Your forecast
A mix of sun and cloud. Wind from the south at 30 km/h becoming west 20 this afternoon. High 12 C. UV index 1 or low.
What’s happening today
Yes, Neil Young turned 80 on Wednesday, but Neilfest — the annual flagship birthday celebration held in his honour at Winnipeg’s downtown honkytonk — is turning 20 this weekend. To mark the occasion, Times Change(d) proprietor John Scoles has planned three separate shindigs. Times Change(d), 234 Main St.; Friday, 9:30 p.m., Saturday, 3 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Tickets: $23 available online.
The West End Cultural Centre is encouraging visitors to leave their smartphones at home (or in their pockets) tonight during the venue’s first Digital Detox event.
The event features music by Arielle Beaupré, Gabriela Ocejo and Flora Luna, and a gallery of textile work from Chilean-Canadian artist Daniela Fernandez. West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Ave.; 8 to 11 p.m. Tickets $20-$25 available online.
Artist Daniela Fernandez’s textile work will be on display at the WECC. (Leif Norman photo)
Today’s must-read
The City of Winnipeg is warning it could run out of sewage capacity for new development by 2032, while urging senior governments to fund the final phase of a mega project that would alleviate the risk.
The city has called on the provincial and federal governments to each cover a third of the cost for the third and final phase of the $3-billion Main Street sewage treatment plant upgrade, which would boost sewage capacity.
The city previously warned it would run out of capacity to process sewage sludge within four to six years, if the project’s second phase to create new biosolids facilities isn’t completed first. Joyanne Pursaga has the story.
Construction workers at the north end sewage plant in March. The city says completing Phase 3 of the project would result in Winnipeg’s economy growing faster. (Mike Deal / Free Press files)
On the bright side
A former long-haul trucker turned military pilot and flight school commander who ran the helicopter wildfire rescue in Mathias Colomb Cree Nation last summer is one of three inaugural recipients of the Circle of Honour medallion presented by Premier Wab Kinew at the Manitoba legislature Thursday.
The award recognizes Manitobans whose remarkable bravery, resilience and dedication embody the spirit of service and unity, Kinew said. Carol Sanders has more here.
Circle of Honour award recipient Lt. Col. Wilton with a group of fellow aviators that evacuated 269 people to safety on 24 flights during the wildfires in northern Manitoba this summer. (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press)
On this date
On Nov. 14, 1967: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in San Francisco, a court martial sentenced a U.S. Army private to 38 months of hard labour for refusing orders to go to Vietnam. The son of a 78-year-old woman who died while in a Portage la Prairie hospital for people with mental disabilities was not told of his mother’s death, and only learned of it nearly a month later when he came to visit her; the provincial health minister promised to personally look into the matter. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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