What’s happening today
(WInnipeg Free Press files)
Attack by cabbie alleged: The family of a young Indigenous woman who says she was attacked by a Unicity taxi driver this weekend is holding a news conference organized by the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs. The AMC said she “will share her story to bring awareness to the safety concerns of First Nations regarding taxis.”
Trudeau to take questions: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has yet to take questions from journalists since the federal election ended, has a media availability after visiting a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Ottawa.
Closing arguments in case: A jury is expected to hear closing arguments in the first-degree murder trial for a man accused of fatally stabbing three-year-old Hunter Smith-Straight in the North End in 2019. READ MORE
Spa-shooting suspect: A man is set to enter a plea to fatally shooting four people at two massage parlours in Atlanta in March. Robert Aaron Long has already been sentenced to life in prison for killing four people at another parlour outside Atlanta. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the Atlanta killings. Most of the eight people slain were women of Asian descent. Long said he was motivated by the shame he felt from sexual urges and not racism. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Set for execution: A Texas inmate faces the death penalty this evening for killing two Houston-area brothers during a robbery in their home in September 1991. He would be the third inmate executed in Texas this year and the sixth overall in the U.S. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Today will be a hot one. Sunny with a high of 29 C and humidex of 32, with wind from the south at 10 km/h increasing to 20 km/h early this afternoon.
In case you missed it
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSA purse strap hangs out of a garbage can outside of Canada Life Centre. True North Sports and Entertainment Ltd. instituted a new policy for the arena, banning bags with dimensions larger than 12” x 6” x 3”.
No-bag policy: Some Jets fans say a new no-bag policy at Canada Life Centre is a real drag. Malak Abas reports. READ MORE
No proof needed for paste: Alberta requires people buying ivermectin paste to provide proof they own livestock, but Manitoba does not. Medical experts warn the paste should not be used by humans to prevent or treat COVID-19, or for any other reason. The paste was available for sale with no questions asked and no warnings at two Winkler-area agriculture supply stores the Free Press visited recently. Katie May reports. READ MORE
Feeling drained: The final repair bill for a Semple Avenue home after sludge linked to a city construction project rose up through the sewer drain is more than $100,000. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Sept. 28, 1979: The Winnipeg Free Press reported a Winnipeg man who said he was drunk when he lost control of a vehicle near Lac du Bonnet was suing two RCMP officers, claiming they were responsible for the crash. The Jets lost their NHL home debut in the recently expanded Winnipeg Arena to the Washington Capitals. The federal government wanted to sell four Crown corporations worth more than $804 million, including Canadair Ltd., de Havilland Aircraft Ltd., Eldorado Nuclear Ltd., and Northern Transportation Co. Ltd.
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