What you need to know
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSCustomers are turned away as police investigate a robbery at a Liquor Mart on Keewatin in Winnipeg, Wednesday.
Liquor store assault: A female Manitoba Liquor Mart employee was taken to hospital and two other employees were injured when a robbery at the Tyndall Park store turned violent. More information on the incident is expected today; meanwhile, Kevin Rollason has the story. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: It’s -10 in Winnipeg with a 30 per cent chance of flurries, clearing later this morning. Forecast high for the day is -8, with windchill at -19 this morning and -14 in the afternoon.
What’s happening today
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., left, and ranking member Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., right, talk to Jennifer Williams, an aide to Vice President Mike Pence, and National Security Council aide Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, during testimony before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, during a public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump’s efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Key witnesses to speak: Following explosive testimony on Wednesday from U.S. ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland on U.S. President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, the House impeachment inquiry will hear today from David Holmes, a political counsellor at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, and Fiona Hill, who said her National Security Council boss, John Bolton, cut short a meeting with visiting Ukrainians at the White House when Sondland started asking them about “investigations.” Those investigations have been described as an attempt by Trump to create a scandal for his political rival, Joe Biden. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Jets in Dallas: The Jets face the Stars in Dallas tonight at 7:30 p.m., hoping to build on their road-game winning streak. Jason Bell looks at how important Patrik Laine’s early-game goal in Nashville was to the Jets’ victory over the Predators on Tuesday. READ MORE
In case you missed it
Dan Vandal is sworn in as Minister of Northern Affairs. (Sean Kilpatrick / The Canadian Press)
Cabinet shuffle: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed his new cabinet, including some MPs staying in the same roles, some cabinet members taking on different responsibilities, and some new faces, like Saint Boniface—Saint Vital MP Dan Vandal joining cabinet for the first time. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Nov. 21, 1952: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Winnipeg was the driest spot in Western Canada, with moisture reports showing that from Aug. 1 to the previous Friday, rainfall was 3.9 inches below normal. Ottawa was studying a new injection currently being used in the United States to combat polio. The second of 14 former top Czech communists on trial admitted to conspiring to overthrow the Communist government. On the battlefront in Korea, members of the famed Black Watch were angry that a Chinese barrage buried their bagpipes. READ MORE
Today’s front page
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