What’s happening today
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSSpeaker Myrna Driedger runs through a semi-virtual throne speech rehearsal, with some MLAs in the chamber while others connected via video-conferencing at the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg on Tuesday.
Legislative session starts: A new session of the Manitoba legislature begins this afternoon with a throne speech and a return to regular sitting days for the first time since March. Only half of the legislature’s members will be in the chamber to allow for physical distancing amid the COVID-19 pandemic. If a sessional order is passed later today, all 57 MLAs will be allowed to participate in the new session, either in person or online, starting Thursday. Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE
NHL draft concludes: The Winnipeg Jets have the 40th overall pick in the NHL draft, which resumes at 10:30 a.m. CT. The Jets selected centre Cole Perfetti of the Ontario Hockey League’s Saginaw Spirit with the 10th overall pick Tuesday night. Crystal Hawerchuk, the widow of Jets star Dale Hawerchuk, announced the selection. Mike McIntyre and Jason Bell report. READ MORE
Traffic note: The north Perimeter Highway is closed to westbound traffic between Lagimodiere Boulevard and Main Street after a motor vehicle crash late Tuesday night or early this morning. A detour is in effect. READ MORE
Candidates set to clash: Mike Pence and Kamala Harris will face off in the lone vice-presidential debate of the campaign. No one is expecting the constant interruptions and personal attacks of the first presidential debate, but tonight’s event will likely be one of the most-watched undercards in U.S. history. Because of the pandemic, the candidates will be nearly four metres apart and separated by Plexiglas barriers. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Terror case before Supreme Court: The Supreme Court of Canada is scheduled to review an appeal court’s decision ordering a new trial for two men who were convicted of plotting to crash a train in Ontario. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly sunny with a high of 15 C and wind at 20 km/h from the west increasing to 30 km/h and gusting to 50 from the northwest beginning later this morning.
In case you missed it
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSSome high school students say they’ve noticed physical distancing ends when the school bell rings. Weekend ‘bush parties’ are also taking place despite the pandemic, students say.
Breaking the rules after school: High school students the Free Press spoke with said their classmates are following pandemic rules such as mask-wearing and physical distancing while at school but ignoring them when they aren’t being supervised. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
New COVID-19 case: A new case of COVID-19 has been identified in a class at École Charleswood School. Students in the affected class will work remotely for the next 14 days, the school said in an email sent to parents last night. READ MORE
Scientists honoured for ‘molecular scissors’: Emmanuelle Charpentier of France and Jennifer A. Doudna of the U.S. have been awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing a method of genome editing. “There is enormous power in this genetic tool, which affects us all,” said Claes Gustafsson, chairman of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry. READ MORE
On this date
On Oct. 7, 1981: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that in Cairo, vice-president Hosni Mubarak took control of the Egyptian government after the assassination of president Anwar Sadat; Mubarak, 53, was unhurt in the attack that was reported to have killed five other Egyptians in addition to Sadat and wounded 29 people. From Melbourne, Australia, where he was attending the Commonwealth Conference, prime minister Pierre Trudeau said he was willing to delay final debate on his constitutional package in Parliament in the coming week by a day or two, but not much longer. In Winnipeg, five young men who had been caught drinking alcohol in Kildonan Park were each fined a “cover charge” of $68.30.
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