What you need to know
FILE – In this Oct. 17, 2019, file photo U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, center, arrives for a interview with the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and House Committee on Oversight and Reform on Capitol Hill in Washington. House investigators released more transcripts Nov. 5 in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, including hundreds of pages of testimony from Kurt Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine, and Sondland. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Ambassador in the hot seat: U.S. Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland will face questions today as part of the public impeachment hearings into U.S. President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. Sondland is more directly entangled than any witness yet in the Republican president’s efforts to get Ukraine to investigate political rival Joe Biden and Democrats in the 2016 election. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Throne speech: The provincial government highlighted infrastructure and downtown safety, as well as tax cuts, in Tuesday’s Speech from the Throne. Larry Kusch and Jessica Botelho-Urbanski report. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Today will be cloudy with snow beginning this morning, with a risk of freezing drizzling later in the morning. Temperature is -1 and expected to fall to -6 this afternoon.
What’s happening today
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a press conference following a cabinet swearing in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on July 18, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Cabinet revealed: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will announce who’s in cabinet, but without the fanfare of his first cabinet unveiling in 2015. Ministers will arrive at Rideau Hall and be sworn in individually, with time afterwards to speak to media — the traditional, relatively low-key way cabinet shuffles are conducted. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
In case you missed it
(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)Winnipeg Jets right wing Patrik Laine celebrates with teammates after scoring on Nashville Predators goaltender Juuse Saros early in the first period Tuesday in Nashville.
Jets add another win: The Jets ran their road winning streak to five games, including three on the current trip, with a 2-1 victory Tuesday night over the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena. A big reason was goalie Connor Hellebuyck, who stopped 38 shots. “When you’ve got a goalie like that who stops everything, it’s a little more calming,” said winger Nikolaj Ehlers, whose second-period goal proved to be the game-winner. Jason Bell reports. READ MORE
Steeped in success: The owners behind local coffee chain Fools + Horses have announced two new locations are expected to open within a month, one in True North Square and another in Lacost Garden Centre, bringing their total number of coffee shops to four. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Nov. 20, 1942: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Red Army units pressed hard after fleeing Germans in the deep Caucasus, following up a major victory that eased Nazi pressure on the Grozny oil fields near the Caspian Sea. In Alaska, Manitoba pilots and men of the ground crews were playing an important role on the joint front of Canada and the United States against Japanese invaders of the Aleutians. The Rome radio asserted that North Africa was only the springboard from which the Allies would pounce upon the European continent and that “Italy’s hour had struck.” READ MORE
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