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Your forecast: The showers will end this morning and then it will be cloudy. Expect a high of 15 C. The cloud will continue this evening, and there is a risk of frost overnight, with a low of 3. On Tuesday, expect a mix of sun and cloud with a 30 per cent chance of showers in the late morning and a high of 13.
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JOHN WOODS / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILESThe Winnipeg Blue Bombers have traded quarterback Drew Willy to Toronto.
Willy gone: The Blue Bombers, deciding $400,000 was too much to pay a backup quarterback, dealt Drew Willy to the Toronto Argos. But they also got some insurance at the critical pivot spot, acquiring veteran Kevin Glenn from Montreal. READ MORE
Clinton’s health: The U.S. presidential campaign intruded on what is generally a politics-free moment of remembrance on Sunday as Americans marked the 15th anniversary of 9/11. About 90 minutes into the ground zero ceremony, Hillary Clinton left after feeling “overheated,” her campaign said. She has previously been diagnosed with pneumonia. Challenger Donald Trump has repeatedly questioned whether Clinton is physically fit to be president. READ MORE
Protecting civilians: Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says protecting civilians — by force if necessary — will be central to any Canadian peacekeeping mission in Africa, and Canada will expect troops from partner countries to operate on the same principle. Sajjan said he is concerned that despite having “robust” mandates and rules of engagement to act, peacekeepers from some countries have failed to intervene in cases where civilians have been attacked. READ MORE
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Dolly in town: Country music legend Dolly Parton performs at the MTS Centre tonight. Parton is also promoting her 43rd studio album, Pure and Simple. READ MORE
Growth fees on agenda: A Monday morning meeting at city hall could be the start of a healing process between the mayor’s office and the development community or proof of the extent of the gulf between the two. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSAt right, Harpal Gill was refused entry into the Dollarama on Jefferson Avenue Thursday because he was wearing his ceremonial Sikh kirpan. He was with his neighbour Joginder Sidhu (left), who was also wearing his kirpan when they were barred at the door.
Sikhs barred: Two Sikh men barred from entering a Winnipeg Dollarama store for wearing their kirpans — ceremonial religious knives — have filed a complaint with the Manitoba Human Rights Commission. The incident occurred Thursday at the Jefferson Avenue store in the Maples. Harpal Gill, 68, was told by a store employee to “take it out,” referring to the symbolic knife that is one of five articles of faith devout Sikh men are to carry. READ MORE
Electoral reform: The federal Liberals want to change how the next government is elected, but getting Canadians to tune in to the process is proving a monumental task. Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef arrives in Winnipeg today for two town hall events on electoral reform. An Ipsos Reid poll released last month suggests fewer than one in five Canadians is aware there is an electoral reform process underway and only about one in six is following the process closely. Monsef said Sunday she knows “this is not the first thing people think about when they wake up in the morning” but she still thinks Canadians do care when asked about it. READ MORE
Byfuglien happy, dangerous: Jets defenceman Dustin Byfuglien is in a good space right now and that spells trouble for Team Canada — and Jets opponents once the NHL season begins this fall, Paul Wiecek writes. READ MORE
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JOHN WOODS / THE CANADIAN PRESSSaskatchewan Roughriders’ Naaman Roosevelt (82) hauls in the pass in front of Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ Tony Burnett (26) during first half CFL Banjo Bowl action.
#BanjoBowl: The hashtag is still trending in Winnipeg, after the Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeated rivals the Saskatchewan Roughriders at the Banjo Bowl game Sunday, after defeating the Roughriders a week earlier at the the Labour Day Classic — making it six wins in a row for the Blue Bombers, a feat they haven’t achieved since 2001. READ MORE
#NeverForget: Many in the United States and around the world are tweeting about the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., on Sept. 11, 2001, fifteen years Sunday.
On this date
On Sept. 12, 2001: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that in the United States hijackers had seized control of three airliners and flew them into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Thousands of people were killed in the terrorist attacks, which destroyed the World Trade Center. A fourth hijacked jet crashed in Pennsylvania. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks, but suspicion fell heavily on Saudi millionaire Osama bin Laden, who was in hiding in Afghanistan and had orchestrated previous attacks on the U.S. READ MORE
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