Your forecast
A mix of sun and cloud, with wind from the northwest 20 km/h. High -9 C, wind chill -24 this morning and -14 this afternoon.
What’s happening today
Sean Menard’s feature, 299 Queen Street West: The MuchMusic Experience, screens tonight at 7 p.m. at the Centennial Concert Hall, 555 Main St., followed by a Q&A with Monika Deol and Rick Campanelli. Eva Wasney talks to former VJ Deol, who was born in India and grew up in Beausejour and Winnipeg. Read the full story here.
Monika Deol got her start as a DJ in Winnipeg. (Supplied)
Today’s must-read
A local towing company has filed a counterclaim against the City of Winnipeg over its recent lawsuit alleging the firm had bilked taxpayers.
Tartan Towing instead claims it was the municipal government that breached its contracts — and owes the company damages. Erik Pindera reports.
Tartan Towing has filed a counterclaim against the City of Winnipeg. (Phill Hossack / Winnipeg Free Press files)
On the bright side
Have you ever seen a Christmas tree driven off in a convertible? Blair Atkinson has. That’s just one of the many stories volunteers at the Elmwood-based club have accumulated since the first tree sale was held in 1979.
Last year, volunteers sold more than 500 trees and raised around $7,000. That money funded scholarships at local high schools, supported youth sports, sent children to camp, and aided Manitoba Harvest and the Christmas Cheer Board. Aaron Epp has the story.
‘We’re excited to bring the Christmas cheer again,’ says Sean Strachan, president of the Winnipeg Y Service Club. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On Nov. 27, 1928: The Manitoba Free Press reported in London, general uneasiness regarding King George V’s illness due to a lung ailment was prevalent, with local newspapers referring to the monarch’s “unsatisfactory condition”; one medical expert, judging from the coverage, said the king was likely suffering from dry pleurisy. In Sicily, lava reupting from Mt. Etna destroyed buildings on the outskirts of Mascali. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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