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Your forecast: This just in, you’ll have to show true grit to get through the rest of the week’s crappy weather. Environment Canada is calling for a liberal dose of precipitation this afternoon, with a daytime high of 11 C. The rain continues to fall overnight and into the morning, with winds gusting to 50 km/h and high of 10 C expected Wednesday. The sun returns Thursday, but more rain is likely headed our way Friday and Saturday, with temperatures in single digits.
In case you missed it
Jason Halstead / Winnipeg Free PressNDP candidate for Elmwood-Transcona, Daniel Blaikie, celebrates victory with his father, former MP Bill Blaikie, at the New Cavalier Inn on Regent Avenue West. on Mon., Oct. 19, 2015.
Drama in Elmwood-Transcona: The election excitement didn’t end after Liberal leader and Prime Minister-elect Justin Trudeau’s victory speech Monday night. In the Winnipeg riding of Elmwood-Transcona, the result came down to the very last poll and NDP candidate Daniel Blaikie triumphed over Conservative incumbent Lawrence Toet by just 184 votes. The news came in at 12:20 a.m. Blaikie’s father, Bill, was the MP for the riding from 1979 to 2008. READ MORE
Not Hydro’s fault: The provincial Clean Environment Commission has absolved Manitoba Hydro of responsibility for Lake Winnipeg flooding. The CEC released a report Monday stating that since 1976 – when Hydro started managing the lake’s levels through a series of channels north of the lake and the Jenpeg control structure on the west channel of the upper Nelson River – lake regulation has actually reduced the severity of flooding. Hydro’s licence to continue to regulate Lake Winnipeg expires in 2026. READ MORE
High-profile trial starts today: All the pieces were in place Monday, however, some last-minute legal issues arose prompting a one-day delay to the start of the Divas Boulanger murder trial in Winnipeg. But today Ted Herntier, 45, accused in the 2004 slaying of Boulanger, 28, will stand trial on a second-degree murder charge. He was arrested in July 2010, six years after Boulanger’s body was found outside a Trans-Canada Highway rest stop just east of Portage la Prairie. READ MORE
Up next
John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press filesManitoba Legislature.
Legislature resumes: For those who didn’t get their fill of politicians in the federal campaign that ended Monday, provincial politics revs up today with the opening of the fall sitting of the Manitoba Legislature. The NDP government says the session will include measures that protect children from second-hand smoke and online exploitation, a crackdown on dangerous driving, and capping class sizes at 20 students from kindergarten to Grade 3.
Helping refugees: Many people who have seen heart-breaking pictures of refugees have one question: How can we help? Answers to that question will be provided tonight at the Carol Shields Auditorium on the second floor of the Millennium library, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., where eight booths from various non-profit organizations and several speakers will participate in an open house on the Syrian refugee crisis.
Historic board: History of sorts will be made today when the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce names its first gender-balanced board in the organization’s 143-year history. The new board includes 12 women and 12 men. Mehta-Shah, chair of the chamber’s board of directors, said: “Over the past three decades, women’s participation in the Canadian workforce has more than doubled, to approximately 47 per cent. I am very proud of the fact that the chamber has assembled its first gender balanced board.”
Around the water cooler
Matt Slocum / The Associated PressToronto Blue Jays relief pitcher Roberto Osuna and catcher Russell Martin celebrates their 11-8 win against the Kansas City Royals in Game 3 of baseball’s American League Championship Series on Monday.
Jays far from finished: The big bats of the Toronto Blue Jays came out in full force Monday night as the club built a huge lead and then hung on for an 11-8 victory over the visiting Kansas City Royals in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series. The Royals lead the best-of-seven series 2-1. Game 4 goes today at 3 p.m. CST, and it’s on the Sportsnet TV network. In the National League Championship Series, the New York Mets lead the Chicago Cubs 2-0 in their best-of-seven series. The Cubs host Game 3 tonight. READ MORE
End of Downton Abbey: The final season of the popular British drama “Downton Abbey” begins on Jan. 3, with the series finale set for the first weekend of March. On a Sunday before the final show, PBS said it plans to air a marathon of episodes from the final season. READ MORE
Trending now
Sean Kilpatrick / THE CANADIAN PRESSLiberal leader and incoming prime minister Justin Trudeau is seen on stage at Liberal party headquarters in Montreal early Tuesday.
#Trudeau: It should come as no surprise that the name of the Liberal Party leader, now Canada’s new prime minister, is trending the day after the federal election. Justin Trudeau steps into the shoes of his famous father, Pierrer Elliott Trudeau, who became prime minister 47 years ago.
Star Wars: The other big news Monday night, after the Canadian election and the Blue jays game, was for the geeks of the world. The new trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released. Expect fans to dissect every last frame of it ahead of the December release of the first new Star Wars movie in a decade.
On this date
On Oct. 20, 2006: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Canadian Wheat Board president Adrian Measner openly criticized the Harper government over its plans to dismantle the board’s monopoly, calling it “un-Canadian.” Allegations of Crown misconduct in the case of the slaying of Benjamin Marshall led to a controversial plea bargain for his two alleged killers. Opposition parties and environmental groups slammed the federal government’s proposed Clean Air Act. The Canadian Museum for Human Rights received a major fundraising boost of $5 million in private donations.
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