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Wooing Wayne: Did you ever hear the story about how, in 1978, Bobby Hull took 17-year-old Wayne Gretzky to dinner at a Winnipeg restaurant and suggested Gretzky join the Jets? You’re not alone if you have never heard about that private dinner. Hull’s fascinating offer to Gretzky was little-known, until Gretzky talked to reporter Randy Turner. READ MORE
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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESThe University of Manitoba Faculty Association has voted 85.6 per cent in favour of strike action.
Implications of U of M strike: After University of Manitoba faculty gave union leadership an 85.6 per cent strike mandate, there are several important questions. If faculty strikes, will students lose their current academic year? Will picket lines block people from visiting the campus to use recreational facilities or attend Blue Bomber games? Reporter Nick Martin asked the questions. READ MORE
Blank passports seized: Nine people were arrested in Manitoba as part of a large theft ring that stretched across Western Canada. As well as $300,000 worth of goods such as stolen vehicles, police found blank passports, blank birth certificates and RCMP uniforms. Carol Sanders reports on the dangerous possibilities of blank passports and birth certificates in criminal hands. READ MORE
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Nobel Prize winner visits: Two hundred Manitoba students representing 30 Manitoba high schools will attend a presentation today titled “Can You Plan to get a Nobel Prize?” The presenter is someone who knows the topic well: 2013 Nobel Prize winner Dr. Thomas C. Südhof, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine.
Hillary vs. Donald: The third and final debate between presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump takes place today at 8 p.m. CT. The 90-minute debate is in Las Vegas, Nev., and will be moderated by Fox News’ Chris Wallace. Based on two previous debates, viewers can expect to hear bluster, lies, obfuscation and whining. And Hillary will also participate.
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Not funny: After the “creepy clown” trend hit Winnipeg with at least two incidents of costumed creeps chasing people, the city’s largest school division has asked principals and teachers to tell students they are not to wear or bring clown masks or makeup to school this Halloween. Ashley Prest reports. READ MORE
Exclusions in LGBTQ community: Pride Winnipeg has apologized after it was criticized for being exclusively for white, middle-class gay men and lesbians. People who feel left out include the transgender crowd, people of colour, Muslims, immigrants and refugees, blind, deaf and physically challenged members of the city’s LGBTQ community. Pride Winnipeg will reconsider its operation in the next eight months, before its annual week-long festival and parade in the first week of June. Bill Redekop reports. READ MORE
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#AddAMovieRuinAMovie: Some mashups just weren’t meant to be. Do you really want to see “Dressed To Kill Bill,” “Terminator 3: Rise Of The Mean Girls,” “How To Train Your Dragon To Kill A Mockingbird” or “A Clockwork Cuckoo’s Nest”?
On this date
On Oct. 19, 1948: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a federal-provincial inquiry had been launched into the conditions at displaced persons camps in Manitoba. The investigation followed reports in another Winnipeg newspaper that displaced persons at the camp near Emerson lived under conditions of “misery and squalor.” At the United Nations, Western powers agreed to resume talks concerning the development of atomic weapons. READ MORE
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