Free Press Head Start for Nov. 11

Good morning.

Today is Remembrance Day. A number of events taking place to mark the event are being held throughout the city. (Here is a list of what’s open and what’s closed.)

Melissa Martin has a column on how we remember war experiences, and those who have lived through them. Our recent editorial comments on the changing nature of the annual poppy campaign.

In case you missed these stories: Kevin Rollason has a feature on how the Free Press has covered war and armed conflicts over the decades; a story about a Dutch historian working to create a digital archive with a photo and biography of every Canadian soldier interred in the Netherlands; and a look back at Manitoba veterans who have passed away this year. He also has a story on Indigenous veteran Les Bruce, who now runs a barber shop in the North End.

— David Fuller

Your forecast

Snow ending this morning with a high of -5 C, wind chill as low as -17 and wind from the north at 30 km/h gusting to 50.

What’s happening today

Mobina Galore — Jenna Priestner (guitar/vocals) and Marcia Hanson (drums/vocals) — is officially releasing Mobina Galore: Live from the Park Theatre live at the Park Theatre at 9 p.m. (doors open at 8), with Edmonton’s Audio/Rocketry and Winnipeg’s Screaming at Traffic. Click here for more info.

Jenna Priestner (left) and Marcia Hanson of Mobina Galore. (Dwayne Larson photo)

Today’s must-read

Doctors and nurses are urging Premier Heather Stefanson to quickly implement a $200-million plan to retain, train and recruit 2,000 health-care profressions in the province. Carol Sanders reports.

Premier Heather Stefanson (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)

On this date

On Nov. 11, 1955: The Winnipeg Free Press reported when MP Stuart S. Garson told a gathering of 650 farmers in Minnedosa that the federal government’s plans for bank loans on stored grain would put money in people’s pockets, he was met with scornful laughter. Israel’s foreign minister said if his country were “driven into a tight corner” and its survival were at stake, it would accept arms from any source in the world; however, he added there had been no offer of arms from the Soviet bloc. Search our archives for more here.

Today’s front page

Get the full story: Read today’s e-edition of the Free Press.

Top news

Danielle Da Silva:

‘They can’t afford food… they can’t afford rent’

Housing advocates raise alarm as Residential Tenancies Branch allows landlords to raise rents an average of nine per cent this year Read More

Joyanne Pursaga:

Wet road-construction season pushes projects into next year

Nearly three dozen Winnipeg road construction projects that should have ended this year are now delayed into 2023, and rain is being blamed as a key culprit. Read More

Chris Kitching:

Manitoba rejects mask mandate as viruses strain health system

The Manitoba government is resisting calls to reintroduce a mask mandate as a spike in respiratory viruses, especially among children, is expected to worsen and put further strain on the health system. Read More

New in Sports

Taylor Allen:

Weapons of mass production

Bombers QB Collaros has all his top receivers back, should be aerial fireworks Sunday Read More

Steve Douglas, The Associated Press:

Europe’s World Cup stranglehold tested by Brazil, Argentina

When Gianni Infantino told a gathering of European soccer officials in Vienna he hoped the winner of the World Cup came from their continent, the FIFA President quickly stated — with a ... Read More

Jeff Hamilton:

From Big Red to true Blue

Bombers star quarterback’s leadership skills, spirit took shape under Friday night lights of eastern Ohio Read More

New in Arts and Entertainment

Ben Waldman:

A Cinderella story

Manitoba Opera tackles familiar themes of Rossini’s La Cenerentola with chic, 1950s aesthetic Read More

David Sanderson:

Paper chase

Newspaper enthusiast stockpiles a personal archive Read More

Ben Waldman:

The burden of home

Newcomer experience in 1970s Winnipeg explored in Royal MTC’s latest production Read More

Fresh opinions

Editorial:

U.S politics remains irreconcilably divided

A great many residents of the United States hoped steadfastly that this week’s midterm elections would offer some clarity, some sense of resolution and perhaps even an encouraging sign regarding the direction ahead for America’s politics. Read More

Dennis Hiebert:

Many ways to trigger Tory turmoil

Rishi Sunak is now the fifth Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the six years following the 2016 Brexit vote. Here in Canada, the Conservative Party has also had five leaders during the same six-year time frame following the Stephen Harper years, though two were interim. Read More

Sarah Glozer, Emily Jane Godwin and Rita Mota:

Musk’s ‘absolutism’ threatens human rights

FOR Elon Musk, who made a fortune from electric cars, the Twitter takeover has turned into a fairly bumpy ride so far. Soon after buying the social media company for US$44 billion, Musk said he had “no choice” about laying off a large proportion of the company’s staff. Read More

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