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MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESManitoba’s children’s advocate says she’s received complaints incarcerated youth have been pepper-sprayed simply to control their behaviour.
Pepper-spraying teens: Manitoba’s children’s advocate says she’s received complaints incarcerated youth have been pepper-sprayed simply to control their behaviour. Darlene MacDonald said she’s also heard accounts of jailed teens with mental health issues being restrained or placed in isolation because of a lack of mental health services. Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE
Your forecast: After an unseasonably warm November, December begins today with the temperature dropping below freezing. From last night’s low of -5 C, the mercury will hardly budge, rising to a high of -4. There’s a 40 per cent chance of flurries, and wind from the north will blow at 20 km/h in the morning. The low tonight will be -9.
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KEN GIGLIOTTI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESSaskatchewan allows people to pay for MRI tests through private providers. In exchange, providers have to test someone on the public wait list and bear the cost.
Paying for MRI tests: Under a controversial plan in Saskatchewan, patients can buy MRI tests from private providers but the deal is that, in exchange for each test sold, the private MRI provider must test someone on the public wait list at no charge to government. Manitoba Health Minister Kelvin Goertzen says he’s willing to consider such as idea for this province. Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE
Losing their bejeebers: The PC government was criticized in the legislature on Wednesday for suggestions it might open up public-sector collective agreements. Said the NDP’s James Allum: “He’s scaring the bejeebers out of front-line workers.” Nick Martin reports. READ MORE
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The angels are coming: The Misericordia Health Centre Foundation’s Angel Squad returns from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. today at Misericordia’s Sherbrook Street entrance, just over the Maryland Street bridge. Volunteers dressed in gowns, wings and halos will collect drive-by donations and spread the holiday spirit.
Eternal enemies: For many Winnipeg Jets fans, “Oilers” has long been a four-letter word, reinforced when the Edmonton team regularly beat Jets 1.0 in the playoffs. The Oilers are in town tonight, and the Jets are hot, winning their past two games. The jeering of the Oilers starts at 7 p.m. READ MORE
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WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESCoun.Janice Lukes after the executive policy committee Wednesday, she voted against the modified growth fee proposal.
Demolition derby: There were 26,321 collisions in Winnipeg in 2015, according to MPI statistics. That’s an average of 72 a day. Given that figure, does it makes sense for city council to reduce money allocated to change city intersections to make them safer? Aldo Santin and Kevin Rollason report. READ MORE
Warmest November ever: There’s a good reason you can’t find your snow shovel. It wasn’t needed last month when record-high temperatures were set across Manitoba. Rebecca Dahl reports. READ MORE
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#MLSCupPlayoffs: Toronto FC will host the Major League Soccer playoffs, after defeating Montreal Impact in a 7-5 aggregate loss in a two-game series. READ MORE
On this date
On Dec. 1, 1987: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that 16-year-old Michelle Nadeau of La Broquerie became the first Manitoban to carry the Olympic torch on its way to the Calgary Games. In Port-au-Prince, Haitians stayed home after a weekend of terror in which men armed with machetes and machine guns killed 34 people, and the first free elections in the country in three decades were cancelled. A CRTC ruling allowed for more variety on cable television, including the creation of all-news networks. Winnipeg moviegoers could see such films as Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Hello Again, Fatal Attraction, The Running Man and Three Men and a Baby. READ MORE
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