Your forecast
Cloudy this morning with a high of 15 C and a low of 5; wind chill of -8 this morning.
What’s happening today
The Winnipeg Improv Festival kicks off tonight at the Gas Station Theatre at 8 p.m., and runs till Sunday.
Today’s must-read
The son of a downtown convenience store owner who is in hospital with a serious brain injury after he was attacked by thieves says he’s outraged by the crime and violence his parents face daily. Erik Pindera has the story.
The owners of a convenience store at the 100 block of Donald Street were assaulted after they confronted a group that was stealing items from the store last week. (Jessica Lee / Winnipeg Free Press)
On the bright side
New evidence indicates that ancient Neanderthals formed small, tight-knit communities, undercutting the popular conception of the prehistoric people as savage. DNA from 50,000 years ago, found in Russian caves, offered a glimpse of Neanderthal family dynamics, including a father and his teenage daughter who lived together. “When I work on a bone or two, it’s very easy to forget that these are actually people with their own lives and stories,” said study author Bence Viola, an anthropologist at the University of Toronto. The Associated Press reports.
Researchers excavate a cave in the mountains of Siberia, Russia. (Bence Viola via The Associated Press)
On this date
On Oct. 20, 1952: The Winnipeg Free Press reported 11 people were dead after rioting over the weekend in New Brighton township in South Africa; violence was sparked after police tried to arrest two Black men at a train station on charges of theft, bystanders attacked the police, and the officers opened fire. In Winnipeg, a 53-year-old woman stood trial on murder charges in the death of her seven-year-old adopted daughter. An official investigation was opened into a mysterious fire that swept the carpentry shop at Stony Mountain penitentiary. Search our archives for more here.
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