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Parking ticket flip-flop: The Winnipeg Parking Authority announced Tuesday it will cancel or refund tickets issued downtown on Saturdays, after it ticketed drivers despite stickers on downtown parking meters reading, “2 hours complimentary parking on Saturday.” City councillor Jeff Browaty thinks the ticket refunds should also include an apology. Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
Your forecast: There’s no truth to the rumour that Manitoba is so cold, restaurants are serving coffee on sticks. The current cold snap will continue today, though, with a high of -25 C, and wind chill of -45. The low tonight will be -27.
In case you missed it
DARRYL DYCK / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILESFederal Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr says he will spend more time in Winnipeg South Centre: ‘When you’re a minister and an MP, you have to juggle your national and international duties with being at home.’
Our man in cabinet: Energy Minister Jim Carr, the sole Manitoban in the federal cabinet, sits down for a year-end interview, talking about how the Trudeau government has treated Manitoba, and how this province has potential to be a leader for North American sustainability. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Manitoba optimism: Close to three-quarters of business leaders in the province are optimistic about the Manitoba economy, according to the 15th annual Manitoba Business Leaders Index. More businesses are expecting to hire new workers and more are expecting to do better financially. “We’re almost at an all-time high for these metrics,” Probe Research president Scott MacKay said. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Up next
Facing off: High-quality hockey abounds this evening with the Edmonton Oilers in Winnipeg to play the Jets at 7 p.m. And, on television, it’s Canada versus Slovakia at 7 p.m. in the World Junior tournament.
Nutcracker ballet: Continuing until Saturday, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra offer daily performances of the Nutcracker, the holiday ballet with enchanting costumes, classic choreography and a score by Tchaikovsky.
Around the water cooler
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSRick Kisil is frustrated that mobile photo radar vehicles are set up in school zones even though school is out for winter break.
Driver warning: Although children are not in school this week, photo-radar officials continue to enforce the 30 km/h speed limit in school zones. One driver, Rick Kisil, saw the flash of the photo radar in the dark about 4:30 p.m. on Monday, and now awaits the mail-out of his $312 fine. “It’s almost like a money grab,” he said. “They know if they’re there on a day like that, they’ll hand out a lot of tickets.” Kiera Kowalski reports. READ MORE
Boxing Day sales: The deals had to be hot to entice shoppers to stand outside at -30 C for merchandise on sale, but many hearty shoppers bundled up on Tuesday morning to wait for doors to open. Erik Pindera reports. READ MORE
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Johnny Bower: The legendary Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender and Hall of Famer died on Tuesday at the age of 93. READ MORE
On this date
On Dec. 27, 1999: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that talks aimed at ending the hijacking of an Indian Airlines jetliner broke down and the drama involving 160 hostages entered its fourth day; the family of a Winnipeg grandmother who was among the hostages clung desperately to hourly news reports and fleeting updates from Foreign Affairs. In Winnipeg, two sisters managed to take advantage of a Boxing Day sale to snag a dining room set of furniture to surprise their mother, who was in hospital recovering from a heart attack. READ MORE
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