In case you missed it
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Premier Brian Pallister's Progressive Conservative Party enjoys a comfortable lead in popularity.
- Sophomore sizzling: Mark Scheifele tied the game and second-year winger Kyle Connor got his third goal of the season as the Jets beat the Los Angeles Kings in their home opener at Bell MTS Place last night. Mike McIntyre reports.
- Residents return: The cause of Tuesday’s gas pipeline explosion and fire in Shelley, B.C., near Prince George, remains unknown. The evacuation zone has been reduced to a one-kilometre radius.
Weather
- Your forecast: Today will be cloudy with a high of 3 C, snow beginning late this afternoon and wind from the northeast at 20 km/h increasing to 30 km/h in the early afternoon.
What’s happening today
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Canadian Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Navdeep Bains will be in Winnipeg Wednesday to announce a federal government pledge for $10 million to Manitoba’s aerospace sector.
- Facing disaster: Humboldt city manager Joe Day, the keynote speaker at a disaster conference in Winnipeg, will discuss the Saskatchewan community’s response to the bus crash that killed 16 people in April. Carol Sanders reports.
- Bloomberg back to Democrats: Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, who twice openly considered running for U.S. president as an independent, says he has officially registered as a Democrat. The three-term mayor — who has previously been a Democrat, a Republican and an independent — did not state whether he will seek the presidency.
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