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Mainly cloudy with a high of -12 C, wind chill as low as -26 and wind from the northwest at 30 km/h.
What’s happening today
Statistics Canada is set to release third quarter gross domestic product figures this morning, reports The Canadian Press.
After nearly 50 years, an art teacher and student have reconnected for a joint exhibit at the Cre8ery, 125 Adelaide St., entitled Full Circle. Leon Pewarchuk was Dave Colvin’s high school art teacher for three years until his graduation in 1977. Both artists will be at the Cre8ery for meet and greets today through Saturday, and at various times during the exhibit. The gallery is open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday.
Today’s must-read
More than 50 years after she says she was sexually assaulted by a church leader in rural Manitoba, Shelley Trubiak filed a report with the RCMP and then confronted the man, who was later charged.
The angry encounter took place at a furniture store in Regina, where former priest Constantin Turcoane made his living after leaving the church, she said. Tyler Searle has the story.
Constantin Turcoane in an undated photo. (Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America)
On the bright side
Twenty-five years ago, Charles Wiebe had a lightbulb moment — and he’s had thousands more since.
The 47-year-old is the co-founder and owner of the Christmas Light Guys, one of Winnipeg’s first professional holiday light installation services. Every holiday season, the company installs lights on 600 to 700 residential and commercial properties in and around the Manitoba capital.
Wiebe enjoys the seasonal nature of the work.
Charles Wiebe, owner of the Christmas Light Guys. (Mike Deal / Free Press)
On this date
On Nov. 29, 1979: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the city planned to spend $81 million on capital projects, including on sewer upgrades, and on the Wilkes Avenue reservoir. Canadians would face a hike in gas prices of at least four cents a litre on Dec. 11, with further hikes to gasoline and heating oil in January and another hike to gasoline in September 1980. U.S. president Jimmy Carter said the United States would not yield to blackmail in the ongoing Iran hostage crisis. Read the rest of this day’s paper. Search our archives for more here.
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