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Ready to party: A parade to celebrate the Blue Bombers’ first Grey Cup victory in 29 years begins at Portage Avenue and Hargrave Street at noon. It will head east and end at The Forks at about 1:30 p.m., where the celebrations will continue till 3 p.m. Danielle Da Silva reports on the team’s triumphant return to Winnipeg on Monday. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of light snow, a high of 0 C, wind at 10 km/h and wind chill as low as – 9 this morning.
What’s happening today
Hektor Pustina / The Associated PressRescuers search at a damaged building after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake in Thumane, western Albania, Tuesday.
Earthquake in Albania: Rescue crews are searching for survivors in apartment buildings toppled by a quake felt across the southern Balkans, The Associated Press reports. At least 14 people were killed and more than 600 injured. READ MORE
Helicopters collide: Thirteen French soldiers were killed when two helicopters collided in Mali. The fight against Islamic extremists in the African country is France’s largest overseas military mission. READ MORE
In case you missed it
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSThe Liquor Mart on Keewatin in Winnipeg where an employee was injured in a robbery.
‘I was so scared’: A Liquor Mart employee who was knocked unconscious said she was worried she would be fired if she defended herself during the shocking robbery. Danielle Da Silva and Ryan Thorpe report. READ MORE
Crazy path to Grey Cup: Sports reporter Jeff Hamilton has five observations from the Bombers’ win that finally ended their championship drought. READ MORE
Speedy skater: Jets winger Nikolaj Ehlers set a team record for fastest skater in the team’s annual skills competition Monday night. Ehlers has won three of the past four events. Jason Bell reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Nov. 26, 1982: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that answering a phone call saved an office manager’s life; when Harry Speed of College Electric Ltd. went to answer the phone in a back office, he narrowly escaped a car that smashed into the business and knocked a fridge through his office wall. In Ottawa, the federal government agreed in principle to allowing the Northwest Territories to be divided, but ruled out granting provincial status to either the N.W.T. or the Yukon for the foreseeable future. READ MORE
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