Your forecast
A mix of sun and cloud, clearing this morning. Wind from the south at 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming west 20 early this afternoon. High 19 C. UV index 3 or moderate.
What’s happening today
The Winnipeg Jets open the season at home against the Dallas Stars, starting at 7 p.m. Read Ken Wiebe and Mike McIntyre’s pre-game coverage as the puck drops on the Jets’ 15th season.
Winnipeg Jets forward Jonathan Toews (left) battles defenceman Josh Morrissey for the puck during training camp. Toews is on track to suit up for the season opener today. (Mike Deal / Free Press)
The Royal Winnipeg Ballet production of Hansel & Gretel opens tonight at the Centennial Concert Hall featuring the work of New Zealand costume and set designer Kate Hawley. Jen Zoratti has a preview here.
Siam Saito and Julianna Generoux perform in Hansel & Gretel, which runs at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Thursday to Sunday. (David Cooper photo)
Winnipeg author Cale Plett launches their debut YA novel Wavelength tonight at 7 p.m. at McNally Robinson’s Grant Park location and will be joined in conversation by Teresa Horosko, writer and executive director of Folk On the Rocks music festival in Yellowknife, N.W.T.
Today’s must-read
The Manitoba Bar Association says Premier Wab Kinew has undermined judicial independence by criticizing a judge’s decision to release a trucker on bail.
“It’s completely inappropriate,” said association president Stacey Soldier, who called out the premier and Tory Opposition Leader Obby Khan for speaking about the case. “It affects the rule of law in a way that it really shouldn’t. We’re committed to independence of the judiciary and the principle that justice has to be free from political interference.” Tyler Searle has the story.
Premier Wab Kinew is being criticized for undermining the independence of the courts after he spoke out against a bail decision in the legislature on Wednesday. (Mike Deal / Free Press files)
On the bright side
Samantha Law was skeptical at first when her teenage daughter, Drew, told her she was considering a career as a welder. “Male-dominated” and “dirty” were the words that came to mind when she pictured the profession.
Wanting Drew to make an informed choice, Law accompanied her to a career fair at the Manitoba Institute of Trades and Technology campus on Henlow Bay on Wednesday. The career fair gave women ages 18 and older the opportunity to try their hands at four trades, including carpentry and electrical applications.
While Drew, 19, was in one part of the school learning about welding, Law was in another room exploring what it means to be a millwright. The 39-yearold, who works at a turkey hatchery, listened to a 25-minute presentation by MITT instructor Mike Williams and then, with Williams’ guidance, used a lathe to make a brass ring.
Recent discussions with Drew, coupled with her experience at the career fair, had Law considering a career change. The job opportunities in the trades, the paycheques and potential to specialize in a craft are attractive to her. Aaron Epp has the story here.
Samantha Law makes a brass ring on a lathe while being supervised by industrial mechanic/millwright instructor Mike Williams at the Manitoba Institute of Trades and Technology LauncHER into Trades event Wednesday. (Mike Deal / Free Press)
On this date
On Oct. 9, 1952: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in Harrow, England, the death toll in a triple train crash rose to 94 with many still trapped as rescue workers searched through two splintered coaches at the bottom of a 50-foot mound of debris. North of Seoul, South Korean troops stormed through a hail of fire and drove Chinese forces from atop White Horse Hill. A formal cabinet-approved offer of purchase for Winnipeg Electric Company power assets would be put to shareholders in the coming week. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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