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UMFA balks: The University of Manitoba Faculty Association decided not to vote on the U of M’s latest contract offer on Monday, pushing the professors’ strike into a 15th day, with no end in sight. READ MORE
Your forecast: One last day of mild and sunny weather is on tap today, with skies clearing this morning with a high of 10. It will be windy, though: 30 km/h from the northeast, gusting to 50. The low overnight will be 1 C. On Wednesday, expect a 60 per cent chance of showers late in the morning and early afternoon and a high of 7.
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JOE BRYKSA / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSHealth Minister Kelvin Goertzen at the Manitoba Legislature Monday
Happy Birthday: A former longtime government worker broke privacy rules when she peeked at health records to find addresses for birthday cards, the province has revealed. An internal investigation showed that the employee snooped into 197 files. READ MORE
Action on opioids: Health Minister Kelvin Goertzen wants Ottawa to act to stop the flow of powdered fentanyl from countries such as China. He made the remarks Monday in advance of a national conference on the issue in the nation’s capital at the end of the week. Goertzen said a national strategy is needed to keep the harmful drugs from entering Canada. READ MORE
Tending the Garden: Garden City Shopping Centre is looking to shed that 1980s look and enter the 21st century. The owners of the north Winnipeg mall announced the centre’s first major facelift in nearly 30 years on Monday. READ MORE
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PHIL HOSSACK / FREE PRESS FILESDiane Redsky is ‘a visionary thinker and community leader who has dedicated her life to advancing gender equality, particularly for indigenous women’.
GG in the city: Governor General David Johnston is in Winnipeg this morning to present awards in commemoration of the Persons Case to six recipients from across the country, including Winnipeg’s Diane Redsky, executive director of the Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre. The awards were established in 1979 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the historic Persons Case, in which five Alberta women won the right to be recognized as persons, making them eligible for appointment to the Canadian Senate. READ MORE
Jets play Hawks: Winnipeg Jets take on the Chicago Blackhawks tonight at MTS Centre. Puck drops at 7 p.m. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSAnthony Paletta (left) and his brother Angelo show off the merchandise inside the Ellice Avenue Holiday Inn. The Hops Pizza co-owners are the first in Canada to deliver pies and beer.
Slices and suds: Thanks to relaxed liquor laws, it’s now possible in Winnipeg to have beer delivered with your pizza. Hops Pizza built their kitchens into existing hotels with licensed beer vendors and then trained their delivery drivers to verify the age of customers. The first Hops Pizza kitchen opened last week in the Holiday Inn on Ellice Avenue. Two more locations open today. READ MORE
Passing the torch: Devon Clunis tells Gordon Sinclair Jr. one of the reasons he retired was to make way for the current police chief, Danny Smyth. READ MORE
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On this date
On Nov. 15, 1950: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Foreign Affairs minister Lester Pearson said he hoped Canada’s role in the United Nations’ military operations in Korea would not be expanded, unless it became clear that communist China’s forces had moved beyond merely protecting its borders. In Manitoba, premier Douglas Campbell asked the provincial legislature to approve $14,200,000 in spending to meet financial commitments arising out of the Red River valley floods. Statistics Canada revealed data that showed Canadian women were generally better educated than their husbands, a revelation the newspaper reported as deliberately “sabotaging the status of the humble Canadian husband.” READ MORE
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