Your forecast
Sunny skies with cloudy periods, a risk of showers this afternoon and a high of 18 C.
What’s happening today
MLAs are back as the fourth session of the 42nd legislature resumes with question period at 1:30 p.m. Carol Sanders reports.
Government house leader Kelvin Goertzen is excited to get back to work. (Tim Smith / The Brandon Sun files)
Today’s must-read
Jordan Andrew Bruyere, 30, pleaded guilty to one count each of assault, assault with a weapon, sexual assault with a weapon and sexual interference in four attacks between April and August 2021. Provincial court Judge Robin Finlayson sentenced him to 14 years in prison. Dean Pritchard has the story.
The river trail between The Forks and Churchill Drive in Winnipeg where a number of victims were sexually assaulted. (Mikaela MacKenzie / WInnipeg Free Press)
On the bright side
Winnipeg’s annual Warming Huts competition, in which teams from around the world submit designs for structures to be built along the Nestaweya River Trail, a path on the frozen rivers that thousands of skaters, cross-country-skiers and hikers use, has garnered some recognition itself. As Alan Small reports, the event recently won the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s International Prize, which honours architectural works that are “emblematic of the human values of respect and inclusiveness,” and are both inspired and inspiring.
The annual design competition has won the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s International Prize. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press files)
On this date
On Sept. 28, 1949: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in London, opposition leader Winston Churchill called on parliament to kick out prime minister Clement Atlee’s Labor government, saying it had brought Britain to the brink of national and international bankruptcy. The chancellor of the exchequer spoke on devaluing the British pound, which Churchill opposed. In Manitoba, seven degrees of frost dealt $1,500,000 worth of damage to vegetables in the Red River market garden area. The Winnipeg Electric Company told the Public Utilities Board it would see revenue increase by about $100,000 annually if it boosted the cost of monthly tram passes from $7.50 to $8.50, but left fares at two and 15 cents. Search our archives for more here.
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