What’s happening today
FILE – This Oct. 23, 2021, file photo, shows the Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe, N.M., where actor Alec Baldwin pulled the trigger on a prop gun while filming “Rust” and unwittingly killed a cinematographer and injured a director. Experts predict a tremendous legal fallout. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Investigation’s initial findings: A county sheriff and district attorney in New Mexico will hold a news conference to discuss the initial findings of an investigation into the movie-set death in which Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
COVID-19 news conference: Manitoba health officials will hold their weekly news conference regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. The news conferences were held on Mondays until last week. The province reported 73 new infections on Tuesday. READ MORE
Economic outlook: The Bank of Canada will provide an updated forecast for the domestic economy this morning. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Braves overcome injury: The Atlanta Braves lead the World Series 1-0 after winning their first Fall Classic game since 1996. They beat the Astros in Houston last night despite starting pitcher Charlie Morton suffering a broken leg. Game 2 is tonight. READ MORE
Court case continues: Lawyers for Indigenous child-welfare agencies argued in court Tuesday that the Manitoba government misappropriated more than $250 million meant for Indigenous children in care. The civil trial continues though Friday. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Cloudy with periods of rain beginning later this morning, with about to 5 to 10 mm in total, a high of 9 C and wind from the south at 30 km/h.
In case you missed it
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESTobias Tissen at a protest against pandemic restrictions in May.
Pastor still at protests: A pastor who was recently arrested and released on bail for violating pandemic health orders has since attended anti-lockdown and anti-vaccine protests, and preached at one in Winkler on Sunday. Katie May reports. READ MORE
Not a member, man says: New Democrats have filed a formal complaint with Manitoba’s elections commissioner after a man says he received a ballot to vote for the next Progressive Conservative leader despite not being a member of that party. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
‘Sheds light’ on RCMP’s actions: The chairman of the Keewatin Tribal Council says a video of an RCMP officer shooting a First Nations man in Thompson is “very disturbing.” Danielle Da Silva reports. READ MORE
Still kicking: Valour FC kept their playoff hopes alive by winning their final home game of the regular season last night. Taylor Allen reports. READ MORE
Afternoon assault: Winnipeg police are expected to release information today about an assault that happened in the North Point Douglas area on Tuesday afternoon. READ MORE
On this date
On Oct. 27, 1943: The Winnipeg Free Press reported Canadian troops in Gen. Montgomery’s 5th Army bore the brunt of fighting along the Allied front in the Vinchiaturo area of Italy. In eastern Europe, the Germans hurled waves of tanks into a roaring street battle in Krivoi Rog in a desperate attempt to hold open an escape gap for 500,000 fleeing troops threatened with annihilation in the Dnieper bulge. In Winnipeg, the Victory Loan ceremony featured the attestation of 18-year-old Dorothy Myrtle Shortreed into the Air Force, the 15,000th woman to join the service.
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