Canada votes
Paul Chiasson / The Canadian PressLiberal leader Justin Trudeau and wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau
Tarnished Trudeau takes it: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will remain in power with a minority government but more seats than expected, despite losing the popular vote. Meanwhile, the Liberals lost three of their seven Winnipeg seats and were shut out in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Ottawa correspondent Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Humble pie: Dan Lett says Monday night’s results should force Trudeau to adopt a less arrogant approach to governing, and that he has no margin for error. READ MORE
Tories face tough decision: In his latest column, Tom Brodbeck says it’s hard to picture Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer beating Trudeau in another election that might be less than two years away. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Cloudy with high of 4 C, a 60 per cent chance of rain showers or flurries this morning and peak winds from the northwest at 50 km/h gusting to 70.
What’s happening today
PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESThe Winnipeg Jets’ Carl Dahlstrom is scoreless after 56 regular-season games spread out over three NHL seasons.
A royal affair: The Jets host the Los Angeles Kings at Bell MTS Place at 7 p.m. Mike Sawatzky has a story on defenceman Carl Dahlstrom, who is still seeking his first NHL goal after one was disallowed in Sunday night’s win. READ MORE
Brexit bill: Britain’s House of Commons will vote on a bill to approve Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal in principle and on the Conservative government’s three-day timetable to debate it. READ MORE
In case you missed it
Brandon Sun FilesErin Chorney was murdered in the 2002 by her ex-boyfriend Michael Bridges, who was convicted of first-degree murder in 2005.
Killer seeking early release: A judge has ruled a Manitoba man serving life in prison can proceed with an application to reduce his period of parole ineligibility to 15 years from 25 years. Michael Bridges was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2002 killing of his girlfriend, 18-year-old Erin Chorney, in Brandon. READ MORE
Iraq says troops can’t stay: American troops leaving Syria for western Iraq don’t have permission to remain there, Iraq’s military said today. U.S. Defence Secretary Mark Esper previously said troops could continue to make strikes against the Islamic State group from Iraq into Syria. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Oct. 22, 1920: The Manitoba Free Press reported that in British Columbia, government control and sale of alcohol was endorsed by voters to replace the previous “dry” or prohibition laws in that province; large numbers of women supported the change. In the United States, the presidential battle was heating up, as some lifelong Democrats turned Republican, and vice-versa, and candidates James M. Cox (Democrat) and Warren G. Harding (Republican) began new tours in support of their campaigns. READ MORE
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