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Conciliation fails: Hopes for an end to the 13-day-old strike by University of Manitoba professors were dashed when conciliation ended unsuccessfully on Sunday. A statement by the university late in the day said conciliation with the University of Manitoba Faculty Association had ended. The statement also said the university wants UMFA to hold a ratification vote on the university’s current offer before Nov. 16. READ MORE
Your forecast: The fog will dissipate this morning. Expect a mainly cloudy day with a south wind of 20 km/h, gusting to 40 km/h this afternoon, and a high of 11. Tonight, there is a 60 per cent chance of showers. The low will be plus 4. On Tuesday, it will clear in the morning with a high of 10.
In case you missed it
Darryl Dyck / The Canadian PressWinnipeg Blue Bombers’ quarterback Matt Nichols stands on the sideline after the Bombers missed a field goal attempt late during second half western semifinal CFL football action against the B.C. Lions in Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday November 13, 2016.
Controversial play call: The Blue Bombers’ season came to an end in Vancouver on Sunday, but a decision by head coach Mike O’Shea to attempt a 61-yard field goal rather than a third down play from scrimmage will be talked about for some time. B.C. defeated Winnipeg 32-31. READ MORE
Student anger grows: Fed up with a strike that’s disrupting their education, University of Manitoba students are taking action — with an online petition and a “day of action” in the coming week. The petition says the academic schedule revisions made in response to the strike that began Nov. 1 may adversely affect job opportunities for students graduating at the end of the term. READ MORE
Up next
Craig McDougall, the 26-year-old man shot and killed by a Winnipeg police officer.
Inquest resumes: An inquest continues into the death of Craig McDougall, who was shot and killed by Winnipeg police in the early morning hours of Aug. 2, 2008.
Trudeau meets investors: Justin Trudeau and nine members of his cabinet are in Toronto today to meet with some of the world’s most powerful institutional investors with trillions of dollars at their disposal. The prime minister is hoping to persuade some two dozen representatives of large international pools of capital that Canada offers a stable economic and political environment in which to safely invest.
Around the water cooler
COLIN CORNEAU / BRANDON SUNPremier Brian Pallister gestures during a question-and-answer session during the second day of the Manitoba Progressive Conservative party’s annual general meeting Saturday afternoon at the Keystone Centre.
One-man show: For the past several weeks, Premier Brian Pallister has become the sole voice of clarity in his government, Dan Lett writes. Does Pallister have viable support from his team, both political staff and elected officials? Early signs suggest the Tory bench strength isn’t there, the columnist says. READ MORE
Unstable food prices: Fluctuating food prices are changing the way Canadians shop for groceries, according to a new national food retailing study. Close to 70 per cent of Canadians said they were more price-conscious than they were a year ago, and 53 per cent said they’ve changed the way they grocery shop. READ MORE
Trending now
#SignsImAGrownUp: Yep, face it: you’re old. Or maybe you just feel that way, if you’re experiencing moments like these: “I complain about kids these days….” “Everything becomes expensive,” or “I use words like deductible and fibre.”
On this date
On Nov. 14, 1929: The Manitoba Free Press reported that a fire raging in a seminary in Trois Rivières, Que., caused a half a million dollars’ worth of damage; priests trapped on upper floors were rescued by firefighters. Bandits attacking a U.S. naval base in Brooklyn overpowered the men stationed there and threw them into their own brig, but failed to open the base’s safe. New York Stock Exchange authorities began an inquiry to determine “the character and source” of the flood of selling on Wall Street that had eliminated billions of dollars’ worth of investments. READ MORE
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