Federal election
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSAs the results rolled in Monday, Eyolfson dined with supporters at the Cork & Flame restaurant and bar.
Manitoba results: The only Manitoba riding where voters might elect a different MP than in 2019 is Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley, where incumbent Tory Marty Morantz leads Liberal candidate Doug Eyolfson by 109 votes. Counting of as many as 3,481 special ballots, including mail-in votes, begins at 9 a.m. Katie May reports. READ MORE
‘Got away with one’: In his latest column, Dan Lett says Justin Trudeau won the election but “lost the trust and faith of millions of Canadians.” READ MORE
‘Promising path’ for Tories: Despite the loss, Tom Brodbeck says the Conservative rebrand has put the party on a more promising path for the future. READ MORE
More money, same problems: A bigger war chest didn’t result in much change for the New Democratic Party. READ MORE
Smaller parties: The Greens are poised to retain their two seats, but Leader Annamie Paul finished a distant fourth in the Toronto Centre riding. The People’s Party of Canada won no seats, but its share of the popular vote is more than double that of the Greens. One PPC candidate finished in second place in Manitoba’s Portage-Lisgar riding, and the Provencher candidate is a little more than 100 votes behind the second-place Liberal. READ MORE
What’s happening today
CPA bus used to transport migrants departs a makeshift camp at the International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas, on Monday. (Eric Gay / The Associated Press)
More migrant flights: Six more expulsion flights are set to depart the U.S., returning migrants at the Texas-Mexico border to Haiti. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
COVID-19 vaccination: Premier Kelvin Goertzen and Health Minister Audrey Gordon are holding a morning news conference on COVID-19 vaccine outreach initiatives. READ MORE
Biden at UN: U.S. President Joe Biden will make his first address to the United Nations General Assembly. He will emphasize the need for world leaders to work together on the pandemic and meet climate change obligations, White House officials told The Associated Press. READ MORE
Appointees all men: In Afghanistan, the Taliban has appointed more ministers and deputy ministers to its interim cabinet. All are men, despite the international outcry that followed the Taliban’s initial announcement of an all-male government lineup earlier this month. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny with a mix of sun and cloud by mid-afternoon, a high of 19 C, and wind from the northwest at 15 km/h increasing to 20 km/h and gusting to 40 at around noon.
On this date
On Sept. 21, 1929: The Manitoba Free Press reported a train fireman was killed and two other train workers were wounded when a CP freight train collided with three parked cars in Montreal. Two workmen installing a gasoline pump died after an explosion at a Winnipeg garage. An inquest was to be called into the incident, and the fire commissioner would investigate.
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