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Rain, amount 15 to 25 mm. Wind from the north at 30 km/h. Temperature steady near 3 C. A special weather statement is in effect for Winnipeg as a powerful low-pressure system approaching from the south will bring precipitation to the Red River valley over the next couple of days, with rain and snow expected.
What’s happening today
The Winnipeg Jets host the Florida Panthers at Canada Life Centre, starting at 7 p.m.
Today’s must-read
Winnipeg is facing a “crisis moment” as its risk of running out of sewage capacity rises, Mayor Scott Gillingham says.
The city has about four to six years of capacity left to process sewage sludge into “biosolids,” a key step in wastewater treatment, a new staff report notes.
“This is very urgent. We have four to six years of capacity left and it’s going to take at least four to five years to build (an upgraded biosolids facility to expand capacity). And then there’s no more room, no more capacity. In my mind, this is a crisis moment. We need to continue to work with the federal and provincial governments to get the funding in place to build the north end (sewage treatment) plant as quickly as possible,” said Gillingham. Joyanne Pursaga has the story.
According to a new staff report, Winnipeg has about four to six years of capacity left to process sewage sludge into “biosolids,” a key step in wastewater treatment. (Boris Minkevich / Free Press files)
On the bright side
It’s a brisk, bright autumn morning when Julie-Ann McNeilly comes barrelling down a dirt road, steps out of her van and dives deep into the history of Johnny’s Store.
Built in 1902, the shop is believed to be one of the oldest in Alberta and has long served as a gathering spot in the hamlet of Namao, just north of Edmonton. At one time, it also housed a post office, and McNeilly’s grandmother worked as one of Alberta’s first postmistresses. Its ownership changed hands a few times, she says. Her family took possession in the 1930s, after her great-uncle became shopkeeper.
McNeilly and her brother Brendan have spent hundreds of hours bringing new life to the shop. It’s been closed since 2018, after briefly serving as a craft market, and is set to reopen by Nov. 28. The Canadian Press has more here.
Julie-Ann McNeilly in front of Johnny’s Store in Namao, Alta. (Aaron Sousa / The Canadian Press files)
On this date
On Dec. 19, 1948: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the United Nations general assembly voted overwhelmingly against a Soviet proposal for the Big Five powers to cut their armaments by one-third within a year, and a total ban on nuclear weapons. Chinese Nationalist planes and tanks struck at fleeing Communist forces on three sides of Suchow. In Manitoba, voters in the Norwood school district charged that a proposal for a $250,000 school had been defeated in the Nov. 12 St. Boniface election, and not approved. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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