This morning
Harrowing hike: Premier Brian Pallister became emotional Tuesday while telling reporters about his hiking misadventure in the New Mexico wilderness, calling it ”the worst night of my life.” The 11-hour ordeal was much more serious than his staff initially reported. “I’m so happy to be alive,” he said. Nick Martin reports. READ MORE
Your forecast: Today will be cloudy with high of -6 C with a 60 per cent chance of flurries this morning, clearing this afternoon.
In case you missed it
SUPPLIEDGuido Amsel has pleaded not guilty.
Different suspect suggested: The ex-wife of a Winnipeg man accused of sending bombs through the mail testified at his trial Tuesday. Defence lawyer Saheel Zaman suggested Iris Amsel sent the explosive packages because she was upset her husband, Guido Amsel, divorced her and married a younger woman. Katie May reports. READ MORE
Pop-up plans: The Downtown BIZ is launching an initiative in which pop-up parks/event venues will be created by extending city sidewalks into parking lanes. It’s also considering ways to add public toilets to areas where public urination is a problem. Murray McNeill reports. READ MORE
Up next
THE CANADIAN PRESS/John WoodsWinnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman speaks to media outside the legislature after the provincial throne speech was read at the Manitoba Legislature in Winnipeg, Tuesday.
Bowman’s budget: The City of Winnipeg’s 2018 operating and capital budgets will be tabled at today’s executive policy committee meeting, which begins at 1:30 pm. Mayor Brian Bowman will likely campaign on this budget for re-election next fall, Aldo Santin reports. READ MORE
Royal affair: The Jets play the Kings in Los Angeles at 9:30 p.m. in the second game of a four-stop road trip. Forward Joel Armia has been a valuable contributor on the Jets’ fourth line and special teams of late after being relegated to the press box for a pair of games early this season, Jason Bell reports. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
Manitoba Lt-Gov. Janice Filmon reads the provincial throne speech at the Manitoba Legislature in Winnipeg, Tuesday, November 21, 2017. (John Woods / The Canadian Press)
Wishful thinking: The Progressive Conservative government’s throne speech Tuesday was “a thunderous triumph in wish-making,” Dan Lett writes in his latest column. The speech was distinguished by an unusually high number of gratuitous promises and immeasurable claims, he says. READ MORE
Bad break: With a month remaining in the regular season, Blue Bombers quarterback Matt Nichols led the league is several categories. Then, he suffered a broken finger and strained his left calf. Jeff Hamilton reports on the frustrating final weeks of Nichols’ season, which ended in a first-round playoff loss. READ MORE
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David Cassidy: The 1970s teen idol, singer and star of TV series “The Partridge Family” has died at the age of 67. READ MORE
On this date
On Nov. 22, 1967: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that U.S. reinforcements poured onto Hill 875 near Dak To in northern Vietnam, in what was described as a prolonged, “treadmill” battle. In Canada, the federal cabinet gambled that most provinces would not be ready to enter into medicare with Ottawa by July 1, 1968, which would mean a lower initial cost to the federal government. In the Mediterrannean, speculation increased that Turkey was preparing to invade Cyprus. READ MORE
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