What you need to know
Idle Canada Post trucks sit in the parking lot of the Saint-Laurent sorting facility in Montreal as rotating strikes hit the area on Thursday November 15, 2018. Senators are to resume a special sitting today to examine a back-to-work bill that would force an end to rotating strikes at Canada Post as the walkouts enter their sixth week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Strike to stop: Five weeks of rotating strikes by Canada Post workers will come to an end at 11 a.m. today after royal assent was granted to back-to-work legislation shortly after the bill was passed by the Senate. READ MORE
Payette takes tour: Gov. Gen. Julie Payette will end her two-day visit to Winnipeg with a visit to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights before departing from 17 Wing. Melissa Martin reports on Payette’s walk with the Bear Clan in the North End Monday night. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Today will be mainly sunny with a high of -10 C, and windchill as low as -26 in the morning and -15 in the afternoon, with a risk of frostbite.
What’s happening today
Patrik Laine had just three goals in October prior to a trip home to Helsinki when his fortunes turned and he scored three goals in two games against the Florida Panthers. (Martti Kainulainen / Lehtikuva files)
Jets play Penguins: The Jets host the Pittsburgh Penguins at Bell MTS Place at 7 p.m. Winger Patrik Laine, who was named the NHL’s first star of the week Monday, is tied for the league lead in goals. Jason Bell reports. READ MORE
AMM on infrastructure: The Association of Manitoba Municipalities is holding a news conference this morning about the Manitoba government’s decision to end a road and bridge program.
State choosing senator: Voters in Mississippi will either elect a woman to Congress for the first time or the state’s first black U.S. Senator since the Reconstruction era after the Civil War. READ MORE
In case you missed it
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESManitoba Liquor and Lotteries has remained tight-lipped on whether any policy changes have been implemented to better protect staff and deter would-be thieves.
Crown corporation mum: Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries won’t say whether any policy changes have been made to protect staff members and deter would-be thieves. Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
Sign of the times: The 103-year-old Park Theatre is getting a new look that won’t include its iconic flashbulb namesake sign, which was installed in the 1940s. Caitlyn Gowriluk reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Nov. 27, 1937: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that John Queen swept to office in Winnipeg’s mayoral election with the largest number of votes for a pro-labour candidate in the city’s history, defeating incumbent mayor K.E. Warriner by a majority of 9,589 votes. A fog-bound plane returned to Pickle Lake, Ont., safely. In Paris, leftist newspaper Ce Soir wrote that investigations into a huge conspiracy against the French republic showed Nazis in Germany were behind it. READ MORE
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