Your forecast
Cloudy, with wind becoming southwest at 20 km/h gusting to 40 late this afternoon. High 0 C, wind chill -7 this morning.
What’s happening today
The First Métis Man of Odesa opens at the Tom Hendry Warehouse Theatre. Ben Waldman talks to Métis playwright Matthew MacKenzie and Ukrainian actor Mariya Khomutova about the origins of their relationship, and the resulting theatre production, against the backdrop of a global pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. For ticket info and showtimes, visit royalmtc.ca.
Mariya Khomutova and Matthew MacKenzie in First Métis Man of Odesa. (Alexis McKeown photo)
The Winnipeg Jets face the Vegas Golden Knights at the T-Mobile Arena, starting at 9 p.m.
Today’s must-read
An overwhelming majority of the roughly 1,700 Manitoba Public Insurance workers voted to accept a new contract Wednesday, ending a strike that dragged on for more than two months.
The agreement, described by Justice Minister Matt Wiebe and union leader Kyle Ross as a “fair deal,” includes general wage increases of 13 per cent over four years. MPI services are set to resume Friday at 1 p.m. Katie May reports.
MGEU president Kyle Ross speaks at an MPI rally at the Manitoba Legislative Building in October. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)
On the bright side
It may have taken pandemic public-health orders to shake up phys-ed class time in Manitoba schools, but in the end students — and their teachers — are likely better off because of it, a University of Manitoba study suggests. Because of physical-distancing requirements, many schools repurposed gymnasiums into needed classroom space, forcing phys-ed teachers to take kids outside.
And in addition to reaping the benefits of getting fresh air at a time when the stuff indoors was laden with COVID-19 health concerns, educators began to question the point of requiring young students to change into workout gear, something that eats into exercise time. Maggie Macintosh has the story.
Kindergarten students from École Sage Creek School taking part in gym class inside tents set up on the school grounds. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On Nov. 2, 1954: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in the U.S. midterm elections, voters would determine whether the Republicans would retain their razor-thin majority won in 1952, when Republican Dwight Eisenhower was elected president. In Winnipeg, 80 per cent of Greater Winnipeg Transit Commission’s roughly 1,100 employees voted in favour of calling a strike if necessary in ongoing wage negotiations. An experiment to use televisions in Winnipeg classrooms as teaching aids would be tried in two city and three suburban schools. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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