Winnipeg Free Press

1. Shilo soldier killed in Afghanistan

   KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- The latest Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan was less than one week away from the end of his tour when his armoured vehicle struck a roadside bomb in the Panjwaii district of Kandahar today. Updated 4:04 PM

2. Harper calls election for Oct. 14

   OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper, weary of waiting for the opposition to bring down his minority government, dashed his promise of a fixed election date and pulled the plug himself today to end 31 months of Conservative rule.
   
   And they're at the post
   Leaders have more to lose than seats
   Hargrove offers final 'salute' to PM
   VIDEO: Harper calls election Updated 6:00 PM

3. Dion embraces underdog role as campaign opens

   OTTAWA -- Stephane Dion actually thanked Stephen Harper on Sunday for all those excoriating Conservative ad campaigns that have tarred and feathered the Liberal leader over the past 18 months.
   
   VIDEO: Dion reacts to election call Updated 5:57 PM

4. Rally supports African grandmothers

   Drums beat out deep African rhythms and elderly women in floppy hats and peasant skirts sang off-key about sub-Saharan grandmothers struggling to raise AIDS orphans. Updated 5:33 PM

5. Algae-dyed polar bears puzzle Japan zoo visitors

   TOKYO - Green-coloured polar bears are drawing questions from puzzled visitors at a Japanese zoo. Updated 4:14 PM

6. Hanna drench Maritimes, creates N.B. flooding

   Downpours from tropical storm Hanna soaked already water-logged East Coast communities on Sunday, filling basements with over a metre of water and creating waist-deep flooding in downtown streets. Updated 4:10 PM

7. UN food agency threatens to stop aid to Darfur because of attacks by bandits

   ROME - A United Nations agency is threatening to suspend food distribution in Sudan's troubled Darfur region due to relentless attacks on its aid convoys. Updated 4:15 PM

8. Hurricane Ike kills at least 10 in Haiti

   NASSAU, Bahamas — Ike ripped off roofs, swept away boats and collapsed a bridge on the last road into a flooded Haitian city Sunday as it roared over the southern Bahamas as a ferocious Category 4 hurricane. The Florida Keys evacuated and Cuba prepared for a direct hit. Updated 4:10 PM

9. Indict Olmert in Israeli corruption cases: report

   JERUSALEM — Reports say Israeli police are recommending indictments against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in a string of corruption cases. Updated 4:12 PM

10. Police issue alert over stolen medication

    Winnipeg police say a drug high could be deadly from cache of stolen prescription pills and syringes that vanished yesterday from a vehicle parked on Pembina Highway. Updated 12:27 PM

11. Polo Park Canadian Tire investigated

    The city's arson strike force is investigating the fire yesterday at the Canadian Tire on St. James Street as a suspicious blaze. Updated 11:13 AM

12. Turn the pavement into a peace movement

    WHO says you can't change the world while staring at your feet? Updated 1:53 PM

13. Wait till next year!... again

    RICK FORNEY had watched his Winnipeg Goldeyes lose in the Northern League semifinals two years in a row and he just couldn't stomach it for a third straight September. Updated 2:24 PM

14. Joe Biden looks forward to debating Sarah Palin

    WASHINGTON -- Democrat Joe Biden says he's debated "an awful lot of tough, smart women" throughout his career and that next month's vice- presidential debate with Republican Sarah Palin will be no exception. But he'd like to know where she stands on issues. Updated 10:55 AM

15. Afghanistan: Blasts explode at Kandahar police HQ

    KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A suicide blast Sunday inside Kandahar city's police headquarters that left at least two police dead and 37 people wounded is merely the latest brazen attack by insurgents in Afghanistan's second-largest cityinsist. But both Canadian and Afghan officials insist security in the provincial capital may well be the best in the province. Updated 12:05 PM

16. Do you want TVplus?

    We know that some of you don't read our weekly TV guide, and some of you read it faithfully. And we're trying to cut down on newsprint to save costs and wasted paper. Updated 7:20 AM

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