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Alexandra Paul / Winnipeg Free PressFire crews worked most of the night to battle a rooming house fire at 68 Prince Edward St.
Crews battle blaze: Two people were injured in an early morning fire at a home on Prince Edward Street in Point Douglas, and it’s feared two others may have been killed the blaze. We’ll have more on this story later this morning.
Mansion murders: Details of a private investigation into the killings of a Toronto billionaire couple will be released today. The family of Barry and Honey Sherman hired lawyer Brian Greenspan to probe the case after initial media reports said police were treating the case as a murder-suicide. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Today will be cloudy with a high of 10 C, wind from the southeast at 10 km/h this morning and from the south this afternoon, and a few showers starting this morning and ending in the afternoon.
In case you missed it
School stabbings: A 39-year-old woman is facing charges after 14 children were attacked by a knife-wielding assailant at a kindergarten in China. Mass attacks in China, which has strict gun control, are usually carried out with knives or homemade explosives. READ MORE
Standoff in city’s south: Winnipeg police are expected to release more information today about a standoff with an armed man at a beer vendor Thursday. A “less lethal weapon” was used on the man before he was arrested Thursday night off Plaza Drive. READ MORE
A Friday for fans
CPWinnipeg Blue Bombers’ pressure Calgary Stampeders quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell, centre, as he throws the ball during second quarter CFL football action in Calgary, Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018. Mitchell, receiver Kamar Jorden and defensive lineman Ja’Gared Davis made it a Stampeders sweep Tuesday when they were named the CFL’s top performers for Week 11. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Clash with Calgary: The Blue Bombers can clinch a playoff spot with a win against Calgary at Investors Group Field tonight. Jeff Hamilton has five storylines for the game, which starts at 7:30 p.m. READ MORE
On the road: The Jets face the Red Wings in Detroit at 6:30 p.m. and don’t return to Bell MTS Place for two weeks. In a column, sports reporter Mike McIntyre says there’s no reason for Jets fans to panic despite their inconsistent start to the season and a disappointing loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday. READ MORE
On this date
On Oct. 26, 1954: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the U.S. Secretary of State felt the recent agreement signed in Paris would achieve a strong, unified Western European defence against possible aggression from the Soviet Union. British prime minister Winston Churchill rejected a Russian proposal to discuss the reunification of Germany. Winnipeg’s city council agreed to send nine identical Hydro tenders to the provincial Justice minister for an investigation to a possible combine — a deliberate cooperation of commercial interests to control prices — in the hydroelectric industry. READ MORE
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