This morning
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSConst. Trent Milan, who, according to a Manitoba Justice source, had recently been told he would face six years in jail if he accepted a plea bargain, was killed Monday morning in a crash on Garven Road.
Accused officer dies: A Winnipeg police officer facing 34 criminal charges was killed Monday when his pickup truck slammed head-on into a gravel truck on Garven Road. Trent Milan, 42, had been charged in September with possessing drugs and weapons, allegedly helping himself to police evidence for years. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
Your forecast: Perhaps you’ll want to leave the convertible in the garage today. A light rain was falling on Winnipeg this morning, and there is risk of a thunderstorm this afternoon. The forecast high is 19 C, with wind from the southeast at 40 km/h, gusting to 60.
In case you missed it
WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSPremier Brian Pallister did not seem concerned about meeting the 2018 deadline Trudeau intends to impose.
Ho, ho, no: As the legislature resumed sitting on Monday, Premier Brian Pallister warned that the province’s dire financial situation means he can’t be Santa Claus and approve funding to every group that asks. “We’ll be making some difficult decisions in the weeks and months ahead.” Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE
College Avenue mystery: Police are investigating a grisly discovery made Monday when the bodies of two men were found inside a parked car on College Avenue. Both were Caucasian, in their 30s, and drug paraphernalia was found in the car. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Up next
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press FilesScottish virtuoso percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in 2014.
Dame Evelyn Glennie: The acclaimed Scottish percussionist performs tonight with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra at Westminster United Church. Glennie often performs with bare feet because she is hearing impaired and her modes of listening include the vibrations on the stage floor.
Jays in post-season: Toronto Blue Jays play the Baltimore Orioles in an American League wild-card game tonight. It’s one game, take all. The first pitch is 7:08 CT. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
EVAN VUCCI / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILESRepublican presidential candidate Donald Trump
Crass behavior: The Associated Press interviewed more than 20 people who worked with Donald Trump on his reality TV show The Apprentice, and they say the U.S. presidential candidate repeatedly demeaned women with sexist language, sometimes rating women by their breasts and talking about which women he’d like to have sex with. READ MORE
Public versus private: City councillors and lobbyists spent several hours on Monday arguing whether a new multi-year contract for garbage collection could be done better and less expensively by city workers or a private company. Kristin Annable reports. READ MORE
Trending now
FRANK AUGSTEIN / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILESWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
#OctoberSurprise: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange promised to begin revealing information that could affect the U.S. presidential election, beginning Tuesday with documents relating to Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton — but that didn’t happen.
On this date
On Oct. 4, 1951: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry touched off a fierce new United Nations assault on the western front in Korea. Canadian troops fighting near Yonchon made the deepest push against the Communist front, gaining four miles. Russia had detonated a second atomic bomb in tests and was pushing ahead in the development of nuclear weapons, according to the White House. Canada needed U.S. approval before going ahead on an all-Canadian St. Lawrence seaway and power project, according to minister for external affairs Lester B. Pearson. READ MORE
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