What you need to know
PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESA new report by the Canadian Institute for Health Information found that the wait times by Winnipeg emergency room patients to see a physician for an initial assessment decreased by 13.7 per cent in 2017-18.
Watching your wait: A report says there was a 25 per cent decrease in wait times for Winnipeg emergency room beds last year, while the wait to see a doctor for an initial assessment was down 13.7 per cent. Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE
Assessing alert: A national alert system was deemed a success by provincial Infrastructure Minister Ron Schuler even though some people didn’t receive the cellphone message and others received one intended for Nunavut. Jessica Botelho-Urbanksi and Kevin Rollason report. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: The snow that started falling Wednesday will end this morning. After that, it will be cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of flurries and risk of freezing drizzle, a high of -4 C and windchill as low as -10 in the morning.
What’s happening today
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSKaren Haley with her husband Christopher, who won the $1M Score & Win contest.
Shinny with Chicago: The Jets face the Chicago Blackhawks at Bell MTS Place at 7 p.m. They’re seeking their first win since Patrik Laine’s five-goal night won pastor Chris Haley more than $1 million. Bill Redekop reports on Haley, who didn’t watch the game. READ MORE
Sick situation: Another Canadian diplomat has become ill in Cuba. Ottawa will release more information today about its investigation into the mysterious illness, which has 13 confirmed cases. READ MORE
In case you missed it
DAVID LIPNOWSKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS 080721 Flin Flon: worker underground at the 777 mine
Plant predicament: Hudbay Minerals says it’s shutting down its mining operation and zinc-processing plant in Flin Flon by 2021. The city was built around its first mine, which opened in 1927. Martin Cash reports. READ MORE
Conservative crowd: Roughly 250 people attended a People’s Party of Canada rally with Maxime Bernier at a Winnipeg hotel on a very snowy Wednesday night. Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Nov. 29, 1957: The Winnipeg Free Press reported a recent shipment of low-grade chrome ore from a mine in southeastern Manitoba could result in a multimillion-dollar project in the province; $10,000 was stolen from a bank messenger at the Stock Exchange hotel; Canada gave permission for United States bombers carrying nuclear weapons to fly over Canada; Manitoba ranchers were hit hard by a new custom duty on cattle; and the Bomberettes’ band was denied permission to play at the Grey Cup in Toronto.
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