Your forecast
Scattered flurries with a high of 7 C and a low of 1.
What’s happening today
The Winnipeg Jets host the New York Rangers at Canada Life Centre for the season opener, starting at 7 p.m. Mike McIntyre has a column on how he thinks the Jets are destined for the playoffs this season.
Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck (Jeff McIntosh / The Canadian Press files)
Bob McDonald, host of CBC’s Quirks & Quarks, will appear at McNally Robinson Booksellers’ Grant Park location at 7 p.m. in support of his new book The Future is Now: Solving the Climate Crisis with Today’s Technologies.
And Winnipegger JayWood, known for his indie-pop sound with jazz chords and a psychedelic feel, gets a Winnipeg debut for his new LP Slingshot at the West End Cultural Centre. Opening acts are rapper Mooki and guitarist Gabriela Ocejo. Doors open at 7 p.m.
Winnipeg’s Jeremy Haywood-Smith, a.k.a. JayWood (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Today’s must-read
Winnipegger Lenore McLaughlin thought she would have to wait months for a new knee — she didn’t realize it will take years. The 63-year-old, who uses a brace and a cane, said she can’t believe she won’t get her surgery before February 2025. Kevin Rollason has the story.
Lenore McLaughlin (Jessica Lee / Winnipeg Free Press)
On the bright side
Germany hopes to introduce a countrywide transit pass, following the successful “9-euro ticket” pilot program over the summer. The new pass would cost 49 euros a month and be valid on all the country’s regional bus, train and tram networks. Questions over financing for the ticket still have to be resolved.
A regional train passes fog-covered fields in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany. (Michael Probst / The Associated Press files)
On this date
On Oct. 14, 1961: The Winnipeg Free Press reported U.S. president John F. Kennedy decided it would be unwise to send troops into South Vietnam, but it was still undecided whether to send men drawn from the army and marines to a Southeast Asia Treaty Organization force that could be deployed to Indochina. A state of emergency was declared in the port of Quebec as oil and benzene seeped into the St. Lawrence River from a grounded British tanker. In Winnipeg, the provincial legislature was set to hear a brief throne speech that would address the introduction of a provincial income tax and legislation for metro Winnipeg. Search our archives for more here.
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