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Dental group sued: The Manitoba Dental Association and seven of its dentist directors are being sued by a U.S. company that is disrupting the orthodontist business with its direct-to-consumer teeth-aligning technology. The company argues that a dentist shouldn’t be required during procedures such digital imaging. Martin Cash reports. READ MORE
Pallister planning retirement?: When Progressive Conservative Leader Brian Pallister surprised Manitobans during Wednesday’s televised leaders debate with the revelation that he plans to balance the province’s books earlier than scheduled, Free Press Tom Brodbeck thought that might be he a clue into his retirement plans: “My theory is that Pallister called an early election because he wants to retire sooner rather than later. Wednesday’s revelation adds to the speculation of an early retirement.” READ MORE
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Your forecast: After plenty of rain and wind in the past week, today will be benign and pleasantly mild, with a high of 22 C.
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MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSImmigration lawyer David Matas is representing Kashaf Zahra. Kashaf has Poland Syndrome and says her gender, disability, and parents’ mixed marriage made her a target for persecution in Pakistan.
Judging a child’s future: A Federal Court judge will decide whether nine-year-old Kashaf Zahra, who starts Grade 4 in Winnipeg next week, and her father get another chance to stay in Canada. Kashaf was born with Poland syndrome, which is characterized by an underdeveloped chest muscle and short webbed fingers on one side of the body. It made her a target for discrimination and persecution in Pakistan. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
The Andrew Harris debate: There seems to be divided opinion about whether to believe Bomber running back Andrew Harris when he insisted he didn’t know he ingested a steroid banned by the league. Free Press football writer Jeff Hamilton knows Harris and offers an opinion: “I tend to lean towards giving him the benefit of the doubt. Mostly, though, given all he has to lose, I struggle to believe he could be that dumb (as to knowingly take a steroid).” READ MORE
Fall film season: Randall King previews the fall release of movies, which range from Downton Abbey, to the return of action stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone, to a group of strippers intent on fleecing the Wall Street bigwigs who just fleeced the country. Randall King takes you to the movies. READ MORE
Saved by a shield: The shields which are being installed on city buses to protect drivers have already proven their worthy. When a violent passenger brandished scissors during the afternoon rush hour Wednesday, all the passengers were evacuated but the driver stayed on the bus and, police say, was protected until police disabled the attacker with a Taser weapon. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Aug. 30, 1956: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that police had arrested and charged a man with indecent assault on a five-and-a-half-year-old girl; the man pleaded guilty and faced up to five years’ imprisonment and the lash. French forces were en route to British-held Cyprus as a possible French-Anglo jump-off base in the ongoing Suez crisis. In Tennessee, 12 African-American students entered a newly integrated school by a side entrance under the watch of a police escort while a crowd of 200 people watched “without incident.” READ MORE
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