What’s happening today
Premier Brian Pallister during question period in the Manitoba Legislative Building Monday afternoon. (MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS)
COVID-19 crisis: Premier Brian Pallister will hold a news conference on “COVID-19 measures” this morning, and the provincial government will release the latest COVID-19 numbers this afternoon. The province announced 546 new cases and 296 people in hospital with the disease Monday — both records. Larry Kusch and Danielle Da Silva report. READ MORE
Target hard to hit: Days after the Liberal government introduced a bill to legislate its target of net-zero emissions by 2050, a new report says that would require a much more aggressive move away from fossil fuels. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Pandemic pounds: Nearly one-third of Canadians say they have gained weight since the pandemic began, an online poll by Leger found. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: There’s a high chance or more snow and freezing drizzle this morning, then cloudy, with a high of 0 C, a daytime low of – 6 C, wind chill as low as – 11 and peak winds from the northwest at 20 km/h.
In case you missed it
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Care home deaths: Of Manitoba’s 236 deaths from COVID-19, 113 are linked to long-term care homes, including three announced Monday. Katie May reports. READ MORE
Fined for faith service: A video posted online Monday night shows two fines being issued to a Church of God minister for violating pandemic restrictions. One is in connection with a religious service south of Steinbach on Sunday. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
Inmate arrives after outbreak: The Free Press spoke with a Stony Mountain Institution inmate who was transferred there from Atlantic Canada after the prison announced its first case of COVID-19. Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
Fellow Tory pans plan: Manitoba Conservative MP Candice Bergen says the province’s Progressive Conservative government has not provided the public with sufficient data to justify closing businesses and restricting civil liberties. “There needs to be an evaluation if the measures taken to stop the spread of the virus have more or less benefit than the negative societal impacts,” she said in a statement Friday. Premier Brian Pallister formerly held Bergen’s riding. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Teaching students about strike: A Kelvin High School teacher will receive an award for how he taught his students about the Winnipeg General Strike. Kellen Taniguchi reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Nov. 24, 1925: The Manitoba Free Press reported that Joseph Xavier Hearst, president and promoter of the defunct Hearst Music Publishers of Canada Ltd., was arrested by police in a Garry Street pool hall; Hearst was charged with the theft of $385,000 in the form of capital stock and moneys and the property of his company, alleged to have taken place between 1921 and 1925. In East St. Paul, a 72-year-old man was fatally injured by an auto truck; the drivers of the truck were being held pending an inquiry into the incident. In Philadelphia, a 15-year-old boy convicted in the murder of his grandmother was sentenced to death in the electric chair.
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