What’s happening today
A sign for a walk-in vaccination clinic last spring. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Pandemic poll: A new Leger poll released today found Canadians who are inoculated against COVID-19 consider unvaccinated people irresponsible and selfish. READ MORE
Polaris prize: The winner of the Polaris Music Prize will be announced tonight. The recipient of the $50,000 award for the best Canadian album of the previous year is chosen by a team of journalists, broadcasters and bloggers. READ MORE
U.K. mulls mobilizing military: The British government says it is making preparations in case it has to deploy the army to help ease a fuel disruption caused by a shortage of truck drivers. The shortage has led to queues at gas stations. READ MORE
German election: Leaders of the parties in Germany’s newly elected parliament were meeting after the centre-left Social Democrats narrowly won the biggest share of the vote Sunday. It’s not clear which parties will form a coalition government or who will eventually replace Angela Merkel as chancellor. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
U.S. Senate set to vote: The U.S. Senate will vote on keeping the government funded and thereby avert a federal debt default before the fiscal year-end deadline. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny with a high of 26 C and peak winds from the south at 30 km/h gusting to 50 this afternoon.
In case you missed it
Dr. Juan Pablo Appendino moved to Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary in 2015 after five years of waiting for support and funding. (Lyle Aspinall photo)
Déjà vu ‘disheartening’: The Free Press broke the story on how a neurosurgeon hired to launch an adult epilepsy surgery program is leaving Manitoba because of a lack of funding. Another neurosurgeon says he left Winnipeg for Calgary in 2015 for the same reason. Carol Sanders reports READ MORE
Jets fans fill arena: The Winnipeg Jets played their first home game in front of a full arena of fans since the pandemic started. Jeff Hamilton reports. READ MORE
Stones play without Watts: The Rolling Stones played their first ticketed concert since drummer and founding member Charlie Watts died. READ MORE
Ten Tony Awards: The stage adaptation of the 2001 movie Moulin Rouge won 10 Tony Awards, including best new musical. READ MORE
Autumn brings anxiety, hope: In her latest column, Shelley Cook says she’s glad kids are back in school and is hopeful young children will be eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19 soon. READ MORE
On this date
On Sept. 27, 1969: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the Canada Grains Council was told $90 million of potential farm income was in jeopardy because of a lack of selective grain quotas in the Prairies. The Manitoba Federation of Labor demanded the provincial government raise the minimum wage from $1.25 to $2 an hour. In Prague, the Czechoslovakian government offered its unanimous resignation to president Ludwig Svoboda.
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