What you need to know
Drinking water is poured into a glass from a faucet in North Vancouver, Tuesday, July, 30, 2019. The British Columbia Auditor General Carol Bellringer is set to release a report on the protection of drinking water in the province. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Lead levels: A year-long investigation found hundreds of thousands of Canadians have been exposed to high levels of lead in their drinking water. In some cities, the contamination was consistently higher than the worst levels found in Flint, Mich. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
North stars: Houston Astros pitcher Justin Verlander and his wife, model Kate Upton, were in Manitoba this weekend. The star couple visited Churchill shortly after the Astros lost Game 7 of the World Series last week. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Flurries ending near noon, then a mix of sun and cloud with a 30 per cent chance of more flurries, wind from the northwest at 30 km/h gusting to 50, a low of -7 C and wind chill as low as -15 late this afternoon.
What’s happening today
Paul Chiasson / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILESA family, claiming to be from Columbia, is arrested by RCMP officers as they cross the border into Canada from the United States as asylum seekers, on April 18, 2018. near Champlain, N.Y. A long-awaited legal look into whether the U.S. remains a safe country for refugees begins today at a Federal Court in Toronto. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Asylum agreement: A week-long hearing on whether the U.S. remains a safe country for refugees begins at a Federal Court in Toronto. The court will scrutinize the Safe Third Country Agreement that prohibits people from seeking asylum at border crossings when entering Canada from the U.S. and vice versa. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Eight arrests announced: Police in Vietnam announced they have arrested eight suspects after 39 people were found dead in a truck container in England last month. All the victims were from Vietnam. READ MORE
Embassy crisis anniversary: Demonstrators across Iran are marking the 40th anniversary of the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover that started a 444-day hostage crisis. Meanwhile, Iran announced it’s doubling the number of advanced centrifuges it operates, a further violation of a collapsing 2015 nuclear deal. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
In case you missed it
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSA memorial for Hunter Straight-Smith, the three year old who was allegedly murdered by his mother’s boyfriend Daniel Jensen, on Pritchard Avenue Sunday, November 3, 2019.
Wild weekend: It was another violent weekend on the streets of Winnipeg. A man was shot and killed in the Exchange District and another was shot in Elmwood. Meanwhile, a three-year-old boy who was stabbed in his home died over the weekend after being taken off life-support. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Italian eatery closes: Paradise Restaurant and Lounge’s original Portage Avenue location is closing after 41 years. A second spot, which opened on Leila Avenue in 1983, remains open. READ MORE
Talking toilets: The creators of a seasonal pop-up toilet have asked a city committee to consider reviving a public washroom strategy and identify ways to make facilities financially feasible. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Nov. 4, 1921: The Manitoba Free Press reported that telephone wires by the thousands of miles, linemen by the thousands and telegraph operators by the score would be involved when U.S. president Warren G. Harding spoke on Armistice Day at Arlington cemetery and his speech would be carried to audiences in San Francisco and New York City. In London, England, schools taking students to special performances of Shakespearean plays during school hours were using tax dollars illegally in doing so, an auditor argued in court. READ MORE
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