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Your forecast: Ladies and gentlemen… start your shovels. Environment Canada says we’re at the start line of a couple of days of snow, with amounts of up to four centimetres tonight and more coming Wednesday and Thursday. Daytime temperatures the next few days will range from – 7 C today to -10 C on Friday. The long-range forecast calls for a sunny, cold weekend, with just a low of -20 C Friday night and a daytime high of -14 C Saturday.
In case you missed it
Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free PressTina Duck, birth mother to Tina Fontaine, stares out a window at the Windsor Hotel in downtown Winnipeg. Her daughters body was recovered from the Red River on August 17th, 2014. Winnipeg Police arrested Raymond Cormier last week in Vancouver in connection to her murder.
Tina’s birth mother: Tina Duck, the birth mother of homicide victim Tina Fontaine, 15, spoke with Free Press columnist Gordon Sinclair Jr., about the recent arrest of a 53-year-old man in connection to the teen’s death. The woman says she wants to confront the alleged killer of the teen, who was in the care of Child and Family Services when she went missing before she died. READ MORE
New cop shop: Camera crews got a sneak peek at the Winnipeg Police Service’s new 630,000-square-foot downtown headquarters Monday, located in the former Canada Post building, which will house staff from nine different Winnipeg police buildings. The original plan called for a $135-million cost but the price tag has now reached $214 million. READ MORE
Red cloth for MMIW: To honour the missing and murdered indigenous women of Canada, Althea Guiboche led a memorial project for the bridges around Winnipeg on Monday night. Volunteers tied strips of red cloth to safety rails, beginning on the Slaw Rebchuk Bridge. She hopes others in the city do likewise, to continue raising awareness of the crisis. READ MORE
Up next
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free PressPremier Greg Selinger takes questions from the media Thursday after launching the province’s new plan to address climate change and create green jobs.
State of the Province: Premier Greg Selinger will outline his government’s economic plans at the RBC Convention Centre at 12:40 p.m. today when he delivers his final State of the Province address of 2015 — and the last before the 2016 provincial election in April.
Refugees on way: Seven of the 214 refugees arriving in Toronto today are destined to settle in Winnipeg. These are the first Syrian refugees to arrive in Manitoba as part of the federal government’s push to bring in 10,000 by the end of the year. They will be processed first in Toronto before flying on to Winnipeg likely on Wednesday.
Final report of the TRC: The final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission will be released today at 10 a.m. The commission is documenting the stories of those personally affected by the Indian Residential School experience.
Around the water cooler
WINNIPEG FREE PRESS filesThe Winnipeg Police Service has said its officers don’t engage in the controversial random stopping practice known as carding.
Reports of police bias: Winnipeg’s police board says it will review the police service’s street-check policies after concerns were raised by the local indigenous community. Board chairman Scott Gillingham says there’s no evidence of the widespread practice of random stopping, or ‘carding.’ But some residents have voiced concerns in recent public consultations that bias in some officers exists. READ MORE
Labour deal at U of M: The University of Manitoba and AESES (the Association of Employees Supporting Education Services) representing 2,600 support staff, have agreed to a four-year contract retroactive to April 5. The union members voted 91 per cent in favour of a deal that includes wage percentage increases of 1.5, 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 per cent a year. READ MORE
Streaking Oilers: Defenceman Andrej Sekera scored 41 seconds into overtime and goalie Cam Talbot stopped 47 shots to lift the Edmonton Oilers to a 3-2 over the Boston Bruins on Monday night. It was the Oilers’ sixth straight win, and they’re now 14-15-2 — good enough for 30 points, the same as the Winnipeg Jets (14-14-2). READ MORE
Trending now
JOE BRYKSA / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSDustin Byfuglien, left, and Captain Andrew Ladd at practice this morning.
#NHLJets: This hashtag trends frequently in these parts. But it’s been going like gangbusters the last 12 hours after Free Press sources confirmed Jets captain Andrew Ladd has asked for a six-year deal worth at least $41 million, defenceman Dustin Byfuglien wants $55 million over eight years and fellow blueliner Jacob Trouba wants in the ballpark of $56 million over eight years. READ MORE
Mike & Molly: CBS has announced it is cancelling the sitcom after six seasons. But don’t feel too badly for star Melissa McCarthy, whose film career is soaring. She’s become the third-highest paid actress in the world behind Jennifer Lawrence and Scarlett Johansson.
On this date
On Dec. 15, 1994: The Winnipeg Free Press ruled that diaries, school records and notes from therapy sessions could be used against sexual assault victims in court. Manitoba’s schools were doing a poor job in physical education. New federal restrictions on sponsorship of family class immigrants would “put an undue financial burden on those trying to reunite families,” according to economists, advocates and Manitoba officials.
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