Free Press Head Start for Nov. 3

Good morning.

Mark Scheifele scored in the shootout to give the Jets a home win after they squandered a late two-goal lead against the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night. Eric Comrie started in goal because Connor Hellebuyck is taking some time away after the birth of his first child. Earlier in the day, Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff spoke publicly about his role in the Chicago Blackhawks sex assault scandal for the first time.

Republicans are celebrating after winning the Virginia governor’s race on Tuesday night and are in a dead heat to win New Jersey’s race. Both governorships are currently held by Democrats. Elsewhere, Minneapolis residents voted against disbanding the police service in the wake of George Floyd’s killing, New York elected its second Black mayor, and Boston elected its first woman and Asian American mayor.

The Atlanta Braves clinched their first World Series since 1995 with a blowout road win against the Houston Astros in Game 6. Jorge Soler was named most valuable player of the series. The Braves franchise, which was founded in 1871 and calls itself “the oldest continuously operating professional sports franchise in America,” had won three previous World Series but only one since moving to Atlanta in 1966.

— Adam Treusch, assignment editor

What’s happening today

MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSPremier Heather Stefanson speaks at her first press conference since becoming premier at the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg on Tuesday.

First full day: This will be Heather Stefanson’s first full day as premier of Manitoba. The province’s first female premier was sworn in Tuesday afternoon. Here is Tom Brodbeck’s latest column. READ MORE

COVID-19 news conference: Provincial health officials will hold their weekly news conference regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. The province reported 127 new infections and one death on Tuesday. READ MORE

Still on strike: Faculty members at the University of Manitoba will return to the picket lines this morning after they went on strike Tuesday. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE

Trudeau headed home: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to return to Ottawa this afternoon after a United Nations climate summit in Scotland. READ MORE

Weather

Your forecast: Sunny with a high of 6 C, wind chill as low as -13 this morning and wind from the south at 10 km/h increasing to 20 km/h this afternoon.

In case you missed it

A lab technician prepares COVID-19 patient samples for testing. (John Minchillo / The Associated Press files)

Six staff test positive: Six health-care staff members who are unvaccinated or refuse to reveal their vaccination status have tested positive for COVID-19 through government-mandated rapid tests. All six cases of the virus were confirmed with a PCR test, a spokesman for Shared Health said. Three positive results came from the Prairie Mountain Health Region, two were from Southern Health, and one was from Winnipeg. Danielle Da Silva reports. READ MORE

Climate-change courses: The Prairie Climate Centre, a research institute at the University of Winnipeg, will offer free online courses on the science of climate change, climate-aware living and Indigenous knowledge on adaptation. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE

On this date

On Nov. 3, 1944: The Winnipeg Free Press reported British forces smashed the last of enemy resistance south of the Schelde gateway to Antwerp in Belgium, while U.S. troops advanced two and a half miles on the Aachen front in Germany. British prime minister Winston Churchill would visit France at the invitation of Gen. Charles de Gaulle. A military manpower crisis gripped Canada’s Parliament. A sudden blizzard slowed traffic in Winnipeg.

Today’s front page

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