Your forecast
A mix of sun and cloud, with fog patches dissipating this morning. Expected high is 12 C, UV index 3 or moderate.
What’s happening today
The Winnipeg Jets face the Calgary Flames at the Scotiabank Saddledome for the season opener, starting at 9 p.m. Ken Wiebe and Mike McIntyre have a look ahead at the Jets’ season.
Mark Scheifele tips the puck in front of goaltender Connor Hellebuyck as the Jets practice in Winnipeg on Oct. 9. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Today’s must-read
Elections Manitoba will release the province’s official election results Friday — 10 days after voters cast their ballots — blaming new technology for the delay.
Efforts to modernize and expand the electoral process to make voting easier ended up taking longer to get a final count, the independent office said Tuesday — one week after the 43rd general election, as results online remained “unofficial.” Carol Sanders has the story.
One week after the 43rd general election results online remained ‘unofficial.’ (Erik Pindera / Free Press files)
On the bright side
Using X-rays to peer into the chemical structure of a tiny speck of the celebrated work of art, scientists have gained new insight into the techniques that Leonardo da Vinci used to paint his groundbreaking portrait of the woman with the exquisitely enigmatic smile.
The research, published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, suggests that the famously curious, learned and inventive Italian Renaissance master may have been in a particularly experimental mood when he set to work on the “Mona Lisa” early in the 16th century. The Associated Press has the story.
The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Louvre museum in Paris. (Aurelien Morissard / Pool / The Associated Press files))
On this date
On Oct. 11, 1941: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in Ottawa, the federal government ordered drastic restrictions on instalment-buying, to divert more production and a greater share of the national income to the war effort. The government was also expected to announce a general price stabilization order, which could foreshadow more rigid controls over the Canadian economy. Dispatches from the war front via Moscow admitted the Soviets had been unable to halt a German drive north of Orel on the Kharkov railroad. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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