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MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSProgressive Conservative Leader Brian Pallister has a low approval rating yet is likely to lead his party to victory, a new poll says.
Election’s final stretch: With one week till the provincial election, parties will be busy campaigning today. The latest poll found the Tories are set to win another majority government despite 54 per cent of respondents saying they disapprove of Premier Brian Pallister. He’s set to make an announcement in north Winnipeg this morning. READ MORE
Boat blaze: Twenty-five people are dead and nine are missing after a boat anchored off an island in southern California caught fire Monday. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Periods of drizzle ending before noon, then a mix of sun and cloud with a high of 17 C and wind from the northwest at 20 km/h gusting to 40.
What’s happening today
Francois Mori / The Associated PressBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Biarritz.
Vote on blocking Brexit: In London, the House of Commons will vote on legislation that would prevent the U.K. from leaving the European Union without a deal in place. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he will call an early election if the vote passes. READ MORE
Deadly Dorian: Hurricane Dorian will move “dangerously close” to Florida’s east coast late today after battering the Bahamas, The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
In case you missed it
Learning languages: Starting this fall, students at the University of Manitoba can learn Michif and Dakota, doubling the number of Indigenous languages taught at the institution. Niigaan Sinclair has a column. READ MORE
Storm-free summer: Manitoba has been struck by few severe storms this season, preliminary numbers from Environment Canada suggest. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
‘Daunting fight’ against drugs: Chiefs of northern Manitoba First Nations want the right to search for drugs at airports and post offices. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Sept. 3, 1966: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that four escapees from Headingley Jail, led by “flying bandit” Kenneth Leishman, stole a light plane from an airstrip near Steinbach; the aircraft was reportedly seen heading south over the U.S. border. The theft of the plane followed the escapees’ abduction of a couple in their car near Stonewall. One of 10 escapees from Headingley Jail voluntarily surrendered himself to police, witnessed by a Free Press photographer and a CBC newsman. READ MORE
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