown with the federal government over the future of health funding. A taste of the conflict to come was offered Friday when Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau called provincial demands for bigger federal health funding transfers “out of the realm” of anything Ottawa would consider. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSFlor Marcelino,NDP interim leader speaks to reporters after the throne speech Monday in the Legislative building. Larry Kusch/ Nick Martin/Kristin Annable stories Nov. 21 2016
Wither the NDP?: An efficient opposition is important in a democracy, and Free Press columnist Dan Lett believes Manitoba’s NDP is not up to the job. “Thrashed in the last election and reduced to just 14 seats, the NDP has struggled mightily with its new role as official opposition. It will require time to adjust to the shock and humiliation of a repudiation at the polls.” READ MORE
Meeting homeless people: Prompted by a 53-year-old woman who froze to death in front of Portage Place mall, Free Press columnist Jen Zoratti talked to three homeless people. One woman told her: “The way I see it, this is probably the furthest down I can go, so now I can only go up.” READ MORE
Trending now
Tribune Media TNSZsa Zsa Gabor in 1952 with her French poodle.
Zsa Zsa Gabor: The Hungarian actress and celebrity has died at the age of 99. READ MORE
#SoundOfMusic: The famed musical, released in movie theatres in 1966, is trending on Twitter, not least because its political overtones still resonate in 2016.
On this date
On Dec. 19, 1949: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Canada, Britain and the United States had agreed to a plan standardizing their military and arms training. In Chicago, a group of aviators planned to make history by flying around the entire world by going over the North and South Poles. An article laid out the facts about atomic bombs and how they had been used since their first use by the U.S. at Hiroshima. In Sydney, N.S., murder charges were laid against the mayor. READ MORE
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