COVID-19 crisis
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSJOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSThey may have been physically distanced, but fans said they were thrilled to be back at Rainbow Stage for Sunday’s Pot of Gold benefit performance.
Rainbow Stage returns: A benefit concert at Rainbow Stage Sunday night featured popular past performances and highlighted songs from shows that were supposed to be staged this summer. The outdoor venue’s season was cancelled because of the pandemic. Malak Abas reports. READ MORE
Students return to schools: Classes resume today at two Winnipeg schools — Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute and John Pritchard School — where students and staff members were potentially exposed to COVID-19 last week. The provincial government said Sunday people who later tested positive for the virus attended the schools while asymptomatic and that they were not infected at the schools. READ MORE
Afternoon update: Chief provincial public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin is expected to hold a news conference to discuss the virus later today. Eighteen new cases were announced in Manitoba on Sunday. READ MORE
Cabinet meets amid rising cases: The federal Liberals begin a two-day cabinet retreat today. The meeting was supposed to be focused on developing a post-pandemic economy, but the increasing number of new COVID-19 cases might pull the ruling party’s attention from long-term rebuilding. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Campaign continues: U.S. President Donald Trump is set to campaign in Arizona today, one day after his first indoor rally since June. Few of the supporters who packed the industrial site in Nevada Sunday night wore masks, except for those in the stands directly behind Trump. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: A mix of sun and cloud with a high of 20 C, and wind from the southeast at 15 km/h increasing to 30 km/h and gusting to 50 beginning later this morning.
What’s happening today
On cusp of Cup berth: The Dallas Stars can become the first team to advance to this year’s Stanley Cup Final with a win over the Vegas Golden Knights tonight. The Stars lead the Western Conference Final 3-1. READ MORE
Japan’s next PM picked: Yoshihide Suga, 71, was elected as leader of the Liberal Democratic Party early today and is expected to become Japan’s new prime minister when a parliamentary election is held later this week. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
In case you missed it
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSThe tunnel network beneath the Manitoba Legislative Building serves a mechanical and electrical purpose, and is not a modern escape hatch for besieged politicians.
Tunnel vision: The province has issued a request-for-proposal to upgrade a network of service tunnels that predates the legislature by five years. Ben Waldman reports. READ MORE
Disappeared dolls: In her latest column, Shelley Cook says her daughter’s dolls going missing at her daycare led to learning a lesson about forgiveness. READ MORE
On this date
On Sept. 14, 1910: The Manitoba Free Press reported that at a banquet at the Royal Alexandria Hotel, Winnipeg’s mayor touted the benefits of the city to visiting manufacturers, saying it offered inducements to new industries. In Australia, a bill to abolish state parliaments and to unify the country under one central government was introduced in the house of representatives. In Ottawa, the secretary of state received updates from Prof. H.W. Brock, director of the Geological Survey of Canada, with the Earl Grey expedition to Canada’s north; details were provided concerning the portion of the trip from Winnipeg to Norway House.
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