This morning
Manitoban recounts massacre: Two Manitoba women were are recovering from gunshot wounds after surviving the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. Friends Jody Ansell of Stonewall and Jan Lambourne of Teulon were at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas when gunfire rang out, killing at least 59 people. “I just had it in my head I needed to get out. I needed to get back to my family. I just kept thinking of my kids and I just took off,” Ansell says. Bill Redekop reports. READ MORE
Your forecast: It will be increasingly cloudy today, with a high of 12 C and a 30 per cent chance of showers late this morning.
In case you missed it
WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSThe urgent care department at the Misericordia Health Centre welcomed its final patients on Monday.
Mourning the Miz: For decades, the Misericordia’s cross was a neon beacon for thousands of area residents, Melissa Martin writes. Its urgent care centre closed permanently Monday, but that didn’t stop people from trickling in, some of them not knowing it was shutting down that night. READ MORE
Plan in place at Polo Park: Polo Park’s general manager says he’s confident it will be able to fill the space left vacant when its Sears store shuts down, but it’s too soon to say if the mall’s owner will see another anchor tenant or a number of different tenants. “I think it’s probably going to likely be a combination of them both,” Peter Havens says. READ MORE
Calls for review of lawsuit lapse: Two city councillors are calling for reviews of the botched lawsuit that has left the city on the hook for millions of dollars. Coun. Scott Gillingham says an outside legal firm should be hired to determine if there’s a way to recover part of the cost of needed repairs to the Deacon Reservoir water-treatment plant. Aldo Santin reports. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan HaywardWinnipeg Jets left wing Andrew Ladd and Jets part-owner David Thomson smile as they pose with the rest of the Jets during the 2011 team photo. Only five players from the team’s season opening match against the Montreal Canadiens remain on the team.
Soaring expectations: When the Winnipeg Jets open their season Wednesday night, only four members of the relocated Atlanta Thrashers will be on the roster. Jason Bell examines how far the team has come after six seasons fraught with growing pains. READ MORE
Fans fed up: Many NFL fans are clearly sick of anthem protests by players, proving politics and sports don’t mix, Paul Wiecek says. Calgary voters likely feel the same way after Gary Bettman, the NHL’s “profoundly unlikable” commissioner, intervened in the Flames’ bid for a new arena, Wiecek writes. READ MORE
Up next
Benefit bash: A benefit concert is taking place tonight to raise funds to support the widow of Errol Greene, an epileptic inmate who died at the Winnipeg Remand Centre in May 2016. John K. Samson will be among the performers at the West End Cultural Centre. READ MORE
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Amy Harris / Invision / The Associated Press FilesTom Petty
Tom Petty: The legendary rocker has died at the age of 66. Petty was known for many hits with his band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, such as “Free Fallin,’ “Refugee,” “I Won’t Back Down” and “American Girl,” as well as for contributing his talents to rock supergroup The Travelling Wilburys. Petty died Monday night at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles a day after he suffered cardiac arrest at his home in Malibu, Cal. READ MORE
On this date
On Oct. 3, 1912: The Manitoba Free Press reported that four Balkan states (Macedonia, Albania, Servia and Crete) were to issue an ultimatum demanding their independence to Turkey, with pressure on other European powers, a development that was seen as likely to forestall war. In Ottawa, experts said that the feeling that sewage should not be dumped into lakes was “sentimental” though a survey of effects should be taken on the Canadian side of the border as had been done on the U.S. side. READ MORE
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