What you need to know
HANDOUT / CITY OF WINNIPEGArcing Hydro lines near Devon Avenue and Roch Street.
Burning bright: Homes were evacuated after a downed power line sparked a spectacular fire that lit up the sky in northeast Winnipeg Tuesday night. The incident, in the area of Devon Avenue and Roch Street, started shortly before 9 p.m. Manitoba Hydro said the only other damage appeared to be melted gravel and cement.
Dozens found dead: The bodies of 39 people believed to have come from Bulgaria were found in a large cargo truck east of London, England today. A 25-year-old-man from Northern Ireland has been arrested on suspicion of murder. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly cloudy with high of 3 C and peak winds from the northwest at 30 km/h beginning later this morning.
What’s happening today
PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSPremier Brian Pallister, at a funding announcement Tuesday, says he is not a fan of talks about secession by some of his prairie counterparts.
Pallister to reveal portfolio: Premier Brian Pallister will unveil his new cabinet at the Manitoba Museum later this morning. One member of his former cabinet, Crown services minister Colleen Mayer, was defeated in last month’s election. Meanwhile, the premier said Tuesday he’s not interested in talk of western secession after Monday’s election. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
Survivors share stories: Two women who were captured as children by Joseph Kony’s rebel army in Uganda are speaking at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights this afternoon. One of the women, Evelyn Amony, was forced to marry Kony when she was only 14. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Hong Kong conflict: Hong Kong’s government has withdrawn an extradition bill that has led to months of protests and a campaign for greater democratic change. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
In case you missed it
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred GreensladeWinnipeg Jets’ Dmitry Kulikov and Los Angeles Kings’ Adrian Kempe fight for position in front of goaltender Connor Hellebuyck in the first period.
Not so special: The Jets continued to struggle on special teams in a loss to the Los Angeles Kings, going 0-for-5 on the power play and allowing the game-winning goal while shorthanded. “We were not a skating hockey team,” coach Paul Maurice said. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
‘Totally unacceptable’: A boy from Mathias Colomb Cree Nation remains in hospital in Winnipeg after he was prescribed chewable Tylenol after being doused with battery acid. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
Pivot in practice: Blue Bombers quarterback Zach Collaros, once considered one of the CFL’s top pivots, took the majority of first-team reps at practice Tuesday. The Bombers have lost four of their past five games. Taylor Allen reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Oct. 23, 1930: The Manitoba Free Press reported that in London at the imperial conference committee, Canadian solicitor-general Maurice Dupre supported the views off the premiers of Ontario and Quebec that the provinces must be consulted before any changes could be made to the British North America Act. In Winnipeg, the “$100,000 vagrant,” Neills Goldsmith, who supported himself by gambling, was fined $50 in city morals court. READ MORE
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