This morning
Controversial ship: For residents of the northern Manitoba community of Churchill, a ship in port brings both good news and bad news. It brings 2.2 million litres of propane to help the isolated community get through the winter. But it could also take away two locomotives and five rail cars, confirming that the railway linking the town to the south won’t be repaired anytime soon. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Your forecast: Get used to the autumn sunshine because the forecast says it will shine brightly all week. Today will be a high of 16 C, with wind from the south at 20 km/h gusting to 40 in the afternoon. Tonight will be a low of 4 C.
In case you missed it
Awaiting Pallister’s plan: Columnist Dan Lett notes that Premier Brian Pallister is expected to soon announce this province’s carbon reduction plan. “Reading the tea leaves that Pallister has scattered over the past 18 months, we can conclude that it will likely start at a level higher than what Ottawa recommended, but fall far short of the upper end described in the federal climate change framework.” READ MORE
Birthday money: While there was some concern Manitoba wouldn’t receive its fair share of the nation’s birthday money, updated data show that community-level grants to celebrate the Confederation milestone gave Manitoba a generous 3.83 per cent of the $61,233,089 fund, slightly higher than the province’s 3.63 per cent share of the population. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Up next
MMIWG hearings: Heart-wrenching stories of Manitobans will be related today as the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls hearings begin today in Winnipeg. The Free Press will offer complete coverage.
Helping Winnipeg’s unloved: Starting today, high school students in Winnipeg will participate in the second annual Escape Poverty Challenge. Last year this initiative raised over $8,500 and 14 carloads of in-kind donations like socks, mittens, overnight street care packages, art supplies and non-perishable food items.
Around the water cooler
THE CANADIAN PRESS/John WoodsWinnipeg Blue Bombers’ Maurice Leggett intercepts a pass against the Ottawa Redblacks earlier this season. Leggett reportedly suffered a season-ending achilles injury in a the game Saturday against the B.C. Lions.
Leggett out for season: Linebacker Maurice Leggett, arguably the best defensive player of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, has suffered a torn Achilles tendon and will miss the remainder of the 2017 CFL season. He was injured late in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s 26-20 win at home over the B.C. Lions. Jeff Hamilton reports. READ MORE
Good Earth, good coffee: On Saturday, Good Earth Coffeehouse celebrated the grand opening of its first Winnipeg outlet at the Seasons/Outlet Collection Winnipeg at Kenaston Boulevard and Sterling Lyon Parkway, and the chain plans more locations in Winnipeg. It bills itself as an eatery with premium coffees and wholesome foods, including tarts, muffins, scones, rolls, brownies, cookies and zucchini loaf, as well as soup, salads, sandwiches and flatbread pizzas. Murray McNeill reports READ MORE
Trending now
#MeToo: As an example of how widespread sexual harassment and sexual assault are, women who have experienced either or both are tweeting with the hashtag, which is consequently trending since it started over the weekend.
On this date
On Oct. 16, 1924: The Manitoba Free Press reported that a recent decision by the board of railway commissioner to kill the Crows Nest Pass freight rates, in operation since July, had sparked outrage among the prairie provinces. A captain at a British observatory claimed his assertions that Albert Einstein made an error in his calculations related to his “light bending” theories had not been given enough publicity; the astronomer royal, Sir Frank Dyson, said the captain had not provided conclusive evidence of Einstein’s supposed error. READ MORE
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