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Bomber bandwagon: If Manitobans are strutting today with grins on our faces and wiggle in our walks, there’s good reason: 28-25. That was the final score of the Labor Day Classic football game in Regina on Sunday. And, for the first time in eleven years, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers were on top of the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the annual showdown of rivals. The Bombers are on a five-game winning streak, which is the type of promising performance that snares the attention of Manitobans who don’t usually follow football. Something wonderful is happening in Bomberville and there is lots of room on the bandwagon. Welcome aboard! READ MORE
Your forecast: A crucial weather concern for young people is how the elements will influence their wardrobe choices for those all-important first days in a new grade with new classmates. Will the weather interfere with the back-to-school outfits they have planned carefully?Today will be a mix of sun and cloud, with a high of 19 C, and a 30 per cent chance of showers in the morning. But on Wednesday, which is the day when most Manitoba students return to class, the weather forecast is encouraging. Wednesday will be cloudy with a high of 19. No need to wear raincoats that hide cool clothing.
In case you missed it
WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSThe Seven Oaks School Division is opening a new school this year called École Rivière-Rouge at 55 Swinford Way. On Friday, lockers for young students are wheeled out of the main entrance area to be installed in the school.
New at school: Free Press reporter Nick Martin offers a synopsis of interesting changes in education as school resumes this week. He reports on an indigenous-language immersion program that begin in five Winnipeg classrooms, an alternative high school that will be housed in the Investors Group Field in the Blue Bombers’ office space, and a Maples school that is overcrowded to the point where classes must be held in the hall. READ MORE
Toddler recovering: A 15-month-old girl who plunged from a second-storey window Saturday is expected to make a full recovery. Emma-Marie Anderson fell through the screened window on the family’s apartment in the 100 block of Mayfair Avenue when her mother looked away for a few minutes. The child was rushed to hospital in critical condition with skull and neck injuries, but her father said on Monday the child is recovering well and they hope she can come home by the end of the week. The parents say their ordeal was made worse by cruel online comments about their parenting skills. READ MORE
Up next
Canada Summer Games: For people who enjoyed following the athletes of the Rio Summer Olympics in August, today presents an opportunity to get involved in the 2017 Canada Summer Games that will be held in Winnipeg. A recruitment drive for thousands of volunteers will be launched today at 9 a.m. Free Press reporter Carol Sanders will cover the press conference and report the details.
Moose crisis: An international conference about this iconic Canadian animal begins today in Brandon at a time when Manitoba’s moose population is in crisis — including the southwest area of the province, right in the event’s backyard. Representatives from 12 countries will attend. For more information, visit: www.mwf.mb.ca/2016MooseConference READ MORE
Around the water cooler
DAVID LIPNOWSKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS 150828 August 28, 2015 Aerial view of the future site of a bridge over Pigeon River at Berens Lake. The bridge is part of the next stage of construction of the east-side road by The Manitoba East Side Road Authority. This stage would link Berens River to Bloodvein to the south.
East Side Road: Manitoba’s ambitious plan to build a 1,000-kilometre, $3-billion all-season road along the east side of Lake Winnipeg has run into a series of problems that have put the future of the project in doubt. Free Press columnist Dan Lett offers insight. READ MORE
Goldeyes make playoffs: Winnipeg Goldeyes are headed to the playoffs after a 6-1 victory over Fargo-Moorhead on Monday afternoon in front of a sold-out crowd. They play again Wednesday and Thursday in Winnipeg. READ MORE
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Peter Mansbridge: The longtime CBC anchor, who has helmed The National for nearly three decades, has announced the coming season at the network’s flagship news program will be his last. READ MORE
#TotemPoleJourney: A totem pole nearly seven metres tall was escorted down Main Street Monday after a journey of 8,050 km from the Pacific Ocean; the pole is a gift to Treaty One chiefs in Manitoba, who are leading a campaign against fossil fuel extraction as the proposed Energy East pipeline gains momentum in Canada. READ MORE
On this date
On Sept. 6, 1975: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that U.S. President Gerald Ford narrowly escaped an assassination attempt while in Sacramento, Ca., when a woman who was a follower of Charles Manson confronted the president at point-blank range with a .45 automatic pistol. She failed to shoot the president in part because her weapon had not been properly cocked, according to the Secret Service. In Winnipeg, police sought a man after five people were shot in a Main Street Hotel.
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