What you need to know
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSLetty Lawrence, creator of the Loved and Were Loved project, with the piece in honour of David Leland Bawlf, who was an 18 year old student who lived at 11 Kennedy Street and died in the First World War on April 21, 1918. The project honours soldiers who lived in the communities and died in the world wars.
Poignant project: Fabric artist Letty Lawrence and her friends are placing hundreds of banners across the city to commemorate nearly 900 soldiers who died during the First World War, which ended 100 years ago next month. “Sometimes, I think I’m crazy, but I am passionate about this,” she told Kevin Rollason. “I just had to do it.” READ MORE
Vigil for victims: A Winnipeg vigil for the 11 people killed in a mass shooting at Pittsburgh is happening at the Shaarey Zedek synagogue at 7 p.m. Earlier today, U.S. President Donald Trump is visiting the area of the shooting to “express the support of the American people and to grieve with the Pittsburgh community.” READ MORE
Meth money: The provincial government is negotiating for millions of dollars in federal funds for improved treatment to help people struggling with methamphetamine and opioid addictions. Provinces must match the amount Ottawa provides. Jessica Botelho-Urbanski reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: It will be sunny this morning and cloudy this afternoon with a high of 7 C, a 30 per cent chance of showers in the afternoon and wind from the west at 20 km/h gusting to 40.
What’s happening today
Matt Goerzen / The Brandon SunMembers of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers in Brandon fly the union colours and take to the picket line on Monday morning outside the Canada Post facility on Douglas Street in Brandon.
Still on strike: A rotating strike by postal workers continues in Winnipeg and Brandon. The strike hit Montreal last night and remains in effect in several communities in Ontario and British Columbia, as well as in Manitoba. Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
Day for the driven: An estimated 16,000 students and educators are expected to fill Bell-MTS Place today for We Day, billed as the world’s largest youth empowerment event. Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is among the speakers. Alexandra Paul reports. READ MORE
Critic speaks out: Russian journalist and activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Putin critic who has been poisoned twice, is speaking at an event at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights tonight. “The only thing we ask of our friends in the West, including here in Canada, is that you stay true to your own values,” he says. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Oct. 30, 1974: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Manitoba drivers under the age of 25 would likely face higher Autopac premiums as the result of a proposed surcharge on younger drivers. Former U.S. president Richard Nixon was in critical condition after going into shock and experiencing internal bleeding after surgery for phlebitis. Thirty-two of 34 passengers perished in an aircraft crash on Byam Martin Island in the high Arctic.
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