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St. James council candidate Kurt Morton, sitting at a playground at Marjorie Park on Marjorie Street, says recreation infrastructure hasn’t been a city priority for years. RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
‘A huge challenge’: Winnipeg will soon have to choose between fewer recreation services and higher costs, Ryan Thorpe reports. The city’s community services department — which manages deteriorating, decades-old assets such as pools, arenas and leisure centres — has an annual deficit of about $80 million. READ MORE
Mail strikes start: Postal workers have begun rotating strikes in four cities across the country. Mail delivery is expected to continue as usual elsewhere, including Manitoba. READ MORE
Fare freeze vowed: Mayoral candidate Jenny Motkaluk made her final policy announcements Sunday night. She says she would freeze transit fares for four years and commit to targeted “blitz days” garbage cleanups in specific areas.
Weather
Your forecast: Today will be sunny until the early afternoon, then mainly cloudy with a high of 7 C and wind from the northwest at 30 km/h gusting to 50 starting late this morning.
What’s happening today
Lefteris Pitarakis / The Associated PressSecurity personnel guard Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, Monday.
Khashoggi case: Video appears to show a man wearing Jamal Khashoggi’s clothes after the journalist was killed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Meanwhile, a Turkish newspaper reports a member of the Saudi crown prince’s entourage made multiple calls to the royal’s office from the consulate the day Khashoggi was killed. READ MORE
Playing the Blues: The Jets will try to earn their ninth point in five games with a win over the St. Louis Blues at Bell MTS Place tonight. Jason Bell reports on the sensational season in the works for defenceman Josh Morrisey. READ MORE
Quakes off coast: Three “pretty big” earthquakes erupted off Vancouver Island late last night. The quakes were felt in parts of British Columbia, but no tsunami warning was issued, and there were no reports of injuries. READ MORE
On this date
On Oct. 22, 1993: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that according to a new poll, the federal Liberals, led by Jean Chrétien, were poised to form a majority government in the upcoming election, with the Bloc Québécois likely to form the Official Opposition. The Reform Party was expected to win the third most seats in Parliament. The Progressive Conservatives, led by Kim Campbell, slipped in support from 22 per cent to 17 per cent of decided voters. READ MORE
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