What you need to know
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau reacts as he makes a statement in regards to photo coming to light of himself from 2001 wearing “brownface” during a scrum on his campaign plane in Halifax, N.S., on Wednesday, September 18, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
‘Brownface’ photo bombshell: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized Wednesday night after a photo surfaced of him in “brownface” and wearing a turban at an Arabian Nights-themed gala at the private school he was teaching at in 2001. A photo later emerged of an incident where he wore blackface while he was a high school student. READ MORE
Trudeau in town: Trudeau is apparently in Winnipeg today, but the Liberals have yet to release an itinerary. The Canadian Press reports on what the leaders are up to. READ MORE
Weather
SHANNON VANRAES / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSThe Canadian Museum for Human Rights at The Forks in late September. Environment Canada says 33 temperature records have fallen this week across the province.
Your forecast: Mainly sunny for most of the day with a high of 24 C, humidex of 26 and peak winds from the northwest at 15 km/h this morning. Meanwhile, 33 temperature records have fallen across Manitoba this week, Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
What’s happening today
Mike Sudoma / Winnipeg Free PressMayor Brian Bowman in Stephen Juba Park Wednesday afternoon.
Trees target: Mayor Brian Bowman is launching an initiative to plant one million new trees to expand the city’s canopy before the city’s population grows to one million people. The saplings will be in addition to the City of Winnipeg’s tree-replacement program, Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
Stark warning: Iran’s foreign minister said any retaliation over the attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil industry will result in “all-out war.” Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran doesn’t want to “engage in a military confrontation” but “won’t blink to defend our territory.” The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
In case you missed it
JOHN WOODS / THE CANADIAN PRESSMinnesota Wild’s Matt Bartkowski (44) and Winnipeg Jets’ Andrew Copp (9) fight for position in Winnipeg.
Win over Wild: The Jets scored twice in the first two minutes and went on to beat the Minnesota Wild in their first pre-season game of the year at Bell MTS Place. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
Most documented drug: Cannabis is the leading cause of drug-related hospital stays for people aged 10 to 24, a new study found, but Manitoba has a lower youth hospitalization rate for substance use than the national average. Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE
Not guilty in nuclear disaster: A Japanese court found three former executives of the Tokyo Electric Power Company not guilty of professional negligence in the Fukushima meltdown. They faced the only criminal trial in connection with the 2011 nuclear disaster. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Sept. 19, 2007: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the loonie jumped 1.36 cents against the U.S. dollar, bringing it to 98.64 cents — the highest it had been since 1977, and up from an all-time low of 61.79 in 2002. A tornado in Elie was the first in Canada to be categorized as an F5. Manitoba was one of the last provinces to allow anonymous AIDS testing. A man accused in the death of Aynsley Kynch was being investigated in connection with the unsolved deaths of Alberta sex-trade workers. READ MORE
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