What you need to know
Alex Brandon / The Associated Press FilesPresident Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
High drama on Hill: Christine Blasey Ford, who says U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her, will testify this morning before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Kavanaugh will appear before the committee later today. READ MORE
Official opening: The grand opening of True North Square’s public plaza and one of the development’s towers will take place at 1 p.m. Four towers are set to be built as part of the downtown project, which will eventually feature more than one million square feet of residential, retail, hotel, office, parking and plaza space.
Date with Devils: The Jets host the New Jersey Devils in their final game of the pre-season at 7 p.m. In his latest column, Paul Wiecek writes how the Jets’ biggest question heading into the regular season is how Connor Hellebuyck will perform after signing a new contract. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Today will be cloudy with a high of 8 C. There will be showers starting this morning and ending this afternoon, with a 30 per cent chance of showers later in the afternoon and wind from the north at 30 km/h gusting to 50.
What’s happening today
Up for debate: Mayoral candidates will participate in a debate organized by the Winnipeg Jewish Business Council at the University of Winnipeg tonight. The event is happening at Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Study says…: The University of Manitoba will release a study examining how mental illness growing up can affect adults. Researchers focused on more than 60,000 Manitobans born in the early 1980s.
Full circle: The Winnipeg Indigenous Executive Circle, a coalition of 18 agencies and organizations, will be launched today at Thunderbird House. It “aims to increase the social, economic well-being of Winnipeg’s Indigenous people.”
On this date
On Sept. 27, 1932: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Justice Frank Ford of the Supreme Court of Alberta was to head an inquiry into remarks reportedly made in criminal cases in Winnipeg County court by Judge L. St. G. Stubbs; at issue were remarks Stubbs allegedly made in a juvenile court case involving breaking and entering that when school boards shut off fall classes, it contributed to youths turning to crime and thus the school boards had a criminal responsibility. In international news, Japan would flatly refuse to accept any League of Nations proposal that ignored the independence of Manchukuo. READ MORE
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