This morning
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Hunted prisoner went home: A young man being hunted by RCMP after a Mountie’s gun and van were stolen stumbled into his Interlake home, shackled and bleeding after being shot in the arm, his family says. Mounties later fatally shot Bill Saunders. An association representing RCMP officers is calling for changes in how prisoners are transported. Kevin Rollason and Carol Sanders report.
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Your forecast: Today will be cloudy with a high of -2 C, a 60 per cent chance of flurries and wind from the southeast at 20 km/h gusting to 60 near noon.
In case you missed it
Pediatric dentist Dr. Robert Diamond is frustrated.
Dental surgery delays: Pediatric dentists are pushing the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority for more operating time to cut the wait-list for procedures. The group has spent the past year seeking approval for a pilot project that would divert hundreds of surgical cases to the Maples Surgical Centre. Jane Gerster reports.
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Bowman on buses: Mayor Brian Bowman warns a shortfall for Winnipeg Transit in next week’s provincial government budget could lead to route cancellations, a fare hike and layoffs. He’s hoping the Tory government will revive a 50/50 cost-sharing formula that was cut in last spring’s budget. Aldo Santin reports.
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Funds for family: Abbey Gail Amisola, the Winnipegger who died in Cambodia this week along with a British travelling companion, had recently earned her education degree and set off in September for a trip through Asia. “She was just a really good person,” long-time friend Samantha Gilkes said Wednesday. “Her goal was to experience the world and see what it had to offer.” An online effort to raise funds for Amisola’s family has raised nearly $5,000 more than its $20,000 goal.
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Up next
BORIS MINKEVICH / FREE PRESS FILESConnor Hellebuyck is 7-0-1, with a stingy 1.92 goals-against average and rock-solid .938 save percentage.
Simply the best: The Jets host the Philadelphia Flyers at Bell MTS Place at 7 p.m. Columnist Paul Wiecek writes that while it’s early in the NHL season, the Jets are currently the best Canada-based team because of Connor Hellebuyck’s sensational goaltending.
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Around the water cooler
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Reservation revoked: A notorious Canadian white nationalist vowed to hold a planned far-right meeting and give a presentation titled Charlottesville Changes Everything last night after a Winnipeg hotel cancelled his room reservation. After arriving in the city Wednesday, Frederick Paul Fromm called the cancellation a breach of contract. Ryan Thorpe reports.
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Omnitrax vs. Ottawa: In a claim filed under NAFTA, the Hudson Bay Railway’s owner states Ottawa “strung Omnitrax along” this spring after it requested funds to help deliver grain to the Port of Churchill, before the rail line to the community was washed out. Meanwhile, MP Niki Ashton is calling on the University of Winnipeg to withdraw the honorary doctorate it awarded to Omnitrax founder Pat Broe. Dylan Robertson and Nick Martin report.
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CPLeonardo da Vinci’s ‘Salvator Mundi’
Leonardo da Vinci: A painting of Christ by the Renaissance master sold for a record $450 million U.S. (380 million euros) at auction on Wednesday, smashing previous records for artworks sold at auction or privately. READ MORE
Mugabe: Africa is riveted by the overnight drama that has left longtime Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe in military custody. Many across the continent have known no other leader of the once-prosperous southern African nation but the 93-year-old Mugabe, the world’s oldest head of state. READ MORE
On this date
Nov. 16, 1885: Chief Sherwood in Regina delivered the warrant for Louis Riel’s execution and coverage includes one last interview with the leader; a survey is planned for the Hudson’s Bay Railway; the British capture war vessels of King Thebaw of Burma (Myanmar); and a Portage la Prairie man caused an explosion after shoving a half-smoked cigar in a pocked also containing gunpowder. READ MORE
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