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Your forecast: The unusually mild weather continues for a few days, before we get back to more seasonable temperatures by the weekend. Today, we’re in for a mostly cloudy day and a high of 2 C, while the overnight low is -2 C. Expect Wednesday to be even warmer, with a high of 5 C. There is a chance of snow overnight and into Thursday morning. The high Thursday is – 2 C, followed by a high of just -6 C on Friday. The temperature drops to -7 C Saturday with an overnight low of -10 C., while Sunday will be sunny and -8 C. All in all, not too shabby for December.
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JOE BRYKSA / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESPaul LaPolice is the new offensive coordinator for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
LaPo back in Blue: Paul LaPolice has been named the new offensive coordinator for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The news of the hiring first surfaced on the team’s Twitter page Monday evening, a post that included a video of LaPolice and Bombers head coach Mike O’Shea signing what looks like a new contract. LaPolice leaves his job as a CFL analyst on TSN to return to an organization where he was once head coach, leading the Bombers for parts of three seasons in 2010-2012. READ MORE
Letter to a Terrorist: A short film by Winnipeg filmmaker Nilufer Rahman, called Letter to a Terrorist, takes about three minutes to express the point of view of young Muslims who are just as outraged as everyone else at the violent acts of extremists. Yet, many young Muslims face judgments from others of guilt-by-association because of the very faith that brings them comfort and peace. FP reporter Carol Sanders has the story. READ MORE
Racism rants on social media: Racism towards Syrian students who have not yet arrived in Canada is tearing through Winnipeg School Division on social media. Trustee Dean Koshelanyk warned at Monday night’s school board meeting there are extreme concerns regarding racist comments about potential students before they have even arrived. Koshelanyk urged the division to work with “existing students” to ensure they welcome the imminent influx of students. READ MORE
Up next
John Woods / Winnipeg Free PressCarolyn Bennett, Canada’s Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, responds to questions about an inquiry into missing women prior to the Duff Roblin Awards at Fort Garry Place Tuesday.
MMIW inquiry: Details of a national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous girls are expected to be announced today by three Liberal cabinet ministers, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould and Status of Women Minister Patricia Hajdu. During the federal election campaign, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to devote $40 million over two years to a national inquiry into the 1,200 First Nations, Métis and Inuit women and girls who have been murdered or gone missing in Canada. READ MORE
Waiting for surgery: How long do Manitobans wait for a knee surgery, or for a hip transplant? How do Manitoba wait times compare to other provinces? The answers to those questions are expected today in a Fraser Institute report called Waiting Your Turn: Wait Times for Health Care in Canada, 2015 Report.
Around the water cooler
Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free PressThe whole of Clear Lake has frozen flat and almost perfectly clear which many are saying is a very rare event. Reporter Geoff Kirbyson skates on the clear ice of Clear Lake Monday afternoon.
Clearest rink in the land: A rare phenomenon has turned Clear Lake in Riding Mountain National Park into a massive skating rink that is virtually transparent, showing off the lake bed below. The rare glass-like ice has become what may be the most perfect outdoor rink in the world, for now. The combination of cool, calm nights and an absence of snow, Clear Lake has frozen over into an almost-perfect giant sheet of ice. Sand, rocks and even fish below can be seen clearly through the ice. See video on the FP website. READ MORE
Senior smack down: After a violent brawl between two senior citizens ended with one in hospital and the other in jail, a last-minute plea bargain has avoided a criminal trial. Brian Garry Bales, 71, pleaded guilty on Monday to assault with a weapon just as his case was set for hearing. In exchange, the Crown dropped a much more serious charge of attempted murder. Bales remains free on bail and is expected to be sentenced in April 2016. The incident happened in June 2013 inside an Atlantic Avenue apartment block where the two men, who knew each other, lived on different floors. The victim, who was 76 at the time, suffered critical injuries after being stabbed. He underwent surgery and eventually made a full recovery. READ MORE
Greene earns Grammy nominations: Saxophonist Jimmy Greene, who turned a family tragedy into a celebration of a young girl’s life, earned two Grammy Award nominations Monday for his album, Beautiful Life. The former jazz professor at the University of Manitoba recorded the album as a tribute to his daughter, Ana Grace Marquez-Greene, 6, killed during a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in December 2012. The Early Years Choir at Linden Christian School, where Ana Grace attended while the Marquez-Greene family lived in Winnipeg, also participated in the Beautiful Life project, collaborating on a song with jazz vocalist Kurt Elling. READ MORE
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John Lindsay / The Associated Press filesIn this May 1968 file photo, John Lennon appears at a news conference in New York.
#JohnLennon: It was 35 years ago that legendary singer-songwriter John Lennon, one of the Beatles, was shot and killed outside his New York apartment block near Central Park. READ MORE
#Trump: People across the globe are condemning Donald Trump’s suggestion to forbid Muslims from coming into the United States. On Monday the Republican presidential candidate called for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,” drawing cheers of support from those at a rally in South Carolina. But the lineup to criticise Trump’s dramatic response to last week’s shooting spree in San Bernardino, Calif., is a long one. Fellow Republican candidate Jeb Bush says Trump is “unhinged” while The Huffington Post says Trump is no longer “entertainment.” READ MORE
On this date
On Dec. 8, 1972: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the Apollo 17 rocket had to make adjustments to get back on course for the moon. A Boeing 707 landed safely at Addis Abbaba despite a hole being torn in the craft’s hull by a hijacker’s grenade; seven hijackers were killed by security forces. Life magazine was due to cease publishing with the Dec. 29 issue. In Manitoba, vehicle owners would see a drop in Autopac rates in the coming year. Doctors in the United States were accused of “massively over-prescribing and mis-prescribing antibiotics.”
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