What’s happening today
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSA new COVID-19 death has been reported at seniors centre Parkview Place on Edmonton Street.
COVID-19 crisis: The provincial government will release the latest COVID-19 numbers early this afternoon. The province announced 228 new cases — including 170 in Winnipeg — over the long weekend, and four new deaths, all in Winnipeg. One of the deaths announced Monday was of a man in his 40s — the youngest person known to have died of the coronavirus in Manitoba. Ben Waldman reports. READ MORE
New test site: A new drive-thru COVID-19 test site will open at 1066 Nairn Ave. this morning. The provincial government said last week the site will initially be able to perform up to 200 tests a day. READ MORE
Tuesday night football: Two undefeated NFL teams, the Buffalo Bills and Tennessee Titans, are set to play only the second Tuesday game since 1946. The game was rescheduled after a COVID-19 outbreak among the Titans that earlier led to the postponement of a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers until later this season. READ MORE
CSIS review: The Canadian Press has obtained a copy of an independent review that calls for a cultural shift at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. READ MORE
Confirmation hearings continue: U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett will be questioned by Senate committee members on the second day of confirmation hearings. The Republican-led Senate is pushing for a vote on her nomination before the federal election. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny this morning with a mix of sun and cloud this afternoon, a high of 13 C, and wind from the west at 20 km/h increasing to 50 and gusting to 70 beginning later this morning.
In case you missed it
Tribune Media TNSU.S. President Donald Trump waves goodbye to cheering supporters as he departs his campaign rally at Orlando Sanford International Airport in on Monday in Sanford, Fla. (JOE BURBANK / ORLANDO SENTINEL . TNS)
Trump returns to rallies: In his first campaign rally since contracting COVID-19, U.S. President Donald Trump joked that he was healthy enough to wade into the crowd and give voters “a big fat kiss.” Thousands of people were packed together at the Florida rally, and mask-wearing was spotty. Trump is holding another rally in Pennsylvania this evening. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Cook column: In her latest column, Shelley Cook says you can’t move forward without letting go. READ MORE
On this date
On Oct. 13, 1922: The Manitoba Free Press reported that in Toronto, for the first time since prohibition took force, there was a double bid for the anti-abolition vote in a southeastern Toronto byelection, with two of the four candidates decrying the current state of affairs. A cheque for the unusual amount of £50,000,000, “rare even in these days of high finance,” issued by Great Britain to the United States in payment of interest on war debt, was thought likely to be preserved as a historical relic after its purpose had been served.
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