Your forecast
Sunny, with wind from the southeast a 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light late this afternoon. High 15 C, UV index 2 or low.
What’s happening today
Saskatchewan residents will be casting their votes in today’s election as they decide who will form the next provincial government.
Scott Moe’s Saskatchewan Party is seeking a fifth-straight majority after 17 years in office, while Carla Beck’s NDP is looking to take back government for the first time since 2007. The Canadian Press has more here.
The Saskatchewan Legislative Building in Regina (Heywood Yu / The Canadian Press files)
Petit Magasin, an independent art show featuring more than 20 artists from across Canada, continues until Nov. 10 at Hut K furniture and design store, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Hosted by Meg Greenlay of Meg Does Pottery and Nina Quark of Hut K, this marks the 10th Petit Magasin show in five years.
Petit Magasin hosts Meg Greenlay and Nina Quark (Supplied)
Today’s must-read
Ariel Martes’s family moved from Brazil to Winnipeg six years ago to build a new life, in part out of concern over violence in their home country.
But the family of four’s sense of safety in East Kildonan was rocked earlier this month when the 22-year-old man was robbed and slashed with a machete at Roch Street and Helmsdale Avenue, despite handing over all of what his two assailants demanded.
The attack left him with damaged tendons in his left hand and a deep gash just below the left knee, injuries he’s slowly recovering from. Erik Pindera and Tyler Searle have the story.
Ariel Martes was on his way home from his job as a server at a hotel, shortly after midnight on Oct. 11 when he was attacked. (John Woods / Free Press)
On the bright side
When it comes to Variety, the Children’s Charity of Manitoba, Dustin Ready is willing and able.
For more than a decade, Ready has volunteered for the charity, which provides programs, services and specialized equipment to children living with permanent disability or economic disadvantage. Aaron Epp has more here.
Variety volunteer Dustin Ready (Ruth Bonneville / Free press)
On this date
On Oct. 28, 1925: The Manitoba Free Press reported after two aldermen changed their votes on a third reading of a bylaw for the purchase of the Winnipeg Electric railway’s traction system, the matter would be sent back to committee. French representatives who had arrived in Jerusalem from Damascus said they thought at least 1,000 people had been killed during rioting in the Syrian capital, but could not give a definitive estimate. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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