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Professors picket: Many University of Manitoba students won’t need to visit lecture halls to see their professors today. Profs are on the picket line. The lines went up at campus entrances in Fort Garry and outside the faculty of health sciences buildings at 7 a.m. today. Reporter Nick Martin is there. READ MORE
Your forecast: The drizzly weather that dampened Halloween trick-or-treating continues today, with the addition of 20 km/h wind gusting as high as 50. The high today will be 8 C, with an overnight low of 3.
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BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESPremier Brian Pallister
Public-sector salary freeze?: Premier Brian Pallister won’t say so, but he won’t say no. When asked Monday about allegations of an edict by his government to see a wage freeze across the public sector, he said his government’s mandate “is to get a handle on the expenditures of the government, and the largest category of expenditures of the government of Manitoba is wages.” Kristin Annable reports. READ MORE
Jailhouse deaths: Manitoba Justice Minister Heather Stefanson ordered a review on Monday to search for a common link to five recent deaths at the Winnipeg Remand Centre. Public information about the deaths has been scant, but it’s known the jail is crowded beyond capacity and there have been reports of fentanyl use behind bars. READ MORE
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Washington Capitals in town: Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom and the rest of the Washington Capitals are in Winnipeg to play the Jets tonight. It’s likely Jets coach Paul Maurice will start Connor Hellebuyck in net instead of Michael Hutchinson, who was pulled after allowing three goals in Sunday’s 3-1 loss to Buffalo Sabres. The puck drops at 7 p.m. READ MORE
Ottawa’s economic plan: The federal government will update the country on its economic and fiscal path today in a statement that Ottawa hopes will also encourage Canadians to focus on the potential of its long-term plan — rather than dwelling on the short-term pain. The Liberals won last year’s election on a platform promising to help lift the slow-growth economy with billions of dollars’ worth of deficit spending for more ambitious infrastructure and child-benefit programs.
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CHRYSTIA FREELAND / TWITTERInternational Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland gifts a pair of moccasins from Manitobah Mukluk to European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström in Brussels.
Moccasin diplomacy: Manitobah Mukluks is easily convinced of the benefits of the new trade agreement between Canada and Europe signed on the weekend. International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland used the Manitoba company as a prime example of how Canadians will benefit from CETA, tweeting a photo of herself giving European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström a pair of moccasins made by Manitobah Mukluks. Mia Rabson reports. READ MORE
Ex-cop caught with drugs: Former Winnipeg police officer Kenneth George Houston, 48, was spared a jail term on Monday on drug-related charges. He was arrested in October, 2011, while driving a vehicle with cocaine and Percocet pills in his jacket, more cocaine under the seat, five cellphones and $1,900. The judge imposed a suspended sentence with 18 months of probation, meaning the conviction will stay on Houston’s criminal record, but he won’t go to jail. READ MORE
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#NaNoWriMo2016: That’s National Novel Writing Month 2016, in case you didn’t know — if you have a manuscript inside you bursting to flow forth onto the page, join thousands of other writers this month pounding madly away at their keyboards or scribbling furiously in notebooks to write their novels.
Movember: As in past years, thousands of men are giving up shaving for the month of November to raise awareness for health issues such as prostate cancer and men’s mental health.
On this date
On Nov. 1, 1969: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a Vietnam war veteran who had hijacked a jetliner in California and travelled halfway around the world was apprehended by Italian police at a shrine south of Rome. In Vancouver, striking longshoremen and maritime employers reached an agreement to settle the five-week-long dispute. In Winnipeg, police received numerous complaints about dangerous objects such as nails, needles or razor blades having been inserted into Halloween apples and candies. READ MORE
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