Your forecast
Rain mixed with snow, changing to snow this afternoon. Wind becoming northwest at 30 km/h this afternoon. High 2 C. A special weather statement in effect for Winnipeg as rain changes to snow over Winnipeg and the eastern Red River Valley, and “evening snowfall accumulations will range from 0 to 5 cm near Lake Winnipeg to possibly as high as 10 to 15 cm in the western Red River Valley.”
As Chris Kitching reports, motorists are being urged to drive with caution while much of Manitoba is hit by heavy snow or downpours Tuesday and into Wednesday. Read more here.
School divisions may be announcing school closures for some areas; see this map and click on the relevant school division for the most recent announcements.
For information on highway closures, see the map at www.manitoba511.ca.
Amara Reichert throws a snowball while enjoying a snowball fight with her brother Harvey on Monday after Brandon’s first snowfall on the weekend. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
What’s happening today
Tonight at 7 p.m., former astronaut and MP Marc Garneau touches down at McNally Robinson Booksellers, Grant Park location, 1120 Grant Ave., to discuss his memoir A Most Extraordinary Ride: Space, Politics, and the Pursuit of a Canadian Dream with Free Press editor Paul Samyn. Garneau details his early years in the navy, becoming Canada’s first astronaut and his time in the House of Commons. Ben Sigurdson has a preview here.
Marc Garneau arrives for a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa last year. (Justin Tang / The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
The Manitoba government has signalled it’s sticking to its plan to tackle problems in health care, including long wait times for surgeries, and will try to keep life affordable, as it devises a plan to pay for its agenda by boosting the economy.
“We’ve been listening loud and clear, hearing about the cost-of-living pressures and inflation crisis and interest rates that have been weighing on everybody,” Premier Wab Kinew told reporters Tuesday as the NDP unveiled its second throne speech since taking office last year. “We’ve also heard from you there’s much more to do, that you’re still feeling the pinch.”
Critics said the challenge will be to find the money and staff to achieve those targets. Carol Sanders has the story here; Maggie Macintosh has highlights of the speech here; and Dan Lett has a column on it here.
Premier Wab Kinew speaks to media during a press conference about the throne speech. (Mike Deal / Free Press)
On the bright side
Eagle lovers around the world who were crushed by the live-streamed collapse of a nest housing two birds and their chick will get another viewing opportunity when a new eagle camera goes live on Thursday.
The new camera, operated by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, is in a different location and will show a different nesting pair, the agency announced Tuesday. But the DNR will also keep its old EagleCam running because the old pair built a new nest about a half-mile away and still visit their old territory. They’ve been seen there as recently as Friday. The Associated Press has more here.
A pair of eagles that were followed by viewers worldwide on the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources EagleCam in 2023. (Minnesota Department of Natural Resources / The Associated Press files)
On this date
On Nov. 20, 1958: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the West German government in Bonn called for a meeting with three Western powers after the Soviet Union announced it would end Berlin’s four-power status. A domed city was being planned for Canada’s North, with a proposed site at Frobisher Bay. In Ottawa, Parliament would be asked in the coming session for funds for an expansion to the port facilities at Churchill. In Winnipeg, plans to convert the old post office building into a public library got a big boost as the city announced its winter works program. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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