Your forecast
Scattered flurries today with a high of -3 C and a low of -12.
What’s happening today
The Winnipeg Jets host the Colorado Avalanche, beginning at 7 p.m. Mike McIntyre has a column on the Jets’ strong start this year, and what it bodes for the rest of the season.
Cape Breton Island Celtic group the Barra MacNeils celebrate an East Coast Christmas at the Centennial Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m.
The Barra MacNeils (Supplied)
Today’s must-read
A young mother who pulled over to check on the well-being of a stranger on the side of a rural road and was abducted — along with her two-year-old daughter in the back seat — says the ordeal was like a scene in a horror film. Maggie Macintosh has the story.
The vehicle of a kidnapping suspect was found on North Drive in a trailer park just east of Portage La Prairie. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press)
On the bright side
Colombian environmental engineer Germán Viasus Tibamoso pioneered a method to use beetle larvae in converting food waste into fertilizers — but the large insects, mostly Hercules beetles, which can grow to 17 cm long — aren’t done there. While some adult beetles are sent to labs for research, some head as far away as Japan, where they are kept as pets. The Associated Press reports.
Engineer Germán Viasus Tibamoso gives an interview as two rhinoceros beetles climb on his neck. (Fernando Vergara / The Associated Press)
On this date
On Nov. 29, 1923: The Manitoba Free Press reported in Washington, D.C., a U.S. federal director from North Dakota returned after a visit to Winnipeg, during which he investigated conditions under which liquor was sold in Manitoba; he reported restrictions were “very tight” and contrary to other reports, little liquor was coming across the border there to the U.S. In London, chancellor of the exchequer Neville Chamberlain saw no reason why a market for agricultural products from dominions such as Canada could not be secured in the British Isles. Search our archives for more here.
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