This morning
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS filesTheodoros Belayne was shot and killed Nov. 26 at Stradbrook Avenue and Donald Street. A second person survived the shooting. Police have not yet arrested anyone.
Deadly numbers rise: For the first time in the past five years, there’s been an increase in Winnipeg’s annual homicide rate. Reporter Katie May examines the 24 homicides of 2016. READ MORE
Your forecast: Today’s weather presents triple trouble: snow, strong wind, frigid temperatures. About 10 cm of snow will fall, and the wind from the north at 40 km/h, gusting to 60, will make it feel like -34 C. Look for blowing snow to drift on sidewalks and roads that were commendably cleared last week by city crews.
In case you missed it
SuppliedRetired Winnipeg Police Service Chief Devon Clunis and his wife, Pearlene, have written and published an illustrated children’s book The Little Boy from Jamaica: A Canadian History Story.
Ex-chief pens book: Former Winnipeg police chief Devon Clunis has published an illustrated children’s book called The Little Boy from Jamaica. Clunis, the first black police chief in Canadian history, believes children can be anything they want to be if the community can rally around them. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
RIP Harry Paine: The man called Winnipeg’s “elder statesman of social justice, gourmet food and folk music,” has died at age 83. He was active in the provincial NDP and was co-founder of both the West End Cultural Centre and the Winnipeg Folk Festival with husband-and-wife team Mitch Podolak and Ava Kobrinsky. Alexandra Paul reports. READ MORE
Up next
Jets in Tampa Bay: Winnipeg Jets begin a three-game road trip today with a game against Tampa Bay Lightning. The Jets, who were booed by their hometown crowd on Saturday’s 6-2 loss to the New York Islanders, will try to improve their sub-.500 record of 17-19-3. Sportswriter Jeff Hamilton will report from Tampa Bay. Puck drops at 6:30 p.m. READ MORE
Melissa Etheridge performs: Winnipeg’s 2017 concert season kicks off Wednesday evening with Melissa Etheridge at the Burton Cummings Theatre. She’s won both Grammy and Academy awards, and is known for her raw lyricism and raspy, soulful vocals on hit songs such as “Come to My Window” and “I’m Not the Only One.” There are still tickets available for the show, which begins at 8 p.m. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS filesAlex Burmistrov never fulfilled his seemingly vast potential.
Bye-bye Burmistrov: Alex Burmistrov is heading to the Arizona desert after the NHL’s Coyotes claimed the petulant forward, who was placed on waivers Sunday by the Winnipeg Jets. “It got to the point… Alex has a real strong view of what he’s good at,” said Jets coach Paul Maurice. Mike Sawatzky and Jeff Hamilton report. READ MORE
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#WorldJuniors: Canada beat the Czech Republic at the World Junior Hockey Championship 5-3, despite the Czechs taking the lead in the first period.
On this date
On Jan. 3, 1901: The Manitoba Free Press reported that the British warship Monarch was to land guns at Cape Town, in anticipation of a general uprising of the Dutch in South Africa. Queen Victoria planned to visit the south of France in the spring for her health. At a logging company camp near Sparta, Minn., a worker trying to escape a quarantine area where smallpox had been discovered was shot and killed by a deputy guarding the camp. READ MORE
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