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Historic hearing: The Supreme Court of Canada is holding a hearing in Winnipeg today, the first time it has convened outside Ottawa. The justices will consider whether a Manitoba judge’s nine-month delay in delivering a verdict in a criminal case was unreasonable. Katie May reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: A mix of sun and cloud with a high of 16 C and peak winds from the northwest at 30 km/h beginning early this afternoon.
What’s happening today
Oath of office: Tory members of Manitoba’s legislative assembly will be sworn in after being elected earlier this month.
Trump transcript: A transcript of a phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will be released. Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, launched a formal impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump on Tuesday. READ MORE
Britain’s Parliament is back: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will address the nation’s Parliament. Lawmakers returned to the House of Commons today after the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Johnson acted illegally by suspending Parliament. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
In case you missed it
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESLeft-winger Kristian Vesalainen played in the KHL in 2018-19.
Winger’s woes: The Jets, icing a lineup loaded with hopefuls, lost a pre-season game against the Flames in Calgary last night. Meanwhile, Mike McIntyre reports on how young Finnish winger Kristian Vesalainen has had a disappointing training camp. READ MORE
“It’s a terrible thing’: A two-year-old boy was fatally mauled by a pack of dogs in God’s Lake First Nation on Monday. “It’s a very shocking thing,” resident John Healey said. Kevin Rollason and Maggie Macintosh report. READ MORE
‘Dying declaration’: Prosecutors in the trial of a 14-year-old accused of fatally stabbing another teen boy will argue the judge should accept the victim’s “final words” identifying the accused as his killer. Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Sept. 25, 1948: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that five survivors of a missing U.S. Navy plane that had left Churchill on Sept. 12 had been located thanks to the greatest air search in Canada, and were safe and well in The Pas; they were scheduled to be transported by the R.C.A.F. to Winnipeg. Russia accused the United States of planning a war fought with atomic weapons. READ MORE
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