Your forecast
A mix of sun and cloud, clearing this afternoon. Expected high is 23 C, UV index 4 or moderate.
What’s happening today
A homecoming celebration for a memorial totem pole after an absence of almost 100 years will resonate far beyond the tiny Indigenous village in northwest British Columbia where it is being returned today.
The House of Ni’isjoohl memorial totem, on display in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh since 1930, returns amid a reckoning for some cultural institutions about colonial legacies. The Canadian Press reports.
Amy Parent, right, with the Ni’isjoohl memorial pole alongside Nisga’a Chief Earl Stephens during a visit to the National Museum of Scotland. (Handout / National Museums Scotland / Neil Hanna via The Canadian Press files)
The Bombers welcome the Argos to a sold-out IG Field Friday night in what will be the first meeting since Toronto dealt Winnipeg a narrow 24-23 defeat last November to spoil its bid of earning three straight league titles.
What’s happening this weekend
Saturday, Sept. 30 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, to commemorate residential school survivors and their families. Yearly events aim to raise awareness about the painful legacy of the government-funded and church-run school system, while offering opportunities for collective healing. Read more about this year’s events here.
People attend the second annual Orange Shirt Day Survivors Walk and Pow Wow on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in 2022.(John Woods / The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
Amid memories of a soaring death rate and ICU patients being airlifted out of province for care, a majority of Manitobans say they would support an inquiry into the government’s COVID-19 pandemic response.
According to a recent Free Press-CTV poll, conducted by Probe Research, 55 per cent of Manitobans are on side with the idea; 45 per cent are against it.
That support also translates into which political party the respondents are backing in the 2023 election. Kevin Rollason has the story.
(Nam Y. Huh / The Associated Press files)
On this date
On Sept. 29, 1970: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that hundreds of thousands of Egyptians flooded into Cairo to join a massive demonstration of grief for the country’s late leader, Gamal Abdel Nasser, who had died of a heart attack. In the U.S., the Nixon adminstration was reported to believe Nasser’s death would effectively shelf the U.S. Middle East peace initiative, perhaps for months. In Winnipeg, a Court of Queen’s Bench judge dismissed an appeal by the Winnipeg Police Athletic Association that an arbitration board’s police-pay award be quashed. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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