Free Press Head Start for Oct. 7

Good morning.

News that a group of investigators not affiliated with any law-enforcement agency claim to have solved one of crime’s greatest mysteries — the identity of the Zodiac Killer, who terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1960s and ’70s — has been met with skepticism. It appears The Associated Press, New York Times and Washington Post did not report on the claim. (As someone who has long been fascinated by the case, I’m definitely not convinced.) Public interest in the Zodiac Killer has endured, partially fuelled by a 2007 film and other claims to have determined the killer’s identity. One of his ciphers was solved in 2020, 51 years after it was sent to a newspaper.

— Adam Treusch, assignment editor

What’s happening today

CPAn injured man is treated in a tent set up at a hospital after an earthquake in Harnai, Pakistan. (Arshad Butt / The Associated Press)

Killed in quake: The death toll from a powerful earthquake that hit southwest Pakistan has increased to at least 23. READ MORE

Author awarded Nobel: Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah has been awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. The prizes for outstanding work in the fields of peace and economics will be announced later this week. READ MORE

Weather

Your forecast: Sunny with a high of 26 C, humidex of 28 and wind from the south at 30 km/h gusting to 50. Temperatures records were set in some Manitoba communities on Tuesday, and more records were expected to be set Wednesday. Julia-Simone Rutgers reports. READ MORE

In case you missed it

CPWinnipeg Jets' Nikolaj Ehlers celebrates his second goal of the night against the Calgary Flames with Evgeny Svechnikov, Dominic Toninato and Nathan Beaulieu in the third period on Wednesda. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

CPWinnipeg Jets’ Nikolaj Ehlers celebrates his second goal of the night against the Calgary Flames with Evgeny Svechnikov, Dominic Toninato and Nathan Beaulieu in the third period on Wednesda. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

Jets douse Flames: The Winnipeg Jets beat the Calgary Flames in their final game of the pre-season at Canada Life Centre. Jason Bell reports. READ MORE

State’s abortion law suspended: A U.S. federal judge has ordered Texas to suspend the restrictive abortion law that took effect last month. State officials said they will seek a reversal from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which previously allowed the controversial restrictions. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE

Medical marijuana growers: A City of Winnipeg proposal calls for council to impose new rules requiring people growing medical marijuana on someone else’s behalf to obtain a business licence and operate indoors only within manufacturing zones. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE

High-rise fire: One person was taken to hospital after a fire in a high-rise apartment building on Hargrave Street on Wednesday evening. READ MORE

On this date

On Oct. 7, 1940: The Winnipeg Free Press reported Canada’s war strategy would change from concentrating on mobilizing Canadians to fight overseas in the Second World War to give equal attention to getting the country’s industries up to speed to produce materials and equipment. Germany massed heavily armed troops in Rumania, and more were expected to be airlifted in. British bombers struck German positions from the Netherlands to France in a series of daylight raids.

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