What’s happening today
Winnipeg city hall. (Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Proposed property tax hike: Another 2.33 per cent property tax increase is expected in the City of Winnipeg’s preliminary budget. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE
Slowing the spread: European Union countries are moving to stop air travel from southern Africa to halt the spread of a new COVID-19 variant. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Survivor found in Siberia: Rescuers found a survivor in a Siberian coal mine where 51 people are presumed dead after a methane explosion. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Friday afternoon face-off: The Jets face the Minnesota Wild in St. Paul in a Black Friday matinee at 2:30 p.m. The final match of their three-game road trip is in Calgary on Saturday at 9 p.m. CT. Mike McIntyre spoke with Jets captain Blake Wheeler about his slump. “It is frustrating,” he said. READ MORE
France furious over proposal: France has angrily rejected the United Kingdom’s latest proposals for dealing with the flow of migrants between their shores. A government spokesman said Britain’s home secretary is no longer welcome at a European meeting to discuss the problem on Sunday. “We are sick of double-speak,” Gabriel Attal said. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: A mix of sun and cloud with a 30 per cent chance of flurries and risk of freezing rain this afternoon, a high of -3 C, wind chill as low as -15 this morning and wind from the south at 20 km/h.
In case you missed it
Michael Burns / Curling CanadaTracy Fleury (centre) watches as Liz Fyfe and Kristin MacCuish sweep her stone Thursday. The East St. Paul team has secured a spot in Sunday’s final of the Canadian Olympic Trials.
Fleury foursome perfect: Tracy Fleury and her East St. Paul teammates are 7-0 at the Canadian Olympic Trials and will play Sunday morning for the right to represent Canada at the 2022 Winter Games. Jason Bell reports. READ MORE
‘Really irresponsible’: Opposition members of Manitoba’s legislature say the Tory government’s decision to give Janice Morley-Lecomte the honour of responding to the throne speech sends the wrong signal amid the pandemic. The Seine River MLA didn’t publicly state her vaccination status until she was turned away from a restaurant recently. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
‘Encouraged by other powers’: Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said he stands by his government’s decision to embrace Beijing and appeared to blame Taiwan and the U.S. for stirring violent protests. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Glover defence fund: Shelly Glover aims to raise $50,000 for her legal battle to overturn the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba’s leadership election results. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Hybrid sittings to resume: Canadian members of Parliament voted Thursday to resume hybrid sittings of the House of Commons. The motion gives MPs the option of participating virtually in proceedings until the House breaks for the summer. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Nov. 26, 1987: The Winnipeg Free Press reported a jury awarded $400,000 in damages to a former Tory candidate, saying she had been maliciously libelled by a Jewish human rights group. Another court convicted a man of repeatedly sucking on nitrous oxide — laughing gas — after police found a missing tank of the gas in his home; the man had encountered its euphoric effects at a party and became addicted when he had access to the gas while working at a hospital.
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