Good morning!
Your forecast: Peer out the window and you’ll see snow falling early this morning. Glance out again around 11 a.m. and it’ll still be coming down. The view by mid-afternoon will be much the same, and this evening… well, you get the picture. Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning today for Winnipeg, with a weather system from the south bringing between 10-20 centimetres of the white stuff to the Red River Valley, the Interlake, Whiteshell and Bissett regions. Wind gusts tonight combined with the fresh snow could produce blowing snow and reduced visibility for highway driving. The temperature today will be steady at – 6 C, dropping to -10 C overnight. On Thursday, expect blowing snow and a temperature of just -12 C, while Friday will be sunny and a bitter -16 C.
In case you missed it
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FilesChief Justice Glenn Joyal
Unique challenge: Thirteen accused drug dealers in Manitoba have hired a former B.C. attorney general to lead their fight to have several judges disqualified from hearing cases because of potential conflicts and perceptions of bias. READ MORE
Church redevelopment: There are big plans happening at All Saints Anglican Church. The church, located at Broadway and Colony Street, was first built in 1926 and it desperately needs major renovations. Now, word comes of a $15-million project to construct a multi-storey building on the property for the church and the not-for-profit organization Agape Table. READ MORE
Community generosity: Several local painting companies stepped up with offers to paint a Winnipeg couple’s home free of charge in the spring, while another company will dress up the Redwood Avenue place with holiday lighting for free. The city has ordered the couple to paint the house, garage and fence by May 4, 2016. READ MORE
Up next
Jets dropping by: A lot of patients will get a morale boost today when Winnipeg Jets visit three Winnipeg health centres. Players will spend time at the Rehabilitation Centre for Children, Children’s Hospital, and the Psychiatric Unit at Health Sciences Centre.
Texans in town: The Manitoba Moose face off tonight against the San Antonio Rampage in American Hockey League action at the MTS Centre. Game time is 7 p.m. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
Film Frame / Lucasfilm / The Associated PressA scene from the new film, ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens.’
The Force is awake now: In Star Wars, Episode VII: The Force Awakens, Randall King writes, the evil Empire we thought had been defeated at the end of Return of the Jedi has been reborn as the First Order, a fascist force whose principal movers recall the unholy trinity of the first Star Wars. More than that and we’d be in spoiler territory, but you can read his full review at the link. READ MORE
Special training: Winnipeg police officers who took a University of South Florida training program in the fall will help train their fellow officers in 2016 on bias-free policing. The training is in response to concerns about possible racism in the Winnipeg Police Service raised by members of the indigenous community. READ MORE
No decisions on pot: Canada’s health minister says the federal Liberal government hasn’t decided whether marijuana will be sold in provincial liquor stores once pot is legalized. That flies in the face of Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger’s speech from the throne in November, which included a plan to sell marijuana at Liquor Marts here. READ MORE
Trending now
Riccardo Savi / Sipa USA / TNSFrom left: GOP presidential candidates Dr. Ben Carson, Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Jeb Bush on stage during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Venetian in Las Vegas on Tuesday.
#GOPDebate: Winnipeggers seems to have a keen interest in the ongoing gong sh– er, political show in the United States, as Donald Trump continues to lead his Republican rivals and grab headlines, as he did last night in the GOP debate.
Carey Price: The Montreal Canadiens’ goalie was named the winner of the 2015 Lou Marsh Award, the annual trophy given out to Canada’s top athlete of the year. Price had the best season of his career in 2014-15, winning the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL’s most valuable player, the Vezina Trophy as the league’s top goaltender, the Ted Lindsay Award as the league’s MVP – as voted by the NHLPA – and the William M. Jennings Trophy for fewest goals allowed.
On this date
On Dec. 16, 1978: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the United States and the People’s Republic of China would establish full diplomatic relations. Richard Donner’s Superman: The Movie (showing in Winnipeg at the Metropolitan) brought the character into a more nuanced modern embodiment, according to star Christopher Reeve. The R.M. of Dauphin would begin charging property owners $200 for every time firefighters were called to their properties.
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