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Thanks Jimmy Carter: A new report from Habitat for Humanity Manitoba suggests the Jimmy Carter Work Project in July, in which the former U.S. president and his team helped build Winnipeg houses for needy people, will spin off more than $40 million in benefits to Winnipeg. Kelly Taylor reports. READ MORE
Your forecast: Even if wearing a hat will muss your nice hair, you won’t regret wearing one today. The high will only be 2 C with wind from north at 40 km/h, gusting to 60. The overnight low will be -7.
In case you missed it
BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSCheppudira Gopalkrishna says his request for help to die has been delayed.
Assisted dying: The Misericordia Health Centre, a faith-based hospital that doesn’t provide medically-assisted dying, is being accused of not helping a patient reach out to officials outside of the hospital who will provide the service. Jane Gerster reports. READ MORE
Hockey coach dies: The coach for the Sanford Sabres, a female high school hockey team, was killed in a single vehicle collision on Wednesday. Kelly Kabernick, 44, died when he lost control of his pickup truck and it rolled at about 7:30 a.m. about five kilometres southwest of La Salle. He had twin daughters on the team. Bill Redekop reports. READ MORE
Up next
Climate plan coming today: Premier Brian Pallister has promised to unveil his government’s carbon pricing and climate-change proposals today. His pronouncements will be well watched, especially because Manitoba’s auditor general, Norm Ricard, said there continue to be “gaps” in the province’s “planning, monitoring and reporting processes” for climate-change initiatives.
Bundle up for game: Bomber fans are eagerly awaiting the 3 p.m. Saturday rematch with the B.C. Lions at Investors Group Field and the game-day forecast calls for weather that can best be termed eventful. Periods of rain. Periods of snow. Periods of sun. Periods of cloud. The high will be 4 C.
Around the water cooler
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Wait times drop: Drastic changes in the province’s health care system are already paying off, according to the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority. Officials said at a press conference on Thursday median wait times in the city’s ERs and urgent-care centres dropped 28 per cent during the first three weeks of October. Jane Gerster reports. READ MORE
Jets nail-biter: One team has won back-to-back Stanley Cups. The other team didn’t make the playoffs last year. Yet, the Winnipeg Jets pushed the Pittsburgh Penguins to overtime last night before losing 2-1. The nail-biter sets the stage for a rematch in Winnipeg on Sunday. Mike Sawatzky is in in Pittsburgh. READ MORE
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#JFKFiles: Thousands of documents concerning the assassination of former U.S. president John F. Kennedy were made public Thursday, according to preparations to release them in place for 25 years, but current U.S. President Donald Trump held back hundreds of others, citing national security concerns. READ MORE
On this date
On Oct. 27, 1975: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that three cities in the United States — New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C. — were hit by a total of 12 nearly simultaneous explosions as a result of bombs that a Puerto Rican separatist group took responsibility for. Winnipeg police sought a suspect in the homicide of a St. Vital woman whose body was found in a bathtub. The number of cases of battered babies seen by physicians at Winnipeg’s Children’s Centre had increased fivefold over the previous six years. READ MORE
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