What you need to know
Hunter Haze Straight-Smith remains in hospital in critical condition, family said. (Supplied photo)
Young stabbing victim: Hunter Haze Straight-Smith, the three-year-old boy who was repeatedly stabbed in his Pritchard Avenue home this week, is expected to be taken off life-support in the coming days, his family told the Free Press late last night. Daniel Jensen, the sometimes boyfriend of Hunter’s mother, was charged Thursday with attempted murder. Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
City’s latest slaying: Winnipeg police are expected to release more information today about the city’s latest homicide victim, who was found outside a St. Matthews Avenue home on Thursday after he was stabbed. Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
Several arrests in standoff: Police are also expected to release more information about a daylong standoff at a Pacific Avenue home that ended Thursday afternoon. Maggie Macintosh and Ryan Thorpe report. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: The first day of November will be cloudy with periods of light snow beginning later this morning, a high of 2 C, peak winds from the northwest at 30 km/h gusting to 50 and wind chill as low as -8 this morning.
What’s happening today
PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESWinnipeg Jets’ Mark Letestu, right, played the first seven games of the season before being diagnosed with myocarditis, a swelling of the heart caused by a virus.
Friday night face-off: Jets goals Connor Hellebuyck will start against the Sharks in San Jose tonight after he was pulled midway through the team’s loss in Anaheim on Tuesday. In his latest column, Mike McIntyre looks at the many challenges the Jets are facing, including injuries. READ MORE
Stopping the violence: Meet Me at the Bell Tower is holding an event at Selkirk Avenue and Powers Street at 6 p.m. to discuss the string of disturbing violent incidents that have happened in Winnipeg in less than a week. Also in the North End, the Domestic Violence Awareness Walk begins with a smudge at 225 Dufferin Ave. at 5:30 p.m.
In case you missed it
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESLast year a local food delivery driver filed a lawsuit in the province claiming SkipTheDishes was skirting labour laws by classifying its drivers as independent contractors so it wouldn’t have to follow employment standards or provide benefits.
Delivery drivers: A proposed class-action lawsuit from a local Skip the Dishes driver is on hold while the Supreme Court of Canada decides how to deal with Uber drivers’ attempts to fight for employee benefits. Katie May reports. READ MORE
Big drop in gas bill: A typical residential customer will see their natural gas bills drop by 18.7 per cent, or $127, this year. Most of the savings are because the province cancelled a furnace-replacement program, Ben Waldman reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Nov. 1, 2000: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Moody’s of New York had analyzed 25 Canadian cities and declared Winnipeg’s economy was the most diversified in the country. A senior Health Canada bureaucrat had sought to block a 1997 audit of Sagkeeng Solvent Treatment Centre, and the president of the centre went so far as to start legal action; the audit by BDO Dunwoody eventually found the centre had overbilled Ottawa by nearly $1 million over an 18-year period. Canadian Alliance leader Stockwell Day’s comments about potential two-tiered health care sent the party into retreat in the ongoing federal election. READ MORE
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