What you need to know
Canadians can now cross into the U.S. for non-essential travel by land. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Cross-border travel begins: The U.S. has opened land borders to Canadians for non-essential travel for the first time since COVID-19 restrictions began in March 2020. Adult travellers must be fully vaccinated. The U.S. land border with Mexico also opened at 11:01 p.m. CT last night. READ MORE
‘It just makes no sense’: Some Canadians say they won’t travel to the U.S. until Canada nixes a requirement that they get a costly COVID-19 test in order to return home. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Flags raised, lowered again: Flags on federal buildings are being lowered at sunrise at federal buildings across Canada for Indigenous Veterans Day. The flags were raised to full mast at sunset Sunday after being lowered in May in honour of Indigenous children who suffered and died at residential schools. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
World pandemic news
People wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk at the Ginza shopping district on Tokyo Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
No deaths in Japan: Japan announced today that no one one died from COVID-19 on Sunday. It’s the first time in 15 months that the country has reported no daily COVID-19 deaths. READ MORE
Singer sued for defamation: Northern Ireland’s health minister is suing Van Morrison after the singer called him “very dangerous” and “a fraud.” The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Slovakia shuts down amid surge: Slovakia has expanded pandemic restrictions — including closing restaurants, bars and hotels — to nearly half the country amid a record surge of infections. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny with a high of 10 C and wind from the west at 20 km/h increasing to 30 km/h later this morning.
In case you missed it
George Simeonidis Jr.
Restaurateur dies in police custody: George Simeonidis Jr., the owner of Santa Lucia Pizza on Corydon Avenue, died shortly after being detained by Winnipeg police last week, sources told the Free Press. A spokesman for the WPS said the department would likely inform the public about the incident today — four days later. Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
Images show mock ships: Satellite images show China has built mock-ups of U.S. warships in a desert, possibly for practice for a future naval clash. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Nov. 8, 1915: The Manitoba Free Press reported the U.S. said British interference with neutral trade routes in its blockade against Germany and its allies in the ongoing Great War was “ineffective, illegal and indefensible.” Winnipeg was the scene for a large recruiting effort to enlist soldiers for Canada’s new army. A man from Fort McMurray, Alta., who had confessed to two murders shot and killed himself while resisting arrest.
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