COVID-19 crisis
Mike Sudoma / Winnipeg Free Press FilesOn Monday evening, the province reversed a decision that would have forced beverage rooms in the Winnipeg metropolitan region to close their doors for two weeks.
Reversal on beverage rooms: Days after announcing beverage rooms must close as part of new pandemic restrictions, the provincial government announced Monday night that they can remain open. “We’re glad to be able to provide a safe environment for people to get away for a little while,” said Gerald Lambert, president of the St. Norbert Hotel. Jason Bell reports. READ MORE
Appointment system starts: An appointment system for COVID-19 testing begins today. Tests can be booked by calling 1-855-268-4318 or through the province’s website. Meanwhile, a St. Vital medical clinic will become the first in the city to offer testing for the virus, starting this evening. Danielle Da Silva reports. READ MORE
‘She didn’t want to move’: Pak Hang Lee, 102, acquired COVID-19 less than three weeks after moving into the Parkview Place long-term care home. A week after that, she became the oldest Manitoban to die from the virus. There have been 84 COVID-19 cases among residents and staff at Parkview, and 10 residents have died. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
Spreading through sports: The director of a beer hockey league says players are taking pandemic directives seriously. Last week, the province’s top medical official called out adult recreational hockey leagues for poor adherence to protocols, leading to “a number of transmission events.” Mike Sawatzky reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Increasingly cloudy with a high of 0 C, a low of -7 C, wind chill as low as -12 this morning and wind from the southeast at 10 km/h increasing to 20 km/h this afternoon.
What’s happening today
Conservative member of Parliament Pierre Poilievre speaks during a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on October 19, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Anti-corruption committee: Debate begins in Parliament today on a Conservative motion to set up an anti-corruption committee. The minority Liberal government is threatening to turn a vote on the motion into a confidence matter, which could trigger an election. READ MORE
Fall Classic commences: Game 1 of the World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Tampa Bay Rays begins in Arlington, Texas tonight. It will be the first World Series played at only one ballpark since 1944. The Dodgers are in the series for the third time in four years but haven’t won since 1988, while the Rays lost in their lone previous appearance. READ MORE
On this date
On Oct. 20, 1972: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that despite a leaked internal document describing the federal government’s bilingual program for the public service as a “flop,” the president of the Treasury Board said that information was outdated, and the target of achieving 60 per cent bilingual content in the executive level of public service was realistic. In London, the leader of the Protestant Vanguard Movement in Ireland told a meeting of right-wing Conservatives that civil war was about to erupt in Ulster and forecast 1,000 more people would be added to Northern Ireland’s death toll in the next two months. Manitoba premier Ed Schreyer lit into the Winnipeg Free Press, saying the newspaper was the cause of many evils confronting his government and describing newspaper operators generally as “intellectual prostitutes who own the press in Canada.”
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