Good morning!
Your forecast: Be glad you’re not becoming one with nature up in Riding Mountain National Park. That region continues to get snow this morning, along with communities in western Manitoba like Dauphin, Roblin, Minnedosa, Neepawa and Russell, although only a couple of centimetres over most townsites is anticipated. The snow tapers off by this evening as a weather system that includes a band of heavy precipitation moves farther north. Down here in the south, we can expect rain showers off and on today through Friday morning, with daytime temperatures ranging from 4 C to 7 C. The weekend forecast includes plenty of sunshine and, miraculously, Environment Canada is calling for a daytime high of 10 C on Sunday.
In case you missed it
google+Kevin and Camille Runke.
Police probe murder-suicide: Kevin Runke, the estranged husband of Camille Runke who was shot to death last Friday morning, was considered a person of interest in the homicide case. But on Monday he was found dead inside his vehicle near St. Malo from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Winnipeg police confirmed Tuesday. Winnipeg Police Service Deputy Chief Danny Smyth said Camille called police 22 times with complaints of harassment on the part of her husband and was granted a protection order against him. It didn’t keep him away. Camille, 49, was murdered outside a Marion Street business, sparking a homicide investigation and a subsequent search for her husband, Kevin. READ MORE
Chipmans buy into education: A handful of prominent Winnipeg businessmen — led by Mark and Steve Chipman — plan to open a private, independent Jesuit school in the heart of one of Winnipeg’s poorest neighbourhood next fall. The Gonzaga Middle School will start with 20 Grade 6 students selected from the Point Douglas area next year and will include a total of about 60 students (Grade 6-8) by 2018. Gonzaga is modeled after similar schools in the U.S. located in inner-city, urban neighborhoods most affected by poverty. The 10,000-square foot facility, located on 174 Maple Street North, will include classrooms, a library, gymnasium and staff rooms. St. Paul’s and St. Mary’s private high schools have already committed to taking students from Gonzaga – free of charge — who meet application requirements, if that’s where they choose to attend high school. READ MORE
Another week to fish: Even though walleye stocks are on the decline in Lake Winnipeg according to some conservationists, the province has decided to extend the commercial fishing season an extra week this fall. The walleye season now wraps up on Saturday, allowing fishers to reach their quota of walleye, also locally known as pickerel. READ MORE
Up next
Sean Kilpatrick / The Canadian Press filesPrime Minister Justin Trudeau is doing away with the concept of regional cabinet ministers.
Casual arrival: Canada’s 23rd prime minister will be sworn into office this morning — and he will arrive by bus. When Justin Trudeau is sworn in at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, he’ll become the second-youngest prime minister in Canadian history and the first son of a previous prime minister to lead Canada. In keeping with the brand Trudeau — open, accessible and connected to the public — there will be no fancy chauffeur-driven cars or motorcades. Trudeau and his new cabinet ministers will arrive at the grounds on a bus and then make their way up the main path toward Rideau Hall on foot. The public is invited to attend and there will be giant television screens erected outside Rideau Hall for people to view the ceremony. READ MORE
Sounds like Canada: If you’re the type of patriotic Canadian who wears a maple leaf over their heart, you will want to drop by the MTS Centre tonight for a show called O Canada, What a Feeling! The celebration of Canadian music is touring the country and features a 10-member cast, including Winnipeg musician Jeremy Koz. They will perform songs from a list of who’s who of Canadian music, such as Paul Anka, Gordon Lightfoot, Rush, Neil Young and the Guess Who. Historical footage from Canada’s musical heritage will provide a visual backdrop during the performances.
The future of Kapyong: What might an urban reserve at Kapyong Barracks look like? That question will be addressed this evening by people who know a lot about the topic. A panel discussion in Marpeck Commons hall of the Canadian Mennonite University features Chief Dennis Meeches of Long Plain First Nation, which operates two urban reserves; Harry Finnegan, former head of planning at the City of Winnipeg; and Andrew Holtman, a member of the Tuxedo Community Association’s board of directors. The event will be moderated by Prof. David Balzer, assistant professor of communications and media at CMU, and Jamie Wilson, Manitoba Treaty Relations Commissioner. The event, which starts at 7 p.m., is open to the public. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
Handout / THE CANADIAN PRESS Files / CityNewsCityNews reporter Shauna Hunt confronts Shawn Simoes, who was defending the FHRITP prank May 10.
Heckler re-hired: Ontario’s largest electricity provider has rehired a Toronto employee fired after soccer fans yelled sexually explicit taunts at a female TV reporter this spring. Shawn Simoes lost his job with Hydro One in May following an incident at a Toronto FC game that was captured on camera and widely denounced on social media. Hydro One said at the time he was terminated for violating its employee code of conduct. But the company said Monday he had been offered his job back after he had apologized and went through an arbitration process. READ MORE
Gave pigs a drink: An Ontario woman is unapologetic about providing water to sweltering pigs in a truck on their way to the slaughterhouse on a hot day earlier this year in Ontario. Animal rights activist Anita Krajnc is scheduled to appear in court today to face a mischief charge following a protest in June with her group, Toronto Pig Save, in Burlington. Krajnc gave water from a bottle to the animals through slats in a truck’s trailer when the truck, hauling the pigs from Van Boekel Hog Farms to a slaughterhouse about 100 kilometres away, pulled up to where the group was waiting on a roadway median. READ MORE
No punishment for Buff: Winnipeg Jets blueliner Dustin Byfuglien will be in the lineup tonight in Toronto after been spared a suspension by the NHL’s department of player safety. Byfuglien hammered Montreal forward Brenda Gallagher with a big hit Sunday night during the Canadiens’ 5-1 victory and was assessed a two-minute penalty for elbowing. The department ruled Gallagher’s head was not the principle point of contact for the blow. READ MORE
Trending now
#NerdyCountryMusic: Who says you can’t both wear a Stetson and appreciate the finer points of Tolkien? Country fans and nerd-dom converge in song titles such as “(My Precious) Ring of Fire (of Mount Doom),” “I’m So Lonesome I Could Pi,” and “A Starlord is Born.”
#GreyCup: The big day isn’t until Nov. 29, but the CFL’s biggest game is already trending in Winnipeg, where the game will be played at Investors Group Field. As of late Monday, tickets were nearly sold out, according to the event’s official Twitter account — do you have yours?
On this date
On Nov. 4, 1986: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Manitoba Premier Howard Pawley was angry after a meeting with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney after Mulroney refused to alter his decision to grant a Quebec company the contract for building CF-18 fighter jets, even though Manitoba’s Bristol Aerospace was widely acknowledged to have made the strongest bid for the contract. The Manitoba Teachers Society supported a convicted rapist in his fight to get his job as a teacher back. A Balmoral Street barber found a would-be burglar sleeping in his barber’s chair when he arrived for work and called the police, who arrested the man.
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