What’s happening today
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSThe COVID-19 mobile testing centre, currently located at Portage and Erin. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press)
COVID-19 crisis: Dr. Brent Roussin, Manitoba’s chief public health officer, is scheduled to hold one of his twice-weekly news conferences on the pandemic this afternoon. The provincial government announced 74 new cases of COVID-19 and two new deaths this weekend. Katie May reports. READ MORE
President ignores precautions: U.S. President Donald Trump’s medical team said Sunday he could be released from the Walter Reed medical centre as early as today. Later Sunday, Trump briefly left the hospital to wave to supporters from inside an SUV with the windows rolled up. “This is insanity,” said Dr. James P. Phillips, an attending physician at Walter Reed and a critic of Trump. “Every single person in the vehicle during that completely unnecessary presidential ‘drive-by’ just now has to be quarantined for 14 days. They might get sick. They may die.” The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Prestigious prize: Two Americans and a British scientist who works at the University of Alberta were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology today for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus. Michael Houghton is director of the university’s Li Ka Shing Applied Virology Institute. READ MORE
Inmate escapes: Police are searching for an inmate who escaped from the minimum-security unit at Stony Mountain Institution on Sunday. Aban Galin, 45, is serving a three-year sentence for gun and drug offences. READ MORE
Second NFL game postponed: An NFL game scheduled for Sunday was postponed to this evening after New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton and a player on the Kansas City Chiefs’ practice squad tested positive for COVID-19. Another game that had been scheduled for Sunday was postponed till later this season because of an outbreak in the Tennessee Titans organization. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly cloudy with a 60 per cent chance of showers this morning and early this afternoon, a high of 18 C and peak winds from the northwest at 30 km/h gusting to 50 beginning in the early afternoon.
In case you missed it
Jesse Boily / Winnipeg Free PressDarcy Ataman will occasionally take a gig in commercial music production, but his focus is on Make Music Matter, even as some sessions have been paused during the pandemic.
Sound of survivors: In the latest instalment of ‘Our Province, Our people,’ Danielle Da Silva profiles Darcy Ataman, who founded a charity and a music therapy program for survivors of sexual violence. READ MORE
Emotional journey: Shelley Cook’s latest column is about her journey from frustration to acceptance while waiting in line for nearly five hours to get tested for COVID-19. READ MORE
On this date
On Oct. 5, 1961: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the Winnipeg was looking at ending free bus riding privileges for police officers and firefighters, as well as a fare increase; adult fares currently stood at 10 cents per ride. A survey for the federal agricultural department said cash farm income was expected to drop after Christmas with dwindling grain deliveries. In Melbourne, doubts were expressed about China’s ability to pay for wheat purchased from Australia. A group of doctors were caught by East Berlin police as they tried to escape to West Berlin in the night.
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