What you need to know
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSParkview Place Care Centre on Edmonton in Winnipeg.
COVID-19 crisis: Dr. Brent Roussin, Manitoba’s chief public health officer, is set to hold one of his twice-weekly scheduled news conferences on the pandemic this afternoon. Danielle Da Silva reports on the fourth death among Parkview Place care home residents, which was announced Wednesday. READ MORE
Building burns: Emergency crews have been at the scene of a building fire since about 4 a.m., and a spokesman for the Winnipeg Police Service said they would be there for several more hours. Wilkes Avenue is closed to traffic between Elmhurst and Loudoun roads, and Wilkes is also closed at Shaftesbury Road, the spokesman said. The Free Press will have more on the fire later this morning. READ MORE
Trump backs out of debate: The Commission on Presidential Debates announced this morning the second meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden would be “virtual” after Trump contracted COVID-19. Shortly after, Trump said in a telephone interview with Fox Business, “I’m not going to do a virtual debate,” adding, “I’m not going to waste my time at a virtual debate.” READ MORE
Undercard candidates clash: Mike Pence and Kamala Harris sparred in a vice-presidential debate that was much more civil than last week’s clash between Trump and Biden. The vice-president and U.S. senator were separated by plastic shields. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Poet wins prestigious prize: This year’s Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to American poet Louise Glück “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.” The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny this morning with a mix of sun and cloud in the afternoon, a high of 16 C and peak winds from the south at 30 km/h and gusting to 50 beginning late this afternoon.
In case you missed it
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESWinnipeg South Centre MP Jim Carr: “It was a tough road, but I’m on the other side of it, and I feel in every way that I’m stronger.”
Carr’s ‘tough road’: The Free Press spoke with Liberal MP Jim Carr, who made his first appearance to the House of Commons in a year by video link last week. Carr, who has been battling blood cancer, said he’s feeling “much stronger.” Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Man shot by police: A man was in hospital Wednesday after he was shot by one or more Winnipeg police officers in a back lane in the North End on Wednesday. Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Oct. 8, 1991: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the Port of Churchill would begin laying off its 90 employees owing to a lack of business, both marking an early end to a frustrating season and calling into question the port’s future. Yugoslav air force jets rocketed the presidential palace in the capital of secessionist Croatia; the attack narrowly missed the leaders of the republic and the federal prime minister. Winnipeg police probed their own actions in the arrest of a mentally handicapped Indigenous man who confessed to murder, after they found he had been in custody at the time of the killing.
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