Your forecast
Periods of rain, amount 15 to 25 mm. Wind from the south at 30 km/h gusting to 50. Temperature falling to 9 C this afternoon.
What’s happening today
The Los Angeles Dodgers have the Toronto Blue Jays right where they want them in the World Series — at home for three games in three days.
Tied 1-1, the best-of-seven series resumes tonight, when the Dodgers will be backed by their raucous fans in a bid to become the first team to win consecutive championships since the New York Yankees won three from 1998-2000. The Associated Press reports.
A Toronto Blue Jays fan cheers ahead of Game 2 of the World Series playoff against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Toronto on Saturday. (Frank Gunn / The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
Manitoba received the worst grade among provinces, territories and the federal government from a conservative think tank for transparency on how it taxes and spends.
The province received a D- in the C.D. Howe Institute report Making the Grade: The Fiscal Accountability Report Card for Canada’s Senior Governments, 2025. Alberta topped the class with an A+ for budgets, estimates and public accounts that were timely, accessible and reliable. The federal government earned a D for lateness and obscure presentations in its budget and estimates.
Manitoba scored low for the timeliness of its budget, estimates and public accounts. Its financial statements received multiple qualifications from the auditor general and it restated its budget projections in its public accounts. Carol Sanders has the story.
The Manitoba Legislative Building (John Woods / The Canadian Press files)
On the bright side
If Funmilayo Adewusi were to write the story of her life, she says New Journey Housing would be an essential part of it.
“They helped me and my two daughters with everything,” said the 40-year-old Nigerian immigrant, who arrived in Winnipeg in early 2024.
New Journey is one of five organizations that support low-income Manitobans at risk of being homeless as well as those who have just arrived in the province.
The groups received nearly $900,000 in one-time grants last week from a $20-million endowment fund created by the province with the Winnipeg Foundation last year. Scott Billeck has more here.
Funmilayo Adewusi (centre) says New Journey Housing helped make getting settled in Canada easier for her and her daughters Awesome, 9, (left) and Racheal, 13. (Brook Jones / Free Press)
On this date
On Oct. 27, 1925: The Manitoba Free Press reported a prominent 80-year-old horse and cattle dealer was struck and killed by an auto truck at the corner of Maryland Street and Broadway. A Winnipeg taxi driver was found dead in his car in East St. Paul; his injuries indicated he had been attacked. In Atlanta, Ga., a man fell asleep in a bed of setting concrete and awoke to find himself encased in it; he was chiselled free by doctors. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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