What’s happening today
The Totten Mine near Sudbury, Ont., is shown on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Gino Donato
All miners above ground: The last four of 39 miners who had been trapped underground near Sudbury, Ont., returned to the surface safe, Vale said early today. The rescue operation began Monday. The workers became trapped in the mine Sunday when a scoop bucket being sent underground detached and blocked the shaft. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Party picks next PM: Fumio Kishida, a former foreign minister, is set to replace Yoshihide Suga as Japan’s next prime minister after winning the governing party’s leadership election. READ MORE
Set to start deliberations: Jurors are expected to begin deliberations in the first-degree murder trial of Daniel Jensen for the stabbing of three-year-old Hunter Smith-Straight in October 2019. Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
Remembering massacre: Ukraine is marking the 80th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre. Nearly 34,000 Jews were killed in a ravine within 48 hours when Kyiv was under Nazi occupation. READ MORE
Final town hall: Free Press arts columnist Jen Zoratti and representatives from arts and culture organizations will discuss how they are faring amid the COVID-19 pandemic in a virtual town hall at noon. It is the last in a four-part series about plans in various sectors during the pandemic. READ MORE
Weather
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A biker crosses the Disraeli bridge on September 28, 2021.
Your forecast: Sunny this morning with a mix of sun and cloud this afternoon, a high of 28 C, humidex of 32 and wind from the south at 20 km/h increasing to 30 km/h later this morning. Winnipeg set a record Tuesday for the highest temperature recorded on Sept. 28, at just over 29 C. Gabrielle Piché reports. READ MORE
In case you missed it
JESSICA LEE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSShelly Glover speaks at the Conservative leaders debate Tuesday.
Candidates clash (kind of): A debate-style discussion between the two candidates vying to become the Progressive Conservative party’s next leader and Manitoba’s next premier was civil but occasionally tense. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Lowbrow humour up high: Take a look at the sign atop the historic Gault Building in the Exchange District if you want a chuckle. Julia-Simone Rutgers reports. READ MORE
Missile’s first flight: North Korea said it successfully tested a new hypersonic missile it implied was being developed as capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Cats with COVID-19 killed: Authorities in Harbin, a city in northern China, killed three cats after they tested positive for COVID-19, as the country takes increasingly strict pandemic measures to contain outbreaks. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Sept. 29, 1989: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the city’s police chief said low morale among officers had increased since the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry delved into the fatal shooting of J.J. Harper. The Supreme Court upheld a ruling that awarded a Winnipeg man $2.1 million after an accident left him a quadriplegic; he planned to put some of the money toward building a ramp for a bar he was part owner of but had never been able to enter.
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