What’s happening today
PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS – Victoria General Hospital, see story re: Nurses positions eliminated. – August 15, 2017, 2017
COVID-19 cases spike: The province’s chief public health officer, Dr. Brent Roussin, will speak to reporters about Manitoba’s latest case numbers this afternoon. After announcing a record 480 new cases Friday, the provincial government announced 349 on Saturday and 312 on Sunday. Six deaths were announced Sunday, and there are 120 people in hospital for COVID-19, both records. Kellen Taniguchi reports. READ MORE
Code red commences: The Winnipeg metropolitan region shifted to red-critical on the pandemic response system at midnight. There is no dining-in at restaurants and bars; movie theatres, museums, libraries and VLT lounges are closed; sports programs are suspended, and grocery and retail stores will operate at reduced capacity. READ MORE
Campaign comes to an end: Today is the final full day of an unprecedented U.S. presidential campaign. President Donald Trump is holding five campaign rallies in four battleground states — North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan (twice) and Wisconsin. Democratic nominee Joe Biden will be in Pennsylvania and Ohio. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
‘A true miracle’: Rescuers pulled two girls from the rubble of their collapsed apartment buildings in Turkey, three days after a strong earthquake. READ MORE
Silence for slain teacher: A moment of silence was held in schools across France to honour a teacher who was beheaded for showing students caricatures of the prophet Muhammad. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly sunny with a high of 13 C, a daytime low of 0 C and peaks winds at 15 km/h from the south beginning late this afternoon
In case you missed it
Rebecca Blackwell / The Associated PressDuring a campaign rally in Florida, Trump suggested he might fire the U.S. government’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Trump might fire Fauci: During a campaign rally in Florida, Trump suggested he might fire the U.S. government’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, after Tuesday’s election. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Faculty votes in favour: Members of the University of Manitoba Faculty Association have voted to authorize a potential strike, the union said Sunday night. A strike has not yet been called, and the union said it will hold a protest at the legislature Thursday. READ MORE
Sword slayings: Quebec City residents continue to mourn two women killed in a random attack by a sword-wielding man on Halloween. Carl Girouard is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Depp loses lawsuit: Britain’s High Court has ruled against American actor Johnny Depp in his libel lawsuit over an article that accused him of assaulting his then-wife, actress Amber Heard. READ MORE
On this date
On Nov. 2, 1973: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that in Washington, U.S. vice-president designate Gerald Ford said Congress should go ahead with its investigation into whether president Richard Nixon should be impeached, though he said he had doubts whether there were grounds for impeachment. At the United Nations in New York, there was a deadlock in the Security Council over whether Canadian troops should join the UN emergency force in the Middle East.
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