Your forecast
Sunny. Wind from the northwest at 20 km/h becoming light early this morning. High 15 C, UV index 3 or moderate.
What’s happening today
Donovan Woods plays the Burton Cummings Theatre tonight at 8 p.m. Tickets are $54-$61 at Ticketmaster.
Donovan Woods plays the Burton Cummings Theatre Friday. (Colin Corneau / Brandon Sun files)
You could also catch a creepy double feature of An American Werewolf in London and The Thing at Little Brown Jug Brewing Co., 336 William Ave., starting at 7 p.m. Admission is free.
Today’s must-read
Manitoba’s highest court has overturned a Winnipeg man’s conviction for murdering his mother when he was 16 years old, ruling the sentencing judge made critical errors in her instructions to the jury.
A jury in 2022 convicted the now 21-year-old man of second-degree murder in the 2019 bludgeoning death of his 51-year-old mother.
In a 47-page decision released Thursday, the Court of Appeal of Manitoba ordered a new trial for the man, finding Court of King’s Bench Justice Anne Turner — the sentencing judge — failed to properly instruct jurors on the issue of fabricated evidence. Dean Pritchard has the story.
On the bright side
The city has announced the recipients of medals that recognize people’s contributions to Winnipeg and their communities.
The first Winnipeg 150 Medals were handed out Thursday morning, and the final ones will be handed out on Oct. 31.
Mayor Scott Gillingham is distributing 30 of the medals, and eight are being handed out in each of the city’s 15 wards. Recipients will also receive a certificate, and a tree will be planted in their name in a city park. Read the full story here.
The first Winnipeg 150 medals were handed out Thursday morning (Supplied)
On this date
On Oct. 11, 1962: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in Ottawa, the Social Credit party’s repeated support of prime minister John Diefenbaker’s government in want-of-confidence motions, and its virtually pledging ongoing support well into the next year, meant the pressure was off Manitoba premier Duff Roblin to call an election quickly to avoid overlapping provincial and federal campaigns. The Vatican’s first ecumenical conference in nearly a century opened with a speech from Pope John XXIII stressing the need for measures to promote Christian unity. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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