Federal election
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks while surrounded by Liberal candidates in downtown Winnipeg Sunday night. (Jessica Lee / Winnipeg Free Press)
Trudeau in town: Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau made a campaign stop at a downtown Winnipeg patio Sunday night. Trudeau was the only leader to come to Manitoba twice this election. Conservative Erin O’Toole, the NDP’s Jagmeet Singh and People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier were here once. Danielle Da Silva reports. READ MORE
‘Could be his last rodeo’: In his latest column, Tom Brodbeck says Trudeau’s political future could be doomed if he fails to win a majority government after calling an early election. READ MORE
Get ready to wait: Experts say it might take days before we know who won the election. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Battleground B.C.: Close races in British Columbia could contribute to a delay in a national winner being declared. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Plurality and pizza: Doug Speirs serves up a column on how election day is also National Pepperoni Pizza Day. READ MORE
What’s happening today
CPStudents stand near Perm State University on Monday. (Anastasia Yakovleva / The Associated Press)
Deadly rampage in Russia: A gunman is in custody after eight people were killed and at least 24 injured at a university in Perm, Russia. Students jumped out of windows to escape the killer, the state Tass news agency reported. Perm is about 1,300 km east of Moscow. READ MORE
COVID-19 update: The provincial government is scheduled to hold its regular Monday COVID-19 news conference.
Still searching: The search for Brian Laundrie continues in Florida after the body of his girlfriend, Gabby Petito, was found in Wyoming on Sunday. Police say Laundrie, who was on a cross-country trek with Petito when she disappeared, is a person of interest in the case. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Last day for drills: The Winnipeg Jets’ pro minicamp ends today. Training camp begins Thursday. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Cloudy with a high of 17 C and wind from the north at 30 km/h gusting to 50 for much of the day.
In case you missed it
CPTed Lasso was named outstanding comedy series at the 73rd Emmy Awards. Three of its stars, including Hannah Waddingham (third from left) and Jason Sudeikis (fourth from left), won acting awards. (Danny Moloshok / Invision for the Television Academy)
Top TV series: The Crown, Ted Lasso and The Queen’s Gambit won their respective series’ honours at the Emmy Awards on Sunday night. It was the first such sweep for streaming services.
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Mass expulsion of migrants: The U.S. has begun flying migrants camped in a Texas border town back to Haiti and tried blocking others from crossing the border with Mexico on Sunday. More flights are expected Tuesday and Wednesday in America’s first large-scale expulsions of migrants or refugees in decades. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
‘It broke my heart’: Shelley Cook has a column on how a news clip reminded her of a friend from years ago. READ MORE
On this date
On Sept. 20, 1919: The Manitoba Free Press reported Robert McCutcheon was met with silence at a meeting of the National Industrial Conference in Ottawa when he pressed for a resolution calling for the release of eight strike leaders in Winnipeg singled out by the government for alleged sedition, The mayor of Vimy, having been instructed by the government of France to offer space for a memorial to Canadian soldiers who fought there in the Great War, had not received a response from Canada.
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