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Landing physicians a feat: The Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority will announce today 22 new doctors have signed on to provide medical care in the area. Just three years ago, the RHA was flying doctors in to fill vacant ER shifts, but its efforts to woo physicians have paid off. Jane Gerster reports. READ MORE
Your forecast: There will be a mix of sun and cloud today, clearing this afternoon, with a 30 per cent chance of showers in the morning, and a high of 18 C and wind from the northwest at 20 km/h in the afternoon.
In case you missed it
PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESCAO Doug McNeil and Mayor Brian Bowman at city Hall.
Bowman frustrated by blunder: Mayor Brian Bowman says it was “disappointing” to learn city administration had erred by failing to file a multimillion-dollar lawsuit by the deadline. The city had hoped to recover as much as $20 million if the legal action over construction and other problems at the city’s water treatment plant succeeded. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Gym rules rile student: New rules that took effect at the University of Winnipeg’s gym this week set aside 17 hours per week for women and people who identify as non-binary (neither male or female). Student Joel Olfert says the changes at the Duckworth Centre, while “well-intentioned,” are discriminatory and difficult to enforce. Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
Lingering doubts over death: Barbara Nelson, whose daughter died while on vacation in Cuba more than a decade ago, says no one believed her boyfriend may have been involved. Firefighter and martial arts instructor Manuel Ruiz, 52, is now accused of sexually assaulting two females and paying for sex with an underage girl, and Nelson says she’ll be following the court process closely. Katie May reports. READ MORE
Up next
Scenes from the RWB’s 2012 production of Twyla Tharp’s The Princess and the Goblin.
Fantasy favourite: The Royal Winnipeg Ballet launches its season tonight with Twyla Tharp’s The Princess and the Goblin. Based on a Victorian fairy tale by Scottish novelist George MacDonald, the production features Japanese-born Saeka Shirai in her first lead role. READ MORE
Down-to-earth guy: Former astronaut Chris Hadfield is telling stories and performing songs at the Burton Cummings Theatre tonight. Al Small spoke with Hadfield, who was originally scheduled to appear at the theatre in May as part of his Canada 150 tour. Original tickets will be honoured at the door. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
In this image from 2016, Winnipeg Blue Bombers Chris Randle (front) and Maurice Leggett bend their knees in practice, not in protest. But both players say they support the protests by their NFL colleagues. (Joe Bryksa / Winniepg Free Press files)
Players defend protest: Winnipeg Blue Bombers linebacker and Georgia native Mo Leggett says he would join his teammates in protest by kneeling during the U.S. if he was still playing in the NFL, and cornerback Chris Randle says the act serves an educational function. Head coach Mike O’Shea wouldn’t rule out a response from his team before Saturday night’s game in Edmonton, similar to how the Saskatchewan Roughriders locked arms before their last game. Mike Sawatzky reports. READ MORE
Trending now
#280characters: Twitter expanded the character limit for tweets from 140 characters to 280 characters, but many users of the social media platform say there are larger problems with Twitter, including ongoing harassment issues, that the company should address first.
On this date
On Sept. 27, 1991: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that three restaurateurs who stood up to a local Asian gang in the city provided information to police, which led to an alleged gang leader being charged with extortion. A former Tory MLA was charged with crossing the Canada-U.S. border with $5,000 worth of illegal cigarettes and alcohol. A Steinbach teen was traumatized after being invited on a hunting trip only to be taken to a location where the man who had invited him showed him a dead human body; the teen was able to call police to the scene, who began an investigation into the death. READ MORE
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