Your forecast
Sunny with a high of – 2 C, wind chill as low as – 23 C this morning and wind from the southwest at 30 km/h and gusting to 50 km/h near noon.
What’s happening today
The Winnipeg Jets face the Florida Panthers at 7 p.m. at the Amerant Bank Arena.
Country-folk singer-songwriter Boy Golden plays the Burton Cummings Theatre at 8 p.m. Tickets are $37-$47.25 at ticketmaster.ca and winnipegfolkfestival.ca.
Today’s must-read
Two weeks after a Pembina Highway coffee shop received thousands of dollars in damage from a break-in, the same thief came back and caused thousands more.
Amid the local wreckage, organizations representing restaurants and small businesses are calling on the Manitoba government to create a fund where they could be reimbursed for repairs from vandalism and to install security measures. Kevin Rollason reports.
Sandeep Mehendiratta and her husband Paramjeet Singh, owners of Coffee Culture, which has been hit twice by the same thief. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On Nov. 24, 1977: The Winnipeg Free Press reported premier Sterling Lyon proposed veteran Conservative Harry Graham as Speaker, surprising opposition MLAs. A man was sentenced to 14 years in prison for what the sentencing judge called “one of the most shocking sex crimes in Manitoba’s history.” A study from the University of Illinois found life in the suburbs “destructive” as the developments “isolate children from reality, prolong childhood and fail to provide the kind of emotional experiences necessary to prepare kids for adulthood.” And Margaret Trudeau talked to a New York tabloid about building a new life after her breakup with prime minister Pierre Trudeau.
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