Your forecast
Rain ending this morning with cloudy skies and a 30 per cent chance of more rain. Expected high is 20 C, with wind from the east at 20 km/h gusting to 40.
What’s happening today
Today is the autumnal equinox. Enjoy that equal-light-and-darkness thing!
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld brings his new standup show to the Canada Life Centre tonight at 7:30. For ticket info, click here.
Jerry Seinfeld (Willy Sanjuan / Invision / The Associated Press files)
The African Movie Festival returns to Manitoba this evening and runs till Sept. 24 at the Gas Station Arts Centre, 445 River Ave. For more information, click here.
Today’s must-read
Reflecting on his experience as a transgender teen who was “not ready to come out to everybody all at once,” an MLA candidate is warning requiring teachers to disclose a student’s preferred pronouns is a matter of life or death for LGBTTQ+ students.
Trevor Kirczenow, a father who is running for the Manitoba Liberal Party in Springfield-Ritchot, said additional rights for parents sound appealing on the surface — but he’s wary the vague language is “code for violating children’s rights.” Maggie Macintosh has the story.
Trevor Kirczenow is a father running for the Manitoba Liberal Party in Springfield-Ritchot. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
On the bright side
A 2-year-old girl who walked away from her home Wednesday in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula alongside two family dogs was found in the woods hours later that night sleeping on the smaller dog like a furry pillow, state police said.
On this date
On Sept. 22, 1978: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that most people downtown asked about city council’s decision to expand Winnipeg Arena to a minimum of 15,000 seats by October 1979 and lease it to the Winnipeg Jets for the next eight years were positive about the decision. A strike by 4,000 mail carriers affecting nine cities could also affect service in Winnipeg, where mail carriers would give 24 hours’ notice if joining the walkout. A new report found the death rate for Kenora-area residents was twice as high as the Ontario rate. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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