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Mainly sunny. Wind from the south at 20 km/h becoming northwest 30 gusting to 50 early this morning. High 18 C. UV index 5 or moderate.
What’s happening today
Korn, a pioneer of ’90s nu metal, performs in Winnipeg tonight with Gojira and Loathe. The California band celebrated its 30th anniversary last fall and tonight’s show at Canada Life Centre promises to be a night of aggressive scatting, driving guitar and dizzying headbanging.
To mark the event, this Free Press Homemade column pairs reader-submitted corn dishes with tangentially fitting Korn hits from the past three decades. Eva Wasney has the story.
Jonathan Davis of Korn (Amy Harris / Invision / The Associated Press files)
Today’s must-read
The regulatory body that’s responsible for protecting Manitoba patients, by holding doctors to account, has more than 225 open investigations — but only one investigator.
A 54-year-old Winnipeg man said the “deeply troubling” revelation was made by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba last week in response to his inquiry about why his complaint of “severe harm caused by medical neglect” has taken more than a year to move forward.
“We are currently managing over 225 open investigations, the vast majority of them also involving serious matters,” assistant registrar of complaints and investigations Dr. Guillaume Poliquin replied to him on Sept. 15. “At present, we only have one investigator while we continue training a second.”
Manitobans should be alarmed the college has just one investigator to handle the high number of investigations, the complainant said in an interview Tuesday. Carol Sanders has the story.
Dr. Guillaume Poliquin confirmed Wednesday the college has more than 225 open investigations and one investigator. (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press files)
On the bright side
Sandy Parker has come across some interesting donations in her 11 years as manager of Thrifty Boutique in Chilliwack, B.C.
That list has included a diamond ring that was hidden away in a sock and a flowery urn labelled “Mom’s ashes” that they are trying to return to the rightful owner.
But she says the winner for most exciting find goes to 11 rings and two medallions that were donated in the spring of 2024 and are believed to be medieval or Roman artifacts, potentially dating back thousands of years. The Canadian Press has more here.
Some of the artifacts that have been donated to SFU for study are shown in this photo. (Simon Fraser University / Sam Smith via The Canadian Press)
On this date
On Sept. 25, 1970: The Winnipeg Free Press reported King Hussein of Jordan, Palestinian Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat and the leaders of an Arab peace mission announced an agreement end to end the war in Jordan, which had been raging for nine days. Former Winnipeg Blue Bomber Ernie Pitts was fatally shot at his home in a suburb of Denver, Colo.; his estranged wife was being held for questioning by police. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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