Today’s weather
Your forecast: Clearing this morning with a high of 20 C, and UV index 5 or moderate.
What’s happening today
After a two-year hiatus, Manyfest returns to downtown. Winnipeg’s largest street festival kicks off today and continues to Sunday.
(Winnipeg Free Press files)
Also this evening, the Winnipeg Goldeyes can advance to the division final with a win in North Dakota. They’ll have to do it without right-fielder Max Murphy, who suffered a broken leg Wednesday night at Shaw Park. Murphy has also received the 2022 American Association Player of the Year Award.
This weekend
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers host the Saskatchewan Roughriders at Investors Group Field for the Banjo Bowl on Saturday at 4 p.m.
(Liam Richards / The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
Mass changes to traffic infrastructure in Winnipeg were not supported by written documentation, according to city auditor Bryan Mansky, who is investigating allegations of financial mismanagement in the city’s transportation division. Ryan Thorpe reports.
The investigation into the traffic signals branch was triggered by a Free Press series, ‘Red Light, Green Light, No Oversight,’ based on the work of independent researcher Christian Sweryda. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press files)
On this date
On Sept. 9, 1976: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a Senate finance committee found employers had lost faith in Canada Manpower, because the government employment agency was “not levelling with them.” The Chinese people mourned the death of Mao Zedong, founder of the People’s Republic of China. Winnipeg city councillor Joe Zuken decried a 1974 civic board of commissioners memo that instructed city department heads not to release or discuss reports as “a violation of the public’s right to know.” Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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