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Tackling high grocery prices, freezing hydro electricity rates and commissioning a new statue reflecting Manitoba's past and present are some of the priorities for the coming year the NDP government highlighted Tuesday in its second throne speech. 

The speech largely repeated the government's efforts to address health-care system challenges, public safety and affordability. 

The government is looking at introducing legislation to address anticompetitive contracts that Premier Wab Kinew said drive up the cost of groceries. 

Canada Post and the postal workers union found slivers of consensus Tuesday amid talks with a special mediator, but "a lot of ground" remains between them on the key concerns as a countrywide strike entered its fifth day.

“On smaller issues, we were able to find some progress,” said Canada Post spokesman Jon Hamilton in a phone interview.

"The special mediator has helped facilitate those discussions. So we're going to continue to be at it. We're committed to getting collective agreements," he said, adding that arbitration is off the table for now.

Canada's inflation rate climbed back up to two per cent in October, shifting expectations slightly in favour of a smaller, quarter-percentage point interest rate cut next month. 

The report from Statistics Canada on Tuesday said prices in October increased at a faster annual pace in five out of the eight major components of the consumer price index.

A major driving factor of the uptick in headline inflation was gasoline prices on an annual basis falling to a lesser extent in October compared with September.

Many students and faculty at the U of M had classes cancelled on Tuesday due to a shelter-in-place advisory that has since been lifted. 

The Winnipeg Police Service shared that around 6:30 a.m., officers received reports of a male armed with a knife at the Allen Building, which is located at 30 Sifton Road, at the U of M's Fort Garry Campus.

It was a wet commute on Tuesday morning around southern Manitoba. The precipitation is not expected to stop. 

"Rain moved into the Winnipeg area from the south, around 5 a.m. this morning," says Dan Fulton, a meteorologist with Environment Canada. "We can expect that to continue throughout the day with the temperature staying near where it is around plus three."  

Fulton says tonight, that the rain is expected to change into snow. "As this system continues to develop and pull colder air from the west, we can expect that rain to change to snow." 

When you walk into the Cr8ery Gallery on Adelaide Street in the Exchange District this month, you’ll see two walls filled with art using fibre in a variety of ways. You’ll also notice that as you journey further down the walls, the pieces become more and more similar until you get to two pieces in the back corner where the two styles collide.  

A shelter-in-place advisory has been lifted at the University of Manitoba, however, most classes will remain cancelled for the rest of the day.

At around 6:30 a.m., the Winnipeg Police Service received reports of a male armed with a knife at the Allen Building, which is located at 30 Sifton Road, at the U of M's Fort Garry Campus.

The University and WPS then issued a shelter-in-place order, which has now ended.

Be prepared! The National Public Alerting System has a planned emergency alert test for Wednesday afternoon.

The alert will be broadcast on all communication channels including television, radio and compatible wireless devices. 

The province says testing all components is an important and necessary part of any public alerting system. They say it provides an opportunity to validate and improve the end-to-end performance and reliability of the system to ensure it operates as intended on TV, radio and compatible wireless devices.

The Winnipeg Police have updated a serious matter that happened Tuesday morning involving a person with a knife, saying the matter has been resolved. 

"The incident at the University of Manitoba (Fort Garry Campus) has been resolved," says Winnipeg Police Service in a tweet. "It has been determined that there is no imminent threat to public safety." 

Health and Addictions Minister Ya'ara Saks is looking for pitches to help young Canadians who are struggling with their mental health.

The federal government plans to distribute $500 million for projects that help young people struggling to afford private mental health care services.

The funding comes from the five-year Youth Mental Health Fund announced in the spring federal budget to tackle the stress, anxiety and depression young people are facing amid a high cost of living and global uncertainty.