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MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESBurnt grass by the CN tracks along Wilkes Avenue on May 8, 2018. CN confirmed the company plans to pay the city for the cost of battling the series of fires that had snaked its way through Winnipeg.
Railway reimburses: The Canadian National Railway will reimburse the City of Winnipeg for the cost of battling a series of brush fires in May. In July, CN announced an internal investigation found no evidence it had sparked the blazes. Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
Warnings ignored: Children’s Advocate Daphne Penrose says the Tory government seems “stuck in an ideological debate” that has prevented it from considering options such as supervised injection sites for treating youth with methamphetamine addictions. Even more worrying, Dan Lett writes in his latest column, is that this isn’t the first time she has raised the alarm. READ MORE
Flight assessment: The Jets have now played four pre-season games, including a home win over the Edmonton Oilers last night. With roster decisions looming, Mike McIntyre examines what we’ve learned about the team and what remains unclear. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: It will be cloudy today with a high of 11 C, drizzle ending before 8 a.m., a 30 per cent chance of showers or drizzle from this afternoon till early Tuesday morning, and wind from the northwest at 20 km/h.
What’s happening today
Marc Grandmaison / THE CANADIAN PRESS FilesNew Brunswick NDP Leader Jennifer McKenzie, left to right, Green Party Leader David Coon, People’s Alliance Leader Kris Austin, Liberal Leader Brian Gallant and PC Leader Blain Higgs.
Election out east: New Brunswick voters head to the polls today. They’ll either choose a new government or make Liberal leader Brian Gallant the first premier to win a second term since 2003. READ MORE
Seniors’ families speak: A public inquiry into a serial-killer nurse will hear from the families of her elderly victims in Ontario today. Elizabeth Wettlaufer admitted to killing eight patients with insulin and trying to kill four others. READ MORE
Cosby in court: A two-day sentencing hearing for Bill Cosby begins today. The 81-year-old comic could face as much as 30 months in prison after being convicted in April of drugging and sexually assaulting a Canadian woman at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004. READ MORE
On this date
On Sept. 24, 1902: The Manitoba Free Press reported that U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt was compelled to suddenly abandon his western tour at Indianapolis after an abcess on his leg broke out, the result of a recent accident at Pitsfield; the president was rushed into surgery, and afterward conveyed by train back to Washington, D.C. In Manitoba, a petition in court to unseat the MP for Lisgar, Duncan Stewart, made no headway. READ MORE
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