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FACEBOOKDwayne Lavallee has been missing since Sept. 22, 2018.
Missing man: Mounties are re-interviewing people in the disappearance of Dwayne Lavallee, who was last seen in Ebb and Flow First Nation nearly a year ago. Reporter Tessa Vanderhart spoke with family members who still search for him every weekend. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: It’s going to be a marvellous Monday — mainly sunny with a high of 29 C, humidex of 37 and peak winds from the southeast at 20 km/h beginning early this afternoon.
What’s happening today
First Nations forum: The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs is hosting a town hall event with federal election candidates at the RBC Convention Centre. Candidates from the Conservatives, Greens, Liberals and NDP will be at the event, which starts at 7 p.m. Meanwhile, Green Leader Elizabeth May will unveil her party’s platform in Toronto this morning. READ MORE
Jets hit the ice: The Winnipeg Jets open their pre-season against the Oilers in Edmonton at 8 p.m. Taylor Allen has a story from training camp on how defenceman Dmitry Kulikov has a major role to play this season for the Jets this season. READ MORE
Workers walk out: More than 49,000 General Motors workers are on strike in the U.S., likely preventing the company from making vehicles in Canada and Mexico as well. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
In case you missed it
DANIEL CRUMP / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSRebecca Hyatt, property manager for RioCan, says a makeover of the Garden City Shopping Centre that began in 2016 has the aim of making the mall feel ’more inviting.’
Garden City mall growing: New tenants to replace the former Sears store aren’t the only changes coming to Garden City Shopping Centre, Solomon Israel reports. A new structure in a corner of the parking lot will house two new tenants, and another empty space might see new life. READ MORE
Rocker Ocasek dead: Ric Ocasek, the former frontman of the Cars who went on to produce albums for Weezer and No Doubt, was found dead in his Manhattan apartment Sunday. Some of his hits include “Good Times Roll,” “My Best Friend’s Girl” and “Just What I Needed.” READ MORE
On this date
On Sept. 16, 1977: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Jean Chrétien was sworn in as Canada’s first French-Canadian minister of finance. In Manitoba, gas rate increases for rural customers of Inter-City Gas were approved, affecting around 14,000 customers. Manitoba’s political party leaders made public appearances on the campaign trail leading up to the 1977 election. The president of the National Indian Brotherhood predicted that Canada would recognize the first quasi-sovereign Indian nations within five to 10 years. Sony was gearing up for a marketing battle to make its new video recording machine, the Betamax, the dominant format for recording shows of television, over Panasonic’s rival machine, also set to launch in the fall. READ MORE
Today’s front page
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