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October has always promised to be a beautiful autumn month. This year proved to be interesting.
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October has always promised to be a beautiful autumn month. This year proved to be interesting.
The early winter storm that struck southern Manitoba ten days into the month guaranteed bent and broken trees and tree branches that littered city streets, downed power lines and added more harvest headaches for farmers.
But life, more or less, has gotten back on track. A federal election took place. And pro and amateur sports were ramping up for championship runs.
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Police talk to a resident on Manitoba Avenue regarding a shooting that had occurred near the area Winnipeg Sunday, October 27, 2019.
Here are some of the most interesting images captured by our staff photographers in the month of October.
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Family comforts the mother of fourteen-year-old Jakira Eastman-Moore, who was killed over the weekend, at a vigil outside 152 Kinver Ave. in Winnipeg Tuesday, October 29, 2019.RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Winnipeg South Liberal candidate Terry Duguid is hoisted onto the shoulders of supporters at the Sheraton hotel in south Winnipeg after being re-elected in his riding on Monday, October 21, 2019.RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Lillian Borger from Momentum Aerial & Acrobatic Troupe trains with the Cyr wheel for the troupe's upcoming show Blink: Stories of Earth and Home, at Monica’s Danz Gym, Thursday, September 26, 2019. The show explores the impacts of climate change through a circus show.MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Dorian, 11 (from left), Francis Hannah, 10, and Maeve, nine, transport snowballs while playing in the first snowfall of the year in Winnipeg on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019.MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Kara Davidson, eight (left), and Nava Davidson, six, toboggan on a snowy fall day at Omand's Creek in Wolseley in Winnipeg on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019.MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
As a result of an early winter snow storm, many downed branches on Bannatyne Avenue slowed traffic in Winnipeg on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019.MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
A cyclist makes their way through the slushy streets in Wolseley during the first snowfall of the year in Winnipeg on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019.PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
A pedestrian struggling up John Bruce Road runs for cover in winds gusting to 90 km, Friday, October 11, 2019.PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Canadian Geese in St. Vital Park seem surprised by their new environment after an early winter storm changed their normally more temperate fall roost, Friday, October 11, 2019.PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Hydro crews salvage wire in a field north of Portage la Prairie Tuesday, October 15, 2019. Areas of southern Manitoba had been hit with rain, heavy, dense snow, and high winds.MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Flooded fields near Drayton, North Dakota, on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019.MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Sugar beet farmer Jay Gudajtes pulls some beets out of his flooded fields for testing near Drayton, North Dakota, on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019. Unless the water significantly recedes soon, it's far too wet and muddy to harvest.JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
JP Hoe puts the finishing touches on his upcoming album at the studio at Moonrise Music Club in Winnipeg Monday, October 28, 2019.PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Elton John performs at Bell MTS Place Friday October 4, 2019. The 72 year-old musician brought his Farewell Yellow Brick Road to Winnipeg for two concerts.JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
The Assassins’ Caleb Stick dives for a loose ball in a wet and mucky Manitoba Mens Premier League Championship Final against the Wombats at Maple Grove Rugby Park in Winnipeg, Saturday, October 5, 2019. The Wombats went on to win the championship for the third time by a penalty kick, three points, in double overtime.JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
The Assassins jumps on a loose ball in a wet and mucky Manitoba Mens Premier League Championship Final against the Wombats at Maple Grove Rugby Park in Winnipeg, Saturday, October 5, 2019. The Wombats went on to win the championship for the third time by a penalty kick, three points, in double overtime.JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
The Assassins drive for a try a little too late in a wet and mucky Manitoba Mens Premier League Championship Final against the Wombats at Maple Grove Rugby Park in Winnipeg, Saturday, October 5, 2019. The Wombats went on to win the championship for the third time by a penalty kick, three points, in double overtime.TREVOR HAGAN / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Winnipeg Jets' Anthony Bitetto (2) hits Calgary Flames' Johnny Gaudreau (13) during second period action at the Heritage Classic at Mosaic Stadium in Regina, Saskatchewan, Saturday, October 26, 2019.JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Falcons’ Kenyan Desrosiers (23) catches the pass and outruns Eagles’ Hayden Carriere (4) for the touchdown at the Manitoba Minor Football Association Atom 6 AA final at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg Sunday, October 27, 2019.TREVOR HAGAN / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Preparations underway at Mosaic Stadium in Regina, Saskatchewan, Friday, October 25, 2019. On Saturday, the Winnipeg Jets and Calgary Flames will face off in the 2019 Heritage Classic.
