Your forecast
Sunny, becoming a mix of sun and cloud this afternoon. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind becoming south at 30 km/h gusting to 50 early this morning. High 21 C. UV index 5 or moderate.
What’s happening today
Grands ‘n’ More Winnipeg is hosting a live pre-sale art auction today ahead of its annual Art from the Attic fundraiser on Sunday, Oct. 5, at St. Vital Centre.
The pre-sale auction features 25 lots of donated paintings, screenprints and mixed media work by local and international artists, including Cam Cross, Cori Jacobs, Jackson Beardy and others. The catalogue features mid- and high-end pieces, with sale price estimates ranging from $50 to $2,000.
Grands ‘n’ More volunteers Jean Altemeyer and Carol Hibbert holding an oil panting by Toki Orui, included in today’s Attic pre-sale auction. (Supplied)
Today’s must-read
According to a new Probe Research poll commissioned by the Free Press, a majority of Winnipeggers have lost faith in government, law enforcement and front-line agencies tasked with dealing with the homeless crisis.
The challenge facing Winnipeg is not new. But post-pandemic and amid an escalating toxic drug and mental-illness crisis, it’s reached a tipping point. The number of homeless people, double from two years ago, and the spread of encampments, no longer just dotting riverbanks, are unprecedented.
What began as a humanitarian challenge is increasingly becoming divisive on multiple levels this year — from the mayor questioning the actions of one front-line group, to in-fighting between social agencies, to distrust of police and pushback against their presence.
Frustration is rising, patience is wearing thin, the undercurrent is getting stronger. Mike McIntyre has the story; Tyler Searle reports on the results of the Probe poll here; and Joyanne Pursaga reports on city council’s vote to prohibit homeless camps in many public spaces here.
A Probe Research poll commissioned by the Free Press shows Winnipeggers have lost faith in all levels of government, law enforcement and frontline agencies when it comes to dealing with the homelessness crisis. (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press)
On the bright side
Fader the humpback has been coming back to British Columbia’s waters for the last two decades, but this time the whale was spotted with something extra — more than 130 metres of rope and fishing gear.
The whale entangled was first sighted Sunday in the Strait of Georgia by two vessels operated by Vancouver Island Whale Watch. Cheyenne Brewster, a spokeswoman for Nanaimo-based company, said the boats encountered a pair of humpbacks during a regular boat tour.
Brewster said they contacted federal officials immediately, and the vessels were asked to keep track of the whale’s location off the east side of Vancouver Island.
The Fisheries Department said in a statement that more than 137 meters of rope and gear were removed from the whale on Wednesday in a six-hour-long rescue process in Nanoose Bay, north of Nanaimo. The Canadian Press has more here.
Department of Fisheries and Oceans personnel work to remove 137 metres of rope and gear from a humpback whale in Nanoose Bay, B.C. (Handout / Department of Fisheries and Oceans / The Canadian Press)
On this date
On Sept. 26, 1980: The Winnipeg Free Press reported a national strike by nearly 40,000 federal workers was almost a certainty after talks between the government and the clerks’ union broke down. The Manitoba government would fund a $50,000-a-year job service that would send doctors wherever they were most needed in the province, in a bid to entice Manitoba doctors to practise in rural communities. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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