What’s happening today
The Saul and Claribel Simkin Centre is issuing calls for volunteers amid an outbreak because of a severe staff shortage. (Daniel Crump / Winnipeg Free Press)
COVID-19 crisis: The provincial government will announce the latest COVID-19 numbers this afternoon. Chief public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin announced 349 new cases and nine more deaths Wednesday. Four of the people who died were care home residents. Danielle Da Silva reports. READ MORE
Key votes at city council: Winnipeg’s city council is set to make final votes on several matters, including the proposed Parker lands development and the North District police station. This story from last week touches on both issues. READ MORE
Court ruling on mass killer: Quebec’s highest court is expected to announce its ruling on the sentence of the man convicted in the mass shooting a Quebec City mosque in 2017. Alexandre Bissonnette was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 40 years, but both the defence and the Crown appealed. The defence says Bissonnette should be eligible for a parole hearing after 25 years, while the Crown is asking for 50 years. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Life terms for failed Turkey coup: At least 25 defendants convicted for a failed military coup attempt in 2016 were given life sentences by a court in Turkey. Some, including four civilians accused of being ringleaders of the attempt, were given aggravated sentences, with no possibility of parole. READ MORE
Former Sudanese PM dead: Sadiq al-Mahdi, Sudan’s last democratically elected prime minister, has died of COVID-19. He was overthrown in 1989. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly cloudy, with flurries expected to begin this afternoon, a high of 2 C, a daytime low of -4 C, wind chill as low as -10 this morning, and peak winds at 20 km/h.
In case you missed it
Michel Bruneau falsely confessed to the child-sex crimes of another inmate when the two were housed in the same unit at Headingley Correctional Centre in 2018. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Set to be sentenced: A sex offender has been convicted of obstruction of justice for falsely confessing to the child-sex crimes of another inmate who allegedly offered him money. The other inmate is set to stand trial this summer in connection with the obstruction case. Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
Virus kills Manitoba couple: A Ste. Anne couple in their 50s who had been married for 33 years both died of COVID-19, leaving behind two adult children. Julia-Simone Rutgers reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Nov. 26, 1945: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that in Nuremberg, defence counsel announced that the majority of 20 Nazi leaders on trial before the International Military Tribunal would testify on their own behalf and that witnesses would be sought from Great Britain and the United States; two named as possible witnesses were Charles Lindbergh and Lady Nancy Astor. Fort Garry resident Joe Cappen, the “100 per cent saver” was not dismayed at the publicity his plight generated after his life savings — $20,000 in bonds — had been stolen from his home; some of the bonds were recovered after police arrested a suspect, and two men were charged.
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