Your forecast
Snow ending this morning then cloudy, with 30 per cent chance of showers or flurries late this afternoon. Wind from the north at 20 km/h gusting to 40. Expected high is 3 C, wind chill -8 this morning. Erik Pindera has more on the snowfall warnings issued for many parts of southern Manitoba.
What’s happening today
Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard is expected to continue testifying in his own defence today at his sexual assault trial in Toronto. The Canadian Press reports.
From left: Lawyer Brian Greenspan , Justice Robert Goldstein and Peter Nygard attend Nygard’s sexual assault trial in Toronto on Wednesday. (Alexandra Newbould / The Canadian Press)
The Winnipeg Jets face the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena, starting at 6 p.m. Ken Wiebe has a story on Jets defenceman Nate Schmidt’s return to the ice.
Nate Schmidt at training camp in September. (John Woods / The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
A Winnipeg wheelchair user is raising concerns about bureaucracy within Manitoba’s home care program, after an electric lift was approved for him, taken away over unexplained safety issues, and then reinstated after he publicly complained. Katie May has the story.
Jean Marcoux and his wife, Gisele. Before the portable lift, Marcoux said he was stuck for 12 hours or more in his wheelchair or in his bed. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On Oct. 26, 1953: The Winnipeg Free Press reported a preliminary informal request for financial aid in carrying out a Greater Winnipeg metropolitan area study had been turned down by the provincial government. The investigation, being carried out by the 15 municipalities of Greater Winnipeg, was set to cost around $25,000. Chief of police Charles MacIvor would retire from the Winnipeg force on Nov. 4. In Britain, an unauthorized strike by petrol truck drivers, which had begun a week earlier, ended. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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