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Pallister on premiums: Premier Brian Pallister won’t say how much Manitobans might pay if his Tory government introduces health-care premiums, dismissing questions about the amount as “hypothetical.” Loren Remillard of the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce says if Manitoba used a system such as British Columbia’s, it would result in average fees of about $900 per adult. Jane Gerster and Larry Kusch report. READ MORE
Your forecast: It will be cloudy today, with a high of 14 C, rain beginning near noon and wind from the northeast at 40 km/h gusting to 60 this evening.
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MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESConstruction continues around protesters who have been camped out on the Parker lands development site since July 14.
Protesters ordered off property: A Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench judge has sided with developers and issued a court order forcing protesters trying to prevent clear-cutting of trees on the Parker lands site to leave. The protesters must get off the property by 6 p.m. today, Justice James Edmond ruled. Katie May reports. READ MORE
On hold after hire: Steve Kirby, the jazz professor who was hired by the prestigious Berklee College of Music despite leaving the University of Manitoba amid allegations of sexual harassment, is on leave from the Boston institution pending “review and assessment.” Kirby, a bassist who has played and performed with the likes of Wynton Marsalis, was hired by Berklee to teach music composition. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
Safe spaces: The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is exploring the idea of safe-consumption spaces, which are similar to supervised injection sites, where people use illegal drugs. “We want to understand what their needs are in a variety of different harm-reduction aspects, and that includes safe-consumption spaces,” medical director of health Dr. Joss Reimer says of addicts. Jane Gerster and Dylan Robertson report. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
Mike O’Shea discusses the season and what he plans to do going into the post-season during a press conference three days after losing to the B.C. Lions in the playoffs in 2016. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)
A football life: Jeff Hamilton profiles Winnipeg Blue Bombers Head Coach Mike O’Shea’s path from growing up in North Bay, Ont., to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. O’Shea, a linebacker who played more games than any other defensive player, was inducted as a player earlier this week. READ MORE
Up next
PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS filesGarden Hill Chief Dino Flett (left) welcomes Lloyd and Margaret Little at a Red Cross reception area at Canad Inns Polo Park for refugees fleeing norther fires in Manitoba on Aug. 30.
Heading home: Evacuees from Garden Hill First Nation are returning today to the isolated Island Lake community, which had been threatened by wildfire. There are more than 2,700 Garden Hill evacuees registered with the Red Cross, most of whom are staying in hotels in Winnipeg, Brandon and Portage la Prairie. It will take a few days before all of them are back home. About 40 Garden Hill residents went home Thursday to prepare for the return of the remaining evacuees. Scott Emmerson reports. READ MORE
Works by women: FemFest, an eight-day festival of theatre by women, starts Saturday. This year’s theme is “coming of age,” and issues involving young people figure prominently in a couple of the plays. Randall King has a preview of Two Indians, a story about two Mohawk cousins. READ MORE
Trending now
Stefan Rousseau / The Associated PressAn injured woman is assisted by a police officer close to Parsons Green station in west London after an explosion on a packed London Underground train, Friday.
#London #Londres: Both English and French names for the British capital are trending after an explosion on London’s Underground at Parsons Green Station is being attributed to an improvised explosive device. Eighteen people were reportedly injured. According to London Mayor Sadiq Khan, the Metropolitan Police are treating the incident as a terrorist attack. READ MORE
On this date
On Sept. 15, 2010: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Justin Bieber delighted 13,000 fans at his show in Winnipeg. A new health report said that if smoking, obesity and lack of exercise continued unabated, it could cost Manitoba’s economy $4.7 billion. Winnipeg city council took its first steps towards regulating shops selling marijuana paraphernalia. READ MORE
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