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Sunny with a high of 10 C and wind from the northwest at 20 km/h gusting to 40.
What’s happening today
McNally Robinson will host two authors today — one virtually and one in person.
Legendary Northampton comic writer Alan Moore will join McNally Robinson’s Matthew Montgomery at noon via Zoom to discuss his latest book, The Great When. To register for the virtual chat, visit wfp.to/C69; the launch will also be available on the store’s YouTube page.
In the evening, Winnipeg author Robert G. Penner launches his wartime fantasy novel The Dark King Swallows the World at 7 p.m. — he’ll be joined in conversation by Dr. Kenneth MacKendrick, a professor in the University of Manitoba’s department of religion.
Today’s must-read
It could cost more than $10 million to repair the historic rail bridge at The Forks, a favourite with pedestrians and cyclists, which has been closed for 16 months.
Preliminary repairs to remediate the counterweight that sits above the bridge is expected to begin next week, said Zach Peters, communications manager of The Forks. Nicole Buffie reports.
The historic rail bridge at The Forks, a favourite with pedestrians and cyclists, closed suddenly in June 2023. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press)
On this date
On Oct. 25, 1974: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in Ottawa, the federal government posted a $598-million budget surplus for the first half of fiscal 1974-75, despite sharply higher spending. In San Francisco, Calif., a television reporter said she had been told kindapped newspaper heiress Patty Hearst had been spotted at an unspecified town on the U.S.-Canada border 10 days earlier. In Washington, D.C., representations of the U.S. cattle industry called for stiff and immediate retaliation against Canada in repsonse to its meat-import restrictions. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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