Enemy a daring doppelganger mystery

Khan quits as Tory leader, leaves caucus to sit as independent

Manitoba’s Leader of the Opposition is stepping down.

Progressive Conservative Leader Obby Khan announced late Monday afternoon he is quitting caucus and will sit in the legislature as an independent MLA, effective Tuesday.

He cited internal party fighting for his decision.

The former Winnipeg Blue Bombers offensive lineman survived a caucus confidence vote Friday. He said there were 13 votes for him to remain and six against, with one person absent.

Perfumer battling city hall to keep his shop open

Michael O’Malley has been here before — fighting the City of Winnipeg to keep his business open.

He usually spends his days concocting scents. He’s owned La Parfumerie, a Wolseley shop, since 1993.

Twenty-seven natural perfumes line shelves on 145 Evanson St.’s bottom floor. O’Malley lives above the space.

Now, he’s required to change the home’s zoning or shut out walk-in customers. Either would kill the company, O’Malley said.

Enemy a daring doppelganger mystery

Within a single year, Canadian director Denis Villeneuve has collaborated with Jake Gyllenhaal on two films. The first was Prisoners, a harrowing Hollywood studio drama about two fathers searching for their missing children.

The second, Enemy, is very much a Canadian film. It is set in Toronto, has a lower budget and is oblique in its narrative. And it's a little depressing.

But it has one of the most breathtaking endings ever.

Adapted from a novel by Jose Saramago (Blindness), it is the story of a man who discovers he has a doppelganger.

Mayoral candidates roll out pledges

Mayoral contender Kevin Klein would seek new election rules to “level the playing field” for all future candidates, if elected.

“This is meant to strengthen our democracy,” said Klein.

He would ask city council to approve several changes, including a municipal announcement blackout to start 30 days before each election, except when one is legally required or shares emergency/public safety notices.

City staff could also release information without elected officials present.

Crown seeks two years for mother convicted of failing to provide necessaries of life

A mother whose infant child died with methamphetamine in her bloodstream should serve two years in jail, the Crown argued Monday.

Alison Kimberly Muise, 43, was found guilty in February of failing to provide the necessaries of life in the 2022 death of Layla Mattern-Muise after a trial last year.

On Feb. 2, 2022, Muise and the child’s father awoke to find Layla, three months, not breathing and called 911.

The child was rushed to hospital and pronounced dead that day. Her blood was later found to contain methamphetamine.

What’s open, what’s closed, what’s up in Winnipeg on National Day of Truth and Reconciliation Sept. 30, 2026

The National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, or Orange Shirt Day, as it's known in Manitoba, happens Sept. 30 with many commemorative community events scheduled.