Free Press Head Start for Nov. 4

Good morning!

It may be dark at this hour today, but it won’t be on Monday. Why? Well, because of everyone’s least-favourite time of the year, Abitrarily Change the Clocks Which Is Ridiculous At Our Latitude Day. Some call it “Fall Back,” but it means setting your clocks an hour later Sunday morning (as we collectively experience jet lag without going anywhere) when daylight time ends.

Be warned!

— David Fuller

Your forecast

Clearing this morning with a high of 3 C; wind chill of -11 this morning.

What’s happening today

Crafted: Show + Sale begins at 11 a.m. today at the Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq and continues Saturday and Sunday. One hundred artists from Manitoba, Nunavut, Northwest Territories and Nunatsiavut will be inattendance.

Artist Goota Ashoona says faces are a carving's most important feature and bring it to life. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)

Artist Goota Ashoona says faces are a carving’s most important feature and bring it to life. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)

Today’s must-read

Premier Heather Stefanson announced Thursday the creation of joint Winnipeg Police Service/RCMP integrated violent offender apprehension unit, with $3.2 million in provincial funding. The announcement followed those of other measures this week totalling $20 million towards measures aimed at tackling crime. Danielle Da Silva reports.

Premier Heather Stefanson (far right) announced funding to create a unit dedicated to tracking down high-risk criminals. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)

On this date

On Nov. 4, 1964: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson won re-election, defeating the Republican candidate Sen. Barry Goldwater, in what was described as “apparently the greatest popular-vote landslide in American history.” In Winnipeg. R.H.G. Bonnycastle would continue as Metro’s chairman for the next two years, following a council vote 7-3 in his favour. A four-year-old boy who had gone missing with his stepfather during a fishing trip on Paint Lake had died of exposure by the time the two were found; the stepfather suffered frostbitten hands and feet and was listed in fair condition at the hospital in Thompson. Search our archives for more here.

Today’s front page

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Top news

Erik Pindera:

Province wants $75K seized from women in scam probe

The province is going to court to seize more than $75,000 in cash Winnipeg police confiscated in July when they arrested two Ontario women accused of defrauding seniors. Read More

Maggie Macintosh:

Manitoba explores U.S.-style university funding

Manitoba appears set to radically change the way universities and colleges are funded, by switching to a popular model in the U.S. that requires schools to report achievement data and meet specific goals in exchange for operating dollars. Read More

Dean Pritchard:

Courts wrong place to deal with prison and parole racism, judge says

Manitoba killer sentenced after consideration of systemic biases affecting Indigenous, Black offenders in Canada’s correctional system Read More

New in Sports

Mike McIntyre:

Connor ends scoring slump with OT goal

Jets earn 3-2 victory over the Canadiens Read More

Joshua Frey-Sam:

Manitoba sports legends honoured

Stars from gridiron, hoops, volleyball, ice and Paralympics inducted into provincial hall of fame Read More

Joshua Frey-Sam:

Batter up!

Churchill Softball Academy helping students meet goals on the diamond and in the classroom Read More

New in Arts and Entertainment

Ben Waldman:

Great expectations

Actors bring real-life experience to roles of new parents at Prairie Theatre Exchange Read More

Ben Waldman:

‘Bad Parent’ playwright gives good advice

Playwright Ins Choi is a busy man, but he made time to chat via email with the Free Press about his career, his family and his latest production, Bad Parent, on now at Prairie Theatre Exchange. Read More

Alan Small:

Conductor has fond memories of time with WSO

Andrey Boreyko lauds local orchestra fans for their open minds Read More

New in Business

Gabrielle Piché:

Oriental Market shutting its doors after 43 years

Chinatown has turned from ‘good to worse,’ owner says. ‘I’m really sad to leave this community’ Read More

Fresh opinions

Editorial:

Pallister’s austerity dividend becomes apparent

Over the last two years, 26 Crown attorneys have left their posts. Of 175 current full-time positions, 17 are vacant. It’s a vacancy rate many believe will threaten the criminal justice system’s viability. Read More

Tom Brodbeck:

Ideology trumps evidence in Manitoba safe consumption site stance

It’s surprising the provincial Tories are still clinging to the ideologically-driven position safe consumption sites for illegal drug use are not a good fit for Manitoba. Read More

Gwynne Dyer:

Musk’s gambit unlikely to end well

Elon Musk is that rarest of things, a benign sociopath, and therefore a person of considerable value to the world. He has just made a mistake that could ruin his long-term plan, for his purchase of Twitter is almost bound to end in tears. The sharks are always circling the very rich and highly geared, and I find myself worrying about him. Read More

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