What you need to know
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers short remarks during the Women’s Economic Empowerment Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Trudeau signs trade deal: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Donald Trump and outgoing Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto signed the USMCA trade deal in a ceremony at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires this morning. READ MORE
Hope amid horror: Melissa Martin says the discovery of homicide victim Thelma Krull’s remains at least offers some hope for other families still searching for their loved ones. READ MORE
‘All swamp ground’: Reporter Ashley Prest went to the remote, rural area where a hunter found Krull’s remains. “They must have been around here before,” a man who lives near the scene says of the killer or killers. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: It will be mainly cloudy with a risk of freezing drizzle this morning, a high of -4 C and windchill as low as -10.
In case you missed it
Ukraine ups ante: Ukraine announced a travel ban for most Russian males today amid growing tensions in the wake of a naval confrontation last weekend.
Blackhawks downed: Nikolaj Ehlers had a hat trick, and Patrik Laine became the third-youngest NHL player to score 100 career goals as the Jets beat the Chicago Blackhawks at Bell MTS Place last night. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
Amendments announced: Changes to the Highway Traffic Act announced Thursday would stiffen impaired-driving laws. Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Nov. 30, 1967: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a majority of Canadian premiers moved toward common ground on the issue of constitutional change at the Confederation of Tomorrow conference in Toronto; Quebec premier Daniel Johnson was alone in wanting a new constitution, but said he did not want to scrap all that had been developed over the previous century under the British North America Act. U.S. president Lyndon Johnson stirred political controversy by appointing Robert MacNamara to the presidency of the World Bank.
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