What you need to know
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSDavid Harper died in hospital Sunday.
Mixup after man’s death: Seven Oaks General Hospital has apologized after a man was told his uncle, who had died, was feeling better and had been discharged. The family is not the first to be misinformed by Seven Oaks staff about a patient’s condition, Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
Building bought: The Main Street Project is set to expand after completing its purchase of the Mitchell Fabrics building.“It’s still very fresh for us, and we’re very excited,” Main Street Project executive director Rick Lees said Tuesday. Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
Deadly assaults: Three people were fatally beaten in a three-day period starting last weekend, but the Winnipeg Police Service says there’s no cause for alarm. “We’ve seen a period prior to that where we hadn’t seen a homicide in a while,” said spokesman Const. Rob Carver. “That’s the nature of homicides.” READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: It will become cloudy later this morning and mainly sunny in the late afternoon, with a high of 12 C, a 70 percent chance of showers late this morning and a risk of thunderstorms in the early afternoon.
What’s happening today
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSMayoral candidate Umar Hayat attempts to convince Don Woodstock to come back to the stage after he dropped his mic and left the stage during a mayoral debate Tuesday.
Design debate: Mayoral candidates will talk about topics related to architecture, design and urbanism in a debate in The Forks Market, moderated by Free Press columnist Dan Lett, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Reopening Portage and Main to pedestrians and the city’s meth crisis dominated the discussion at a forum last night. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Digging into data: The Jets play their final road game of the pre-season against the Minnesota Wild at 7 p.m. Hockey data columnist Andrew Berkshire says a letdown after the team’s unprecedented success last season is unlikely. READ MORE
Trial to begin: The trial of a cop accused of assaulting a young boy during his arrest is scheduled to begin today. It had been scheduled to start Tuesday, but the boy and his mother didn’t show up, and a warrant was issued for the youth’s arrest. Katie May reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Sept. 26, 1922: The Manitoba Free Press reported that after arriving in Victoria, B.C., British aviator Col. L. E. Broome announced that an aerial race around the world would be organized in the coming year, likely in the spring. A Turkish force numbering 16,000 was organized for the administration of Thrace. A thousand cases of liquor, estimated to be worth more than a quarter of a million dollars, were seized at Portal, N.D., with authorities awaiting word from the prohibition department in Washington, D.C. READ MORE
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