Your forecast
Light snow ending this morning, with a high of -3 C and a low of -14.
What’s happening today
Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative government will set out its legislative agenda for the next session today at 1:30 p.m., when Lt.-Gov. Anita Neville delivers the speech from the throne. Carol Sanders has the story.
Lt.-Gov. Anita Neville (Ruth Bonneville / Pool / Winnipeg Free Press / The Canadian Press files)
Former U.S. president Donald Trump has promised to make an announcement today; it’s widely expected he will declare his intention to run for president in 2024. The Associated Press reports.
Today’s must-read
The Esplanade Riel’s newest tenant has promised there will be no more parking on the foot bridge after pedestrians and cyclists complained about vehicles, including a bus, driving onto the span. Hillary Rosentreter was “absolutely floored” as she watched the bus drive up to the 4,000-square-foot building in the middle of the bridge and drop off guests at a Manitoba Technology Accelerator event last Thursday. Chris Kitching has the story.
Passenger vehicles parked on Esplanade Riel (Twitter)
On this date
On Nov. 15, 1946: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the federal cabinet had decided against peacetime conscription. Winnipeg’s CPR station was the scene of a “little Poland,” with 700 Polish war veterans, who had fought alongside Canadian troops in the Second World War, arriving. Three hundred and fifty of them were bound for their new lives on farms in Manitoba, while the remainder would continue beyond the province to farms further west. Two pilots spotted what was believed to be the wreckage of a missing Western Airlines flight on Almo Peak, Calif.; former Winnipegger Florence Henry was among the missing passengers, but the pilots saw no signs of survivors. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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