Good morning!
Your forecast: Don’t just stand there and stare out a window today. Get out and do something. Whether you’re in a classroom, office or factory, use your lunch or coffee breaks to take a stroll on what will surely be one of the last great days of warm weather in 2015. It’s chilly before sunrise – exactly -4 C as of this writing at 6:30 a.m. – but the temperature is expected to rise to 15 C by mid afternoon in Winnipeg under a sunny sky. The clouds roll in late tonight and rain is expected to fall beginning early Friday morning, with amounts of up to 15 millimetres. The high is 10 C on Friday. But blue sky returns Saturday as the mercury rises to a high of 9 C. Expect a mix of sun and cloud Sunday and a high of 8 C.
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SUPPLIED PHOTOA 26-year-old St. Theresa Point First Nation woman said she was grabbed while walking on the shoreline. RCMP would not confirm or deny the allegation.
Kidnapping claim: In northern Manitoba, two chiefs are taking no chances to secure the safety of residents after an alleged kidnapping attempt of a 26-year-old woman earlier this week. St. Theresa Point First Nation Chief David McDougall told the Free Press the woman claims she was walking along a shoreline when she was grabbed by some men and forced onto a boat. She managed to jump into the water and swim to safety. St. Theresa Point and Garden Hill have asked visiting contracting companies to stay away as the RCMP investigate the allegation. READ MORE
Happy anniversary, Mr. Mayor: On his first anniversary, Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman — who campaigned with a promise to transform Winnipeg into a vibrant city — is realizing the difficulty of delivering on that promise. After promising in his campaign book “to build a growing, thriving, more modern city,” the priorities he’s talked about since being elected have sounded much more mundane. READ MORE
Marijuana-friendly Manitoba: In the aftermath of Justin Trudeau’s election, stock prices for medical marijuana producers and the spirits of those in the business in Winnipeg have soared knowing that a pot-friendly prime minister will soon be in office. Manitoba’s justice minister is celebrating, too. Gord Mackintosh says he’s eager to “get with the program” when it comes to the legalization of marijuana. In the U.S., legal pot sales have generated tens of millions of dollars in tax revenue for states such as Colorado. READ MORE
Up next
Dirty water: If tap water looks sketchy in the next few days, it’s because the city is cleaning three sections of feeder mains that cross river. Water supply to customers will not be interrupted, but a city news release warns tap water could be “temporarily discoloured” in the following areas: Today, it’s Wellington Crescent and Crescentwood; on Friday, it’s St. Boniface, Norwood, Glenwood, Varennes, Dufresne, and Archwood. On Monday, it’s Wellington Crescent, North River Heights, Sir John Franklin, Old Tuxedo, Edgeland, and Tuxedo.
Anticipating disaster: Are you prepared for an emergency? Do you have a plan in place if you suddenly had to evacuate your home? If not, the Canadian Red Cross can help today with an entertaining and educational approach to disaster preparedness at the Polo Park Walmart, 1001 Empress St., at 11 a.m. Called the Build-a-Kit Challenge, contestants will have 30 minutes to assemble a 72-hour emergency preparedness kit using everyday items.
Around the water cooler
Jason Halstead / Winnipeg Free PressHPV vaccines will be offered to boy and girls in Grade 6 and boys in Grade 9.
Shot not just for girls: The provincial government will expand its vaccine program against the virus linked to women’s cervical cancer to boys as well as girls. Starting next September, human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine will be available free of charge to boys in Grade 6. The province started immunizing girls in Grade 6 in September 2008. The virus is also linked to other forms of cancer in both sexes. Boys in Grade 9 will also be offered the vaccine free of charge for the next three years. READ MORE
Jays stay alive: Backed by a superb pitching performance from Marco Estrada, the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Kansas City Royals 7-1 Wednesday to stay alive in the American League Championship Series. Estrada allowed just one run on three hits before being replaced after two outs in the seventh inning as the host Jays cut the Royals lead to 3-2 in the best-of-seven series. Game 6 goes Friday night in Kansas City.
Toet won’t challenge result: Only 51 votes separated the winner from the runner-up Monday, however, there will be no recount in the riding of Elmwood-Transcona. Daniel Blaikie, who ran for the NDP, defeated incumbent Lawrence Toet, a member of the Conservatives. Toet won’t contest the results, and offered his congratulations to Blaikie, the son of long-time NDP MP Bill Blaikie.
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War Memorial: The Canadian government will hold a ceremony today at the War Memorial in Ottawa, to honour two Canadian soldiers, Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, shot and killed by Michael Zehaf-Bibeau a year ago today while standing guard at the monument, and Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent, who was killed two days earlier in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., when struck by a car driven by Martin Couture-Rouleau, who had espoused jihadist views. READ MORE
#CerealSongs: Who knew pop music was so full of fibre and all the vitamins you need to start your day? Twitter users posting on this hashtag have come up with some snappy spoonfuls, such as “Pour Some Sugar Smacks On Me,” “Coco Puff the Magic Dragon,” and “The Hills are Alive, With the Sound of Muesli.”
On this date
On Oct. 22, 1928: The Manitoba Free Press reported that two children from Lac du Bonnet were killed and their older family members injured when a train struck their car opposite Niverville station. Winnipeg’s memorial to the war dead was unofficially “unveiled” when the tarpaulin covering the cenotaph was burned by unknown parties. Proprietors of nine city venues where slot machines had been seized were to appear in court, and the legality of the machines was to be tested as the owners were charged with keeping a gaming house. An officier of the Michigan National Guard died after he jumped from an upper deck of the Leviathan in New York harbor at the dare of a girl and his parachute failed to open. St. Paul, Minn. evangelist spoke at the Apostolic Temple at Hargrave Street and Notre Dame Avenue, praising the efforts of the Klu Klux Klan to “clean up Winnipeg.”
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