Good morning!
Your forecast: Remember that song ‘September Morn’ by Neil Diamond? Over at Head Start headquarters, we have a vague recollection. We’re more into thrash metal. Anyways, Wikipedia notes the song was a Top 40 hit for the Brooklyn-born crooner in 1979, peaking at No.17. Why mention this, you ask? Well, it’s the first day of September, of course, and Environment Canada is promising a lovely morning and an even better afternoon, with a high of 29 C under a bright, blue sky. Expect more of the same Wednesday (30 C) and Thursday (32 C), so don a T-shirt and shorts and hit a park somewhere – particularly with autumn not that far away, when you can bet we’ll be forever in blue jeans.
In case you missed it
A Winnipeg woman Breanna Kannick, 21, died in police custody last Thursday, just before she was to appear at a bail hearing in Regina. Sherri Chartrand, in The Pas, said her daughter banged on her cell door, yelled but was unable to get the guards’ attention in four days she was held before her death. Kannick was a coke and heroin addict and her mother believes the remand authorities in Regina failed to provide medical care to her daughter. (Submitted)
In-custody death probed: Saskatchewan justice officials are investigating the death of a 21-year-old Manitoba woman, who collapsed in jail in Regina last week and did not survive. Breanna Kannick died just hours before a scheduled bail hearing, her mother, Sherri Chartrand, told the Free Press. Kannick, who had a severe drug addiction, died in her cell at the White Birch Remand Unit. Chartrand said her daughter was suffering from major withdrawl from cocaine and heroin, and needed medical attention while in jail but didn’t get any. The death has sparked an internal probe. The Saskatchewan government paid a $10,000-plus bill for funeral costs. READ MORE
Rough ride for rivals: It hasn’t been an easy summer for Blue Bomber fans, but things are far worse for our neighbours to the west. After posting a disastrous 0-9 first half of the CFL season, the Saskatchewan Roughriders have fired head coach Corey Chamblin and vice-president of football operations and general manager Brendan Taman. A familiar name to Winnipeggers, former Manitoba Bisons assistant coach Bob Dyce, takes over as interim head coach this week as the ‘Riders prepare to host Winnipeg on Sunday in the annual Labour Day Classic. READ MORE
Big purse raised for jockey: Nearly $115,000 has been raised to date for Winnipeg jockey Alyssa Selman, 29, who damaged her spinal cord during a horse race at Assiniboia Downs on June 27 after being thrown to the ground. She has no feeling from her chest down. A recent eBay auction of items and memorabilia from the horse-racing industry, including a halter worn by Triple Crown winner American Pharaoh, raised $15,000. And a GoFundMe page is at about $14,000. Almost $100,000 has been received in donations to TD Bank and Access Credit Unions, the sale of specialty bracelets and a fundraising social. READ MORE
Up next
JOE BRYKSA / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSNew signs have gone up around schools in Winnipeg.
School zones return: Beginning today, reduced speed zones around many schools are again in effect from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. That’s 30 km/h. Yes, 30 km/h, even when no school kids are around. And if you think traffic officials won’t prosecute, ask the many drivers who got fat fines during the last school year.
Accountants unite: It’s not often that accountants make news, but it’s a big day for the number-crunchers. At a press conference at 12:30 p.m. today, the accounting profession in Manitoba unites under one singular entity. Bill 9, otherwise known as the Chartered Professional Accountants Act, will officially establish the CPA designation in Manitoba, eliminating the legacy designations (CA, CGA and CMA) previously in place. What’s this mean for members of the public who use accountants? The Free Press will attend today’s news conference and find out. READ MORE
Water woes: If your water was brown this morning BEFORE you put coffee in it, it might be because city crews are working on water lines in your area. The city warned that, beginning today, a large pipe must be shut off for repairs and there could be discoloured tap water in some western parts of the city. The areas most likely to be affected are: Daniel McIntyre and St. James (from Wellington Avenue to Wolseley Avenue, and from Dominion Street to St. James Street) and River Heights (from Wellington Crescent to Corydon Avenue, and from Waverley Street to Kenaston Boulevard).
Around the water cooler
Struggling students: University and college students heading back to class this week and next have more to worry about than just homework. According to Winnipeg Harvest, a rising number of students in Manitoba are relying on food banks to get by – due to spikes in tuition, rent and other living expenses. Data compiled by Harvest shows the weight of food bank donations to the University of Winnipeg, Red River College and the Winnipeg Adult Education Centre has increased every year since 2010. From 2010 to 2014, Harvest donated more than 626,000 pounds of food to these three schools. READ MORE
Best Bond tune: Is it Carly Simon’s “Nobody Does it Better”? Paul McCartney’s “Live and Let Die”? What about Duran Duran’s “View To a Kill”? We’re betting you don’t even want to remember the theme from “Moonraker.” READ MORE
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Tony Dejak / The Associated PressCleveland Indians general manager Mark Shapiro
Mark Shapiro: The current president of the Cleveland Indians baseball organization will take over the same post with Toronto next season, the Blue Jays announced Monday. Shapiro will succeed Paul Beeston, who is retiring at the end of this major-league season.
On this date
On September 1, 1926: The Manitoba Free Press reported that due to rain, A.L. Beaubien, a Progressive-Liberal candidate, became member-elect for the federal riding of Provencher because a downpour caused Conservative candidate Dr. H. D. McFadden’s agents to become stuck in the mud and therefore unable to file his nomination papers in time. State police fought with strikers in Manville, R.I. Fifteen thousand people, including 120 women in bathing suits, rushed to a farm in the Transvaal district in South Africa to take advantage of a new diamond discovery. Western Canada’s fall crop was well “on the move” on the railroads. A harvester in Russell, Man. was struck by lightning in the field.
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