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Today’s must-read
Tréchelle Bunn, a member of Birdtail Sioux Dakota Nation who was raised in Wampum, near Sprague, and who is also a University of Manitoba Bisons hockey player, is organizing the first half-marathon set for Sept. 30, the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. Malak Abas has the story.
Tréchelle Bunn launched the Sept. 30 Reconciliation Run after being moved and inspired by her earlier event, a similar walk on July 1, 2021 that drew 70 participants. (Jessica Lee / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On Sept. 19, 1928: The Manitoba Free Press reported the federal government passed an order-in-council that the Seven Sisters power site be leased to the Northwestern Power company, a subsidiary of the Winnipeg Electric company, for 50 years. In Calgary, seven attendants at the Ponoka mental hospital were sentenced to prison in the death of Dr. Arthur Hobbs, one of the doctors at the institution; an eighth attendant was charged with manslaughter. In Florida, the hurricane death toll was estimated to have reached 200. Search our archives for more here.
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