Your forecast
Mainly cloudy, with a 30 per cent chance of showers this morning. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind becoming northwest at 20 km/h early this afternoon. High 10 C. UV index 3 or moderate.
What’s happening today
🗳️ Roughly 310 advance polling stations open across Alberta today in a historic vote on the province’s place in Canada. The Canadian Press reports.
Melissa Martin got an up-front view of the Forever Canadian campaign in Alberta, ahead of the Oct. 19 referendum. “The Unity Bus arrives right on time, pulling into a parking lot on the edge of this town of about 6,600 people close to the Alberta-Saskatchewan border. As the vehicle slows to a halt, resplendent in its patriotic red-and-white paint, a small group of supporters stand waiting, decked in their own maple leaf garb.
“The Unity Bus’s doors open and former Alberta deputy premier Thomas Lukaszuk bounds to the ground. The supporters, volunteers with Lukaszuk’s Forever Canadian campaign, welcome him with applause; he greets them with open arms.” Read the full story here.
As part of his Forever Canadian campaign, former Alberta deputy premier Thomas Lukaszuk has driven the Unity Bus all over the province to rally support to stay in Canada. (Melissa Martin / Free Press)
Today’s must-read
For nearly three years, Quincy Houdayer and Avery Helm repeatedly pressed their landlord to address plumbing failures, water damage and other maintenance problems at their West Broadway apartment, with records showing some issues persisted until the couple turned to the Residential Tenancies Branch.
Emails and text messages between the tenants, Clearwater Management and the RTB reviewed by the Free Press document recurring leaks and flooding, periods without heat or hot water, concerns about mould and basement conditions and repeated followups from the couple seeking repairs.
“Most of the experiences we’ve had with them can be boiled down to, like, they either are very dismissive about it, they act like it’s not their problem… or they will just fully, blatantly ignore you,” Helm said, adding that the only way to get Clearwater to respond was to threaten going to the RTB, a provincial government agency. Scott Billeck has the story.
Avery Helm and Quincy Houdayer with dog Honey outside their Furby Street apartment. (John Woods / Free Press)
On the bright side
Designed for younger children who like their Halloween festivities spooky but not scary, Boo at the Zoo runs until October 31. John Woods has a photo gallery here.
Patch the Scarecrow has fun with Kalina (left) and Kasia at Boo at the Zoo at Assiniboine Park Zoo on Sunday. (John Woods / Free Press)
On this date
On Oct. 13, 1936: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the Winnipeg Rugby Football team (the Winnipegs, but recently nicknamed the Blue Bombers) beat the Bronks in Calgary 23-0. Automobile mishaps over the Thanksgiving weekend seriously injured four people in Manitoba, with one Winnipeg girl in hospital near death.
Today’s front page
Get the full story: Read today’s e-edition of the Free Press.
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