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CPLiberal Leader Justin Trudeau speaks during a press conference after meeting Governor General Julie Payette at Rideau Hall to call an election in Ottawa on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
A matter of debate: The first leaders’ debate of the federal election campaign will take place in Toronto tonight, but Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau won’t be there. Meanwhile, the prime minister’s election plane was damaged when a media bus drove under one of its wings Wednesday night. READ MORE
Mansion’s fate: The owner of the company that’s seeking to demolish a Wellington Crescent mansion will appear before the city’s property and development committee today to appeal the decision to nominate Crescentwood as a heritage conservation district. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of drizzle or showers this morning and early this afternoon, with rain beginning in the mid-afternoon. About 5 mm of precipitation is expected. The high is 13 C, with wind from the northeast at 30 km/h gusting to 50 all day.
What’s happening today
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESAccording to MPI data, nine cyclists and 27 pedestrians were killed in collisions on Winnipeg streets between 2013 and 2018.
Road safety strategy: Two days after the ninth pedestrian death of the year on the streets of Winnipeg, members of a committee will get an update on the city’s road safety strategy. Ben Waldman reports. READ MORE
Court hearing continues: The province is set to make submissions at a court hearing. The Manitoba Metis Federation is seeking to quash a decision depriving it of $82 million in Manitoba Hydro development compensation. Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
On same stage: The top candidates for the Democratic nomination for U.S. president will debate for the first time in Houston tonight. With so many candidates, previous debates took place over two nights. READ MORE
In case you missed it
PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSWinnipeg Jets’ Mark Scheifele dropped by the ICE dressing room with a rack of suits for the WHL team’s players, Wednesday.
Sartorial surprise: Jason Bell has a story on Jets star Mark Scheifele surprising young Winnipeg Ice players with new suits. READ MORE
Guilty plea: A B.C. man has pleaded guilty in a hit-and-run crash that killed Marlene Eusanio, 62, on Marion Street in 2017. Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
Workplace misconduct: Eight city employees have been fired and seven have been suspended after the city investigated misconduct by building inspectors, but no senior managers responsible for managing them have been disciplined. Aldo Santin and Ryan Thorpe report. READ MORE
On this date
On Sept. 12, 1947: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the beating death of a St. Boniface youth, 19-year-old Leo Lamontagne, triggered a round-the-clock manhunt to find the person responsible; Free Press staff artist Peter Kuch aided police in preparing a drawing of the suspect. Manitoba’s attorney general, a liquor commission spokesman and an enforcement officer denied a charge by a leading United Church clergyman that illicit liquor was being mixed in drinks in Winnipeg’s cocktail bars. One of the Soviet Union’s better known military scientists admitted the ICBM was not “the ultimate weapon” and was capable of being stopped. READ MORE
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