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Today’s must-read
Ticket prices for Assiniboine Park’s newest attraction are raising concerns people on lower incomes will be shut out. When the Leaf opens later this year, a family of four will pay up to $48 before tax to enter the indoor garden. This is a “hugely expensive” sum for Manitobans who earn less, according to a group of residents opposed to park user fees. Chris Kitching has the story.
The Leaf at Assiniboine Park (Jessica Lee / Winnipeg Free Press)
On the bright side
Amid the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, John Krestanowich reconnected with a sport he loved 25 years earlier: running. By joining a local group, the Lindsay Somers Run Club, he got active again and also broke free of social isolation brought on by pandemic restrictions on gatherings. “I’ve never had so much fun in my life,” he says. Sabrina Carnevale has the story.
John Krestanowich joined a local running club on a whim last year. (Jessica Lee / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On Sept. 27, 1939: The Winnipeg Free Press reported 20 German aircraft attacked a British naval squadron in the North Sea, but no ships were hit. Germany claimed victory in Poland, with word of a surrender from Warsaw, even as Polish forces fought on. German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop was in Moscow, as rumours spread of a new German-Soviet pact. Residents of the Estonian capital were disturbed at the sight of war planes, which they believed to be Russian, over their city. Search our archives for more here.
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