What’s happening today
The statue of Sir John A. MacDonald is shown torn down following a demonstration in Montreal on August 29, 2020. A new survey suggests that while Canadians are divided over removing statues of politicians who harboured racist views or pushed racist policies, many oppose the “spontaneous” toppling of statues of Canada’s first prime minister, John A. Macdonald. The Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies survey follows the controversial tearing down and vandalism of a Macdonald statue in Montreal last month by activists angry at his anti-Indigenous views and policies. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Reluctance to remove statues: A poll released today found half of Canadians are against removing statues or monuments to politicians over complaints of racism, while 31 per cent said they support such moves. The area with the second-highest level of opposition was Manitoba and Saskatchewan — which were combined for the survey — at 55 per cent, behind Alberta. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Conservative cabinet meeting: Erin O’Toole will lay out a mission statement at his first official caucus meeting since becoming the Conservative party’s new leader. He announced his shadow cabinet on Tuesday. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
School bus strike: Bus drivers with the city’s largest school division will begin walking a picket line outside the bus depot this morning. Students in the Winnipeg School Division weren’t picked up on Tuesday, the first day of school. Danielle Da Silva reports. READ MORE
Raptors’ repeat bid in danger: The Toronto Raptors face the Boston Celtics in Game 6 of their second-round playoff series at 5:30 p.m. CT. The Raptors, who need to win tonight and Friday to advance to the conference final, were 1-0 when facing elimination in the 2019 NBA playoffs that ended in the team’s first championship. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: A mix of sun and cloud, clearing late this afternoon, with a high of 16 C, and wind from the south at 15 km/h increasing to 20 km/h and gusting to 40 beginning later this morning.
In case you missed it
A Durham Police forensics truck sits in front of a home on Parklane Avenue in Oshawa, Ont. on Friday, September 4, 2020. Durham Regional Police say five people were found dead and another with serious injuries in the home east of Toronto after an early morning shooting. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
‘Such an unnerving thing’: The on-site manager of the Dalhousie Drive apartment where Mitchell Lapa lived said “he kept to himself” and that “no one was close to him here.” Police in Ontario have identified the 48-year-old Winnipeg resident as the man who killed four family members and wounded a fifth before fatally shooting himself in Oshawa last week. Lapa’s sister, who survived the shootings, was listed as the emergency contact on the rental agreement for his apartment. Jason Bell reports. READ MORE
Ten killed in Kabul: A roadside bomb in Kabul killed 10 people and wounded at least 31, including Afghanistan’s first vice-president, who suffered minor burns. A Taliban spokesman said the group was not involved. READ MORE
On this date
On Sept. 9, 1989: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Winnipeggers could expect swimming pool closings, service cuts and hefty user-fee increases in the coming year if budget estimates from senior parks department bureaucrats were approved by city council. The aboriginal justice inquiry was hiring the U.S. Secret Service to verify the notebooks of eight Winnipeg police officers involved in the shooting of J.J. Harper. Authorities warned against buying speakers and other audio components at low prices from a white van seen in the city; the merchandise was linked to an Illinois firm under federal investigation across the United States.
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