What’s happening today
Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff speaks to media after a practice in September. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Set to finally speak: Winnipeg Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff and True North Sports and Entertainment executive chairman Mark Chipman are expected to speak to journalists about Cheveldayoff’s involvement in the Chicago Blackhawks sexual assault scandal. Cheveldayoff has not publicly discussed his role in the investigation. He is the only person still employed by an NHL team who attended a 2010 meeting in which the allegations were discussed. Jeff Hamilton reports. READ MORE
Rogers case in court: The case regarding a dispute over control of Rogers Communications will be heard in British Columbia’s Supreme Court. READ MORE
New council clerk: Don Leitch will take over as clerk of the executive council and secretary to cabinet, becoming the Manitoba government’s chief bureaucrat. READ MORE
SCOTUS set to hear cases: The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in cases about whether abortion providers and the federal justice department can mount federal court challenges to a Texas abortion law. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Jury selection starts: Jury selection is set to begin for the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. Rittenhouse, now 18, is charged with shooting three men — one fatally — at a protest over the police shooting of a Black man in Kenosha, Wisc., in August 2020. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: The first day of November will be mainly cloudy with a 60 per cent chance of flurries, a high of 3 C and wind from the northwest increasing to 30 km/h this afternoon.
In case you missed it
JESSICA LEE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSSuni Matthews co-chairs Equity Matters
Equity offices in schools: A new community coalition is launching a campaign about making anti-racist education the norm in public schools. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
Pandemic poll: A poll shows at least an 11-point increase since July in Manitobans who think proof of COVID-19 vaccination should be mandatory for people gathering indoors. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Curler clinches berth: Jason Gunnlaugson’s Morris-based curling team earned a berth in the Canadian Olympic Trials. Jason Bell reports. READ MORE
Set for possible strike: The University of Manitoba Faculty Association’s bargaining deadline of Sunday has passed. Maggie Macintosh has an update on the U of M approaching Tuesday’s strike deadline. READ MORE
Cook column: Shelley Cook’s latest column is on a long-ago moment she will “never forget.” READ MORE
On this date
On Nov. 1, 1924: The Manitoba Free Press reported the Citizens and Business Men’s committee communicated by wire to prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King that they were unhappy with his attitude toward the Crow’s Nest agreement and how he would not have time to meet with the committee while in Winnipeg. Calvin Coolidge was expected to win the U.S. presidential election by a wide margin.
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