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Mainly sunny, with wind becoming south at 20 km/h this afternoon. Expected high is 17 C, UV index 2 or low.
What’s happening today
In Ottawa, Zexi Li , the woman who went to court to get an injunction against the “Freedom Convoy” last year is set to testify today in the criminal trial of two of the protest’s organizers. The Canadian Press reports.
Zexi Li (Adrian Wyld / The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
Rallies of solidarity continued Sunday as Winnipeg’s Jewish and Palestinian communities gathered in honour of the war dead and wounded on either side of a violent conflict that ripped through parts of the Middle East last week.
“This was an opportunity for all of us to come together and share in the grief and share in the process of grieving,” said Ron East, founder of the Israeli-Canadian council. Tyler Searle reports.
The vigil — marked by prayer, speeches and a candlelit vigil — brought more than 100 people to the provincial office. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press)
On the bright side
A grassroots group that formed in response to the pandemic is taking the next step in its evolution.
Last month, Mutual Aid Society Winnipeg received its status as a non-profit organization. Launched on Facebook in March 2020, the group connects those looking for essential items to those able to provide them. Aaron Epp has the story.
Sarah Ruff (left) and Dana Tucker Khan help organize Mutual Aid Society Winnipeg. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On Oct. 16, 1922: The Manitoba Free Press reported Canadian Methodists were set to regain control of three colleges: Wesley, Winnipeg; Victoria, Toronto; and Whitby Ladies. Bringing the colleges under the jurisdiction of the church courts was a proposal arising out of an appeals court ruling in the case of a Winnipeg professor dismissed from his post at Wesley College. There were now 1,000 miles of permanent paved roadways in Canada; more such long-lasting surfaces had been built in the country in 1922 than in any previous year. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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