Federal election
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau will face off against five other party leaders tonight in the election’s last English-language debate. (Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian Press files)
A matter of debate: Six federal leaders will face off in a debate for the first time in Gatineau, Que., beginning at 6 p.m. CT this evening. It’s also the last leaders’ debate in English and the first to include the People’s Party of Canada’s Maxime Bernier. The six leaders will debate again in French on Thursday. READ MORE
‘We want to be involved’: Younger voters will make up the largest voting bloc in this month’s election. Dylan Robertson reports on their views, and efforts to convince them to cast ballots. READ MORE
Platform’s confrontational tone: If re-elected, the Liberals plan to take a hard line in response to what they see as provincial foot-dragging on eliminating internal trade barriers and identifying priority infrastructure projects, The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny with an above-average high of 17 C and peak winds from the south at 20 km/h gusting to 40 beginning early this afternoon.
In case you missed it
Winnipeg Jets coach Paul Maurice elected to start Laurent Brossoit (left) over Connor Hellebuyck (right) against the Islanders on Sunday. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Brossoit back in net: Only three games into the NHL season, the seeds for a controversy over who should be starting in goal for the Jets have been sown, Mike McIntyre writes in his latest column. READ MORE
Radical recommendations: A California professor and author will be in Winnipeg this week to discuss his vision for revolutionizing parking in large cities, Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
‘It’s a lot of money’: In his latest column, Niigaan Sinclair says a journalist’s questions to federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh at a campaign announcement this weekend reminds us how humanity for Indigenous people “is negotiable” in Canada. READ MORE
On this date
Oct. 7, 1939: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that in order to avoid a great war, Adolf Hitler might approach U.S. president Roesevelt to act as mediator and propose an armistice. The British government called Hitler’s peace proposals offensive. German planes capable of attacking merchant ships were spotted in the North sea. The New York Yankees beat the Cincinnati Red 7-3 to take a 3-0 lead in the World Series. READ MORE
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