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Mainly cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of showers. Wind becoming north at 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning. High 5 C. UV index 1 or low.
What’s happening today
It’s Halloween, and the Free Press Arts reporters have a selection of what’s up for the spooky holiday. Don’t feel like going out? That’s OK too — curl up with some recommended horror, dread and other terrifically creepy books.
It’s your last chance to visit Boo at the Zoo tonoight. (Brook Jones/ Free Press)
It’s also Game 6 of the World Series, starting at 7 p.m. The City of Toronto and Blue Jays fans are gearing up for buzzing crowds to fill the streets tonight as the team looks to win the World Series for the first time in more than 30 years.
The visiting Blue Jays defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-1 on Wednesday, giving the Jays a 3-2 series lead heading into Game 6.
The Jays will now look to hoist the Commissioner’s Trophy in front of a sold-out crowd at Toronto’s Rogers Centre and millions of fans watching across Canada tonight, with Game 7 set for Saturday if necessary. The Canadian Press reports.
Toronto Blue Jays fans celebrate after Game 5 of baseball’s World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers Wednesday in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis / The Associated Press)
Today’s must-read
Tessa Blaikie Whitecloud, who was appointed to lead the province’s high-profile strategy to end chronic homelessness, has resigned only 10 months into the job.
Blaikie Whitecloud confirmed Thursday that she’s given notice and will leave her position as Premier Wab Kinew’s senior adviser on the Your Way Home strategy at the end of November.
She’s accepted a position as president and CEO of the Collaborative Housing Alliance Real Estate Investment Trust.
Earlier this month, True North Sports & Entertainment — the company that owns the Winnipeg Jets and Canada Life Centre — announced it was investing $5 million in the trust, joining Paul and Anne Mahon, who are contributing $2 million through the Mahon Family Foundation. Carol Sanders has the story.
Tessa Blaikie Whitecloud is set to leave her position as the premier’s Senior Advisor on Ending Chronic Homelessness at the end of November. (Mike Deal / Free Press files)
On the bright side
When it was founded in 1925, St. Mary the Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in the North End was a welcoming and helpful place for immigrants seeking new lives in Canada.
As the church celebrates its centennial, it is still welcoming and helping Ukrainians fleeing war in their homeland. “Helping each other never stops,” Eugene Hyworon, co-chair of the cathedral’s centennial committee, said.
A centennial gala will be held Saturday.
Church members have been helping Ukrainian newcomers with English lessons, and to find jobs, deal with income tax, register their children for school, get health cards and find doctors. The church also operates a food bank they can use. John Longhurst has more here.
Eugene Hyworon, co-chair of St. Mary the Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral’s centennial celebration (Sheldon Birnie / Community Review)
On this date
On Oct. 31, 1975: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in Ottawa, the federal government backed down on some measures in its bitterly dispute wage and price controls program. Negotiations aimed at ending the nationwide stirke of inside postal works appeared to take a turn for the better. In Winnipeg, arson was suspected in a fire that caused extensive damage to J.H. Bruns Collegiate. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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