Your forecast
Sunny, becoming a mix of sun and cloud this morning. Wind becoming south at 20 km/h this afternoon. High 17 C, wind chill -4 this morning. UV index 3 or moderate.
What’s happening today
At Little Brown Jug (336 William Ave.), they’re throwing an Oktoberfest-style party. The event will feature a German-style sit-down dinner of bratwurst, soft pretzels and more, including seasonal brews and live Bavarian-themed tunes. Tickets are $50 plus fees and include a 34-ounce Oktoberfest stein, a beer, dinner and entry into the brewery; there are two sittings (5-7 p.m. and 7:30-9:30 p.m.); guests are welcome to come early or stay late to keep the party going. For more info and to get tickets see wfp.to/Cfl.
Prairie writers, illustrators and publishers are hoping to draw big crowds over the weekend at the Prairie Comics Festival. Things kick off at McNally Robinson Booksellers’ Grant Park location tonight at 7 p.m., where a whole pile of creators will help local imprint HighWater Press launch a half-dozen new graphic novels with an emphasis on Indigenous themes.
The festival continues throughout the weekend. All events are free; for a complete list of exhibitors, writers and artists participating, see prairiecomics.com.
Author and filmmaker Sonya Ballantyne (Supplied)
Today’s must-read
In the opening minutes of Karsten Wall’s short film, Modern Goose, a flock of geese arrives in a cacophony of honks, barks, cackles and splashes, as it touches down in a human-made pond behind an outlet mall. The ruckus blends with the hum of traffic as they waddle under the neon glow of billboards and parking lot lights, picking at patches of grass and dodging vehicles in the drive-thru lane.
It’s a scene that would feel familiar in most Canadian cities, where geese have become ubiquitous to daily life. As it happens, these geese are Winnipeggers, descendants of a historically significant flock once thought to have disappeared altogether.
Sitting at a bistro table outside a Winnipeg coffee shop, Wall gets a little bashful describing the 18 months he spent watching, recording and learning from the oft-misunderstood giant Canada goose. “I got pretty obsessed with trying to tell their story,” he says. Julia-Simone Rutgers has the story.
Once nearly extinct, the giant Canada goose is now considered over-abundant in Manitoba. (John Woods / Free Press)
On the bright side
A 31-year-long treasure hunt that drew in thousands of enthusiasts across France appeared to have come to an end Thursday, after official social media accounts linked to the search said the token needed to claim the grand prize had been found.
The hunt, “On the Trail of the Golden Owl,” was based on a book of riddles published in 1993. Participants had to solve 11 puzzles in the book — and a 12th one that was hidden — to decipher the exact location of the token. The Associated Press has more here.
On this date
On Oct. 4, 1971: The Winnipeg Free Press reported Winnipegger Reinhard Klein bought an Irish Sweepstakes ticket and forgot about it for two months — but it turned out to be the winning ticket for the top prize on the Irish sweeps run on the Cambridgeshire Handicap run in Newmarket, England, making him and his family $120,000 richer. Two candidates in the mayoral election, including incumbent Stephen Juba, missed the last town-hall event before election day. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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