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Felipe Dana / The Associated PressAn anti-government protester walks through tear gas smoke during a clash with police at the Wong Tai Sin area in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. Thousands of black-clad pro-democracy protesters defied a police ban and marched in central Hong Kong on Tuesday, urging China’s Communist Party to “return power to the people” as the party celebrated its 70th year of rule. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana )
Police shoot protester: A man was shot by a police officer at close range amid clashes with pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong today, the 70th anniversary of Communist rule in China. Police also fired tear gas at the crowds in the most widespread violence since unrest began in June. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: The first day of October will be cloudy and cold, with a high of 6 C and wind from the northwest — and, later, the north — at 20 km/h.
What’s happening today
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESBus passes could become more affordable for low-income Winnipeggers if a City of Winnipeg administrative report is approved by the public works committee.
Debating discounts: A report by City of Winnipeg administrators proposing a low-income bus pass program will be debated at a committee meeting. Eligible riders would get a 30 per cent discount beginning in April 2020, a 40 per cent discount in 2021 and a 50 per cent discount in 2022. READ MORE
Bridge buckles: Divers are searching for possible victims after an arch bridge over a bay in Taiwan collapsed, with a burning oil tanker truck falling onto boats below. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
In case you missed it
SASHA SEFTER / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESCindy Tugwell, executive director of Heritage Winnipeg.
Assessing home’s history: A city committee will examine a St. Boniface home built in 1906 to determine whether it merits consideration as a heritage property after area residents objected to its sale. The three-storey, city-owned property was removed from a heritage list without explanation in May 2014. Aldo Santin reports. READ MORE
‘It’s just so disheartening’: The father of a construction worker killed on a Manitoba highway in 2010 is reminding drivers to be alert after a flagger was hit by a vehicle in west Winnipeg this weekend. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
‘More voices to be heard’: With another legislative session underway, Jessica Botelho-Urbanski examines the diversity of the assembly’s members. Equal Voice Manitoba, which aims to see more women in elected office, says last month’s election results offer hope. READ MORE
On this date
On Oct. 1, 1988: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Canadian athlete Carolyn Waldo was returning home from the Seoul Olympics with two gold medals in synchronized swimming. In Manitoba, the provincial director of prosecutions said it was not illegal for a school official to ignore a pupil’s complaints she is being sexually assaulted by a schoolmate; the decision angered parents after a private school official had reportedly ignored for a year complaints from three female students that a male student was sexually attacking them. Winnipegger Velma Orlikow and seven other Canadians sued the CIA for its sponsorship of brainwashing experiments 30 years earlier as part of its MK-ULTRA initiative. READ MORE
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