What’s happening today
Only 80 per cent of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1505 members have received the two doses required to be fully vaccinated. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Last day for first shot: Front-line City of Winnipeg workers and council members must get their first COVID-19 vaccination shot by the end of today in order to be fully vaccinated by the November deadline. Anyone who refuses will have to work remotely after the deadline. Gabrielle Piché reports. READ MORE
Sarkozy convicted, sentenced: Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been convicted and sentenced to a year of house arrest for illegal campaign financing. His lawyer said he will appeal the ruling. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Set to avoid shutdown: The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives are expected to approve a measure that would fund the federal government into early December, avoiding a partial government shutdown when the new fiscal year begins Friday. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Warrant for woman’s arrest: A 96-year-old former secretary at a Nazi concentration camp skipped out on the scheduled start of her trial in Germany on more than 11,000 counts of accessory to murder, officials said. READ MORE
Construction closures conclude: Intermittent street closures on westbound Goulet Street from Goulet Place to St. Mary’s Road are scheduled to end at 11 p.m. tonight. The closures began Sept. 22.
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly cloudy with a high of 21 C and wind at 10 km/h from the northwest increasing to 20 km/h from the north later this morning.
In case you missed it
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CPJansen Harkins celebrates his second goal of the night against Edmonton. (John Woods / The Canadian Press)
Easy win over Edmonton: The Winnipeg Jets earned their first win of the pre-season against an Edmonton Oilers team loaded with unknown players. Jason Bell reports. READ MORE
Convicted of killing child: A jury convicted Daniel Jensen of first-degree murder for fatally stabbing his girlfriend’s three-year-old son, Hunter Smith-Straight, as he slept in his Pritchard Avenue home. Jensen will be formally sentenced Friday. Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
Mushrooms recalled: The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says Covic International Trading Inc. has issued a recall for its Jongilpoom brand enoki mushrooms because of possible Listeria contamination. The product was sold in 200-gram packages in Manitoba and elsewhere. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Dozens dead in prison riots: At least 116 people were killed and 80 injured in a battle among gang members in a prison in Ecuador. Officials said at least five of the dead were beheaded. READ MORE
On this date
On Sept. 30, 1999: The Winnipeg Free Press reported mayor Glen Murray declared the city was “open for business” after council approved the creation of CentreVenture, a downtown development corporation. A Winnipeg psychiatrist who was moving to B.C. would be flown back to the city twice a month to treat patients for whom no other replacement psychiatrist was available.
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