Good morning!
Your forecast: Flurries, shmurries. So, Environment Canada says there might be a light dusting of snow coming our way over the next 72 hours. Big deal. When the projected high for Saturday is sunny and 9 C, there’s no chance of the city leaving windrows at the end of our driveways any time soon. Today begins on a foggy note, followed by cloud cover, a 30 per cent chance of rain and a slight chance of flurries after midnight. The high is 6 C. Both Remembrance Day and Thursday will be cool, with about a 40 per cent chance of flurries, while Friday should be sunny with a high of 3 C. Then, there’s that super Saturday we mentioned earlier, followed by a clear but cool Sunday.
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Witnesses to Friday’s shooting sought: The province’s team of independent investigators is looking for witnesses as it probes a police shooting that killed a Winnipeg man Friday. Mark DiCesare, 24, died after being shot by officers near Kapyong Barracks following a police chase through River Heights around 1:15 p.m. Friday. Whether DiCesare was armed as he led police on a chase Friday is part of the Independent Investigation Unit’s (IIU) investigation. The unit is hoping anyone who may have seen DiCesare’s white Audi leading police on a chase from Charleswood, through Tuxedo and into River Heights Friday afternoon will come forward and share any information they may have. READ MORE
Paramedics getting pay boost: After going 18 months without a contract, an arbitrator awarded city paramedics a cumulative 10.5 per cent wage increase. The union that represents Winnipeg paramedics, MGEU Local 911, said the ruling has maintained the union’s position that percentage wage increases should match those given to city firefighters. The arbitrator awarded the paramedics a combined three per cent wage increase for each of 2014 and 2015 and a combined 4.5 per cent in 2016. That contract award mirrored those of previous arbitration awards given to firefighters. READ MORE
An unsettling fish tale: The Selinger government has promised a “comprehensive review” of the province’s fisheries after a watchdog group said it would urge consumers to boycott fish from Manitoba’s three largest lakes. Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Tom Nevakshonoff announced that economist Harold Westdal will facilitate the review, which will begin later this month. Westdal’s report is expected next September. Nevakshonoff said a budget for the review had not yet been set. An appraisal by Monterey, Calif.-based Seafood Watch and its Vancouver partner SeaChoice stated that fisheries on the provinces three largest lakes — Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Winnipegosis — are among the worst-managed in the world. READ MORE
Up next
Bruce Bumstead/Brandon Sun FilesApproximately 700 students from École Harrison, St. Augustine and Valleyview School participated in this year’s No Stone Left Alone ceremony at the Brandon Cemetery on Thursday morning. Escorted by members of the 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, the students placed poppies on each of the veteran’s gravestones following the act of remembrance ceremony at the cenotaph.
Students show respect: About 200 students from Winnipeg will be at Elmwood Cemetery at 10:30 a.m. today laying poppies on the graves at the Field of Honour section. There is no school for Manitoba students on Wednesday, Remembrance Day.
Remembrance Day services: Winnipeg’s largest Remembrance Day Service will once again be held Wednesday inside the RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg at 375 York Ave. The doors will be open at 9:30 a.m., patrons should be seated by 10:15 a.m. and the service begins at 10:45 a.m. The service, open to everyone, is hosted by the Joint Veterans Association of Manitoba and the Canadian Forces. There are several other services happening in Winnipeg as well, so click on the link at the end of this sentence for details. READ MORE
Back in the saddle: The Manitoba Country Music Awards are finally back after a 13-year absence. The big show, featuring performances by Doc Walker, David James, Leanne Pearson, Kendra Kay and Ryan Keown, kicks off tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the Park Theatre. Check for ticket availability at mcma.brownpapertickets.ca READ MORE
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Jets’ power play powerless: The Winnipeg Jets’ power play is scoreless in four games and has gone from Top 5 in the NHL to a middling 16th heading into a four-game Central Division road trip that begins tonight in St. Paul, Minn., against the Wild. The Jets went 0-5 with the man advantage in Saturday’s 3-0 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers. The Jets are scoreless in their last 12 power plays and haven’t netted a power-play marker since Halloween night, when they went 1-3 during a victory in Columbus over the Blue Jackets. READ MORE
Train trouble in Wisconsin: Workers were clearing 13 derailed cars from a loaded Canadian Pacific Railway train Monday after thousands of litres of crude oil spilled from one tanker on Sunday, causing the evacuation of a neighbourhood in the small southern Wisconsin city of Watertown. Residents who evacuated dozens of homes were still being kept away Monday. One of the derailed cars was punctured, spilling about 3,800 litres of oil. A spokesman said the leaking car was sealed, the oil contained and siphoned off, and that none of the product reached any waterways. READ MORE
Pricey menu: A dinner menu from the doomed Titanic, signed by several men including a Winnipegger, sold for US$118,750 (C$158,032.50) Saturday to an anonymous buyer at an auction in Dallas. The first-class dinner menu was signed by five salesmen who had dinner together April 14, 1912, including George Graham of Winnipeg. Graham was among the 1,512 passengers who drowned the very next day, while the other four from the dinner managed to survive. It’s believed to be the only surviving first-class menu from the sunken ship. READ MORE
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Parliament Hill: The RCMP will honour 20 officers and security staff who helped secure Parliament during the October 2014 attack. The private ceremony is slated for Nov. 23 at RCMP Headquarters in Ottawa.
Fallout 4: Gamers are excited about the release of Fallout 4 today. Whatever console you’re playing on, prepare to spend a good chunk of your day giving it a spin.
On this date
On Nov. 10, 1918: The Manitoba Free Press did not publish on Nov. 10, 1918. However, on the 11th, the newspaper reported that the world war would officially be over at 11 a.m., Paris time. Germany had surrendered, and an armistice had been declared. Terms of the armistice would not immediately be made public. The Kaiser had abdicated and fled to Holland as Germany was swept by revolution. Closer to home, Winnipeg was in “supreme need” of more nurses to care for victims of influenza. Lieut. Stanley G. Churchward, formerly connected to the University of Manitoba botanical laboratory, sent word that he would donate two captured German guns to the university. Pte. Stuart Speirs, from Winnipeg, was awarded the Military Medal for gallant conduct at the Battle of Arras.
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