What’s happening today
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESShelly Glover alleges irregularities in the election that declared Heather Stefanson the winner and premier.
Tory case in court: Affidavits filed in Shelly Glover’s bid to overturn the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba’s leadership election results will be cross-examined in court. READ MORE
Clash with Coyotes: The Winnipeg Jets host the Arizona Coyotes this evening in the first of four consecutive home games. Mike McIntyre has a column after Winnipeg’s much-needed win in Calgary on Saturday. READ MORE
Conversion therapy ban bill: The Liberal government is set to table a new bill that is expected to close loopholes in the last piece of legislation making conversion therapy — practices designed to change someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity — illegal. The last bill failed to clear the Senate before the federal election. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Country stars converge: The Canadian Country Music Association will host its first live, in-person awards show since 2019 in London, Ont. Last year’s show was recorded weeks before it was broadcast. READ MORE
Jury selection in Smollett case: Jury selection will begin in Chicago in the trial of actor Jussie Smollett, who is charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly lying to police by faking a racist and homophobic attack. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly sunny beginning later this morning, with a high of 2 C, wind chill as low as -9 and wind from the northwest at 15 km/h for much of the day.
In case you missed it
Mike Sudoma / Winnipeg Free PressRabbi Boruch Heidingsfeld shows off a wooden menorah which will be strapped into the back of a truck to use for the Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish Learning Centre’s mobile menorah service, which runs from Nov. 28 until Dec. 6.
Spirit rekindled: Hanukkah began at sunset Sunday. In-person events have returned after being held virtually last year amid the pandemic. “We’re trying to find out what the new normals are and take the symbols and traditions and reimagine them in a way that works right now,” Rabbi Allan Finkel of Temple Shalom said. Brenda Suderman reports. READ MORE
Bonus Banjo Bowl: The Saskatchewan Roughriders beat the Calgary Stampeders in double overtime and will face the Blue Bombers in the West Division final in Winnipeg on Sunday afternoon. READ MORE
‘Monitoring the numbers’: Provincial Health Minister Audrey Gordon says the province isn’t considering stricter public health restrictions amid increasing COVID-19 case counts in the Southern Health region. Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
Bound for Beijing: Jennifer Jones will get the chance to win another Olympic gold medal in women’s curling after her St. Vital team beat Tracy Fleury of East St. Paul in an extra end. Jason Bell reports from Saskatoon. READ MORE
A ‘true leader’: Jamie Wilson will become RRC Polytechnic’s first vice-president of Indigenous strategy and business development. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Nov. 29, 1928: The Manitoba Free Press reported the U.K. was considering enacting emergency measures in government because of the protracted illness of King George VI (later reported to be septicaemia) as thousands congregated outside Buckingham Palace awaiting news of the king’s health. The federal minister of finance said in Vancouver that Canada was reducing its debt by $85,000 per day and anticipated that income tax would remain in place for many years, but might be lowered.
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