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Sneaky tactics: Police are coming up with increasingly inventive ways to nab those who insist on using their phones behind the wheel. So far in 2016, distracted driving has contributed to 15 per cent of fatal car crashes, compared with around 11 per cent in 2015, according to Manitoba RCMP statistics. Police are turning to technology to help weed out distracted drivers. As of late December, officers were testing out a new, high-powered scope — similar to what a sniper would use — that would allow police to spot and photograph distracted drivers from 500 to 700 metres away. READ MORE
Your forecast: It will clear this morning before clouding again late this afternoon. Expect a high of -13 C, with a wind chill of -25 this morning. Tonight up to 2 cm of snow is anticipated. The temperature will rise to -7 by tomorrow morning. On Wednesday, there’s a 30 per cent chance of light snow in the morning and a high around -6.
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WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSSnow clearing was in high gear on Portage Avenue Monday morning after the heavy snow fall.
Cleanup continues: Winnipeg is still digging out from a Christmas storm that dumped about 30 cm of snow on the city. While plowing and sanding has begun, motorists are being warned to expect more delays today. READ MORE
Big chill on sales: The storm cast a chill on Boxing Day sales. With Winnipeggers encouraged not to drive to allow for better snow-clearing, bargain-hungry crowds were smaller than in previous years. READ MORE
Up next
Back to work: The Winnipeg Jets are back on the ice in Chicago tonight to take on the Blackhawks. Game time is 7:30 p.m. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
John Woods / Winnipeg Free PressMacGyver, a domestic tropical green-and-yellow budgie who was living outside for over a month, was rescued.
MacGyver a survivor: He’s made friends, fallen in love and learned to communicate in many languages — bird and human — in his new home. Now he’s rehabilitating a leg injury. It’s been a busy year for MacGyver the budgie, who survived for three months in the cold last winter. READ MORE
Obama pokes Trump: U.S. President Barack Obama says he could have whupped Donald Trump if the rules had allowed him to seek a third term in office. And, as you might expect, The Donald did not let that pass, taking to Twitter to express his displeasure. READ MORE
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George Michael: The British pop performer, who found fame as a co-founder of Wham! in the 1980s and went on to a successful solo career, died on Dec. 25 at the age of 53. READ MORE
#WorldJuniors: Canada hosts the World Junior Hockey Championship in Toronto, and started things off with a bang, with Team Canada beating Russia 5-3. READ MORE
On this date
On Dec. 27, 1956: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Winnipeg had its warmest Boxing Day since 1885, with the mercury reaching 37.2 F, putting temperatures in some parts of Manitoba higher than those in Florida. In Alabama, gunfire, suspension of a bus system and court actions marked the attempts to integrate seating of white people and black people on city buses in Montgomery. In Europe, an increase in Western democracies’ influence was concurrent with a crisis within Russian Communisim, which was feared could provoke the U.S.S.R. into action against the West. READ MORE
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