Today’s weather
Your forecast: Mainly sunny with a high of 30 C and UV index 6 or high. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h near noon.
What’s happening today
King Charles is in Edinburgh today to accompany his late mother’s coffin on a procession through the heart of the Scottish capital to the cathedral where it will lie for 24 hours, allowing the public to pay last respects to the Queen.
From second right, Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence and Princess Anne stand as the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, completes its journey from Balmoral to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. (Aaron Chown / Pool / The Associated Press)
Today’s must-read
After suffering a string of break-ins, business owners along a stretch of McPhillips Street are meeting to discuss their concerns and solutions, including forming an alliance to promote, protect and support each other. Chris Kitching reports.
Studio 727 hair salon owner Leah Ann Pedersen has had two incidents of breaking and entering in the last few months. (Jessica Lee / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On Sept. 12, 1927: The Manitoba Free Press reported two sisters, one 13 years old and the other a baby, were killed after being struck by car in front of their home on Lipton Street; a coroner was set to begin an inquest into the tragedy. Aviator Charles Levine said he was cancelling plans to make a trans-Atlantic flight from London to New York, and would instead make a flight eastward, once he had secured permission to fly over certain countries. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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