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Mainly cloudy. High 12 C. UV index 3 or moderate.
What’s happening today
The Winnipeg Improv Festival kicks off at 7 p.m. at the Gas Station Arts Centre.
Theresa Caputo of Long Island Medium fame is at Club Regent Casino for the second of two Winnipeg appearances.
The Kratt brothers, Martin and Chris, bring their kid-friendly creature knowledge to the stage in a part live-action, part animation performance of Wild Kratts Live 2.0 at Centennial Concert Hall.
Today’s must-read
he RCMP has started prioritizing front-line officer applicants from Manitoba in a new bid to chip away at the national police service’s highest vacancy rate outside the territories.
Assistant Commissioner Scott McMurchy, the commanding officer for Manitoba RCMP, said the vacancy rate for provincial contract policing was slightly less than 15 per cent in October.
“In the last few years, Manitoba has been lagging, I would say, in terms of its human resources,” McMurchy said Tuesday. “With the commitment of the national program, and all the commanding officers across the country, we’ve seen an uptick here with Manitoba being prioritized in terms of its applicants.” Chris Kitching has the story.
Assistant Commissioner Scott McMurchy, commanding officer for Manitoba RCMP (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press)
On the bright side
Here’s a simple way to switch up your walking routine: try walking backward.
Taking a brisk walk is an exercise rich in simplicity, and it can have impressive mental and physical benefits: stronger bones and muscles, cardiovascular fitness and stress relief, to name a few. But like any workout, hoofing it for your health may feel repetitive and even boring after a while.
Janet Dufek, a biomechanist and faculty member at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has researched the mechanics of both walking and landing from jumps to identify ways of preventing injuries and improving physical performance.
In humans, reverse locomotion can increase hamstring flexibility, strengthen underused muscles and challenges the mind as the body adjusts to a new movement and posture. The Associated Press has more here.
Janet Dufek, a professor at the School of Integrated Health Sciences at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. (John Locher / The Associated Press files)
On this date
Oct. 15, 1953: It was shorts weather. This edition of the Winnipeg Free Press advised Winnipeggers to prepare for balmy temperatures with an expected high of 24 C. It turned out to be a record high for this time of year as the mercury rose to nearly 26 C (78 F). The high cost of providing polio treatment in Manitoba, as well as the daily polio case counts, was front-page news. On this day, Sir Winston Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature for his historical writings. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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