What’s happening today
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSWinnipeg Jets’ Nikolaj Ehlers, Mark Scheifele and Blake Wheeler at practice in Winnipeg on Monday. The Jets’ key core players are currently in their prime and are in win-now mode.
NHL season starts: The regular hockey season begins today with two games, one featuring a new expansion team, the Seattle Kraken. Meanwhile, the Winnipeg Jets face the Anaheim Ducks Wednesday in California in their first game of the season, and as Mike McIntyre reports, expectations among the Jets are running high. READ MORE
Street closure: The city will close Peguis Street between Concordia Avenue East and Prairie Crocus Drive starting today at 7 a.m. until Oct. 25 at 6 p.m., for sewer work.
Weather
Your forecast: Cool weather continues with an expected high of 12 C and a mix of sun and cloud today; tonight, the forecast low is 4.
In case you missed it
WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESWinnipeg City Council will soon consider a proof of vaccination requirement for anyone who presents their views as delegates at committee and council meetings.
Vax mandate at city hall: Council will consider a proof of vaccination requirement for anyone who presents their views as delegates at committee and council meetings. Joyanne Pursaga reports READ MORE
COVID crunch: More than 5,300 diagnostic-testing requests were rejected by hospital labs in Manitoba last fall because of an unprecedented rationing of laboratory resources, the Free Press has learned. Dylan Robertson has the story. READ MORE
Munsch time: Shelley Cook writes about how in her family, there’s usually a Robert Munsch book in the mix at bedtime. “They’re fun, they’re usually silly, and they’re often central to some of my most favourite memories.” READ MORE
Deal with Disney: Award-winning Cree author David Robertson’s young-adult fantasy series, the Misewa Saga, has been acquired by ABC Signature, a part of Disney Television Studios. The second book in the series, The Great Bear, was released this fall. Ben Waldman has the story. READ MORE
Coach resigns: Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden has resigned after revelations that he frequently used racist, misogynistic and homophobic language directed at others in the NFL. The Associated Press reports.
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On this date
On Oct. 12, 1911: The Manitoba Free Press reported that all three major railways operating in Western Canada were to have equal rights in the union stockyards in Winnipeg. A man was set to face trial on charges of forging Winnipeg Electric Street Railway car tickets. In Tripoli, troops from Italy’s expeditionary force disembarked as part of the ongoing conflict between that country and Turkey; word out of Berlin was that an armistice would soon be declared, but London had no confirmation of that.
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