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SHANNON VANRAES / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSSupreme Court Justice Richard Wagner says Winnipeg’s intersection of First Nations, Métis and francophone culture could be the first step in a stronger future for the Supreme Court.
Top court in town: Richard Wagner, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, is holding a news conference at Winnipeg’s courthouse today, and Katie May spoke with him after he arrived Sunday. This afternoon, the Supreme Court’s nine justices will meet with students at nine city schools. Manitoba’s Court of Appeal is hosting the Supreme Court ’s first-ever hearings outside of Ottawa later this week. READ MORE
Double time: Bail court sessions will be held twice as often in Thompson amid concerns about how long accused people are waiting in custody, the Free Press has learned. Katie May reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: The first day of fall will be sunny with a high of 24 C, humidex of 28 and peak winds from the south at 30 km/h beginning early this afternoon.
What’s happening today
Students killed in collapse: At least seven students were killed and dozens were injured, including two in critical condition, after a school collapsed in Nairobi, Kenya. READ MORE
Federal election: Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau will be campaigning in suburbs north of Toronto, while the NDP’s Jagmeet Singh and the Green party’s Elizabeth May will be in Atlantic Canada. READ MORE
Trump talks at UN: U.S. President Donald Trump will address a meeting about the persecution of religious minorities as part of a three-day visit to the United Nations. Later this week, he will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, days after revelations Trump urged him in a phone call this summer to investigate Joe Biden’s son. READ MORE
In case you missed it
Jordan Strauss / Invision / The Associated PressPeter Dinklage, winner of the awards for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series and outstanding drama series for “Game of Thrones,” poses in the press room at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Top television: The final season of Game of Thrones was named best drama at last night’s Emmy Awards. One of the show’s stars, Peter Dinklage, set a record with his fourth best supporting actor win for the same role. READ MORE
Jets douse Flames: Jets goalie Laurent Brossoit stopped 22 of 23 shots as the Jets beat the Calgary Flames 4-1 in a pre-season game at Bell MTS Place. “I just feel pretty stable and pretty confident right now,” Brossoit said after Sunday night’s game. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
‘Downtown is our future’: Sherbrook Flats, a new six-storey rental building, is the focus of the weekly real estate story in our business section. Solomon Israel reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Sept. 23, 1918: The Manitoba Free Press reported that in Palestine, British General Allenby’s troops captured 18,000 Turks in a surprise attack, meaning the virtual annihilation of Ottoman forces in the region. The United States directed its ambassadors to ascertain the positions of the governments they liaised with on the Bolshevik rule in Russia; meanwhile, representatives of the Russian duma and the Russian imperial council pleaded with the world to reject the Bolshevik authority in Russia. READ MORE
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