Your forecast
Mainly sunny with a 60 per cent chance of showers this afternoon. A high of 9 C with a low of -2 C.
What’s happening today
For the 15th year, residents will gather at Knox United Church in Brandon to commemorate the international Transgender Day of Remembrance. Colin Slark of the Brandon Sun has more here.
Laura Crookshanks holds a candle at the Trans Day of Remembrance candlelight vigil at Knox United Church in 2018. (File)
Today’s must-read
It was supposed to be a tale of redemption, with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers cementing their place in the annals of CFL greatness. A rare dynasty in the modern era of three-down football.
Instead, it’s once again a story of disappointment and despair.
Jeff Hamilton writes on the loss.
Winnipeg Blue Bombers running back Brady Oliveira (20) is tackled by Montreal Alouettes defensive back Marc-Antoine Dequoy (24) during the second half of football action at the 110th CFL Grey Cup in Hamilton. (Frank Gunn / The Canadian Press)
On the bright side
Anne Plett and Kathy Fast aren’t afraid to make blanket statements.
They’re members of Piece it Together, a group of volunteers who make and sell quilts to support the relief, development and peace work of Mennonite Central Committee. Aaron Epp writes on the group.
Piece It Together, which includes more than 30 women who range in age from 53 to 94, meets every Wednesday morning. (Corné du Preez photo)
On this date
On Nov. 20, 1937: The Manitoba Free Press reported China’s leaders at Nanking debated whether to defend the capital at all costs or, by voluntary withdrawal as the Japanese approached, save the city from destruction by Japanese warplanes and guns. In Ottawa, R.H. Milliken urged at a royal commission hearing that figures from the Winnipeg Grain Exchange be published, to demonstrate to farmers whether their grain was being sold and re-sold before reaching consumers. In Vienna, 60 monarchists who wanted “Kaiser Otto” to come back to Austria to re-establish the Hapsburg dynasty were arrested by riot police. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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