Your forecast
Sunny with fog patches this morning. High 17 C, low 3, UV index 5 or moderate.
What’s happening today
Manitoba’s three main party leaders are set to square off today in the first leaders forum of the election campaign. The Manitoba Heavy Construction Association is hosting the event from 7:30 – 9:30 a.m. at the Holiday Inn Express, 1740 Ellice Ave. The Canadian Press reports.
From left, Progressive Conservative Party Leader Heather Stefanson, NDP Leader Wab Kinew and Liberal Party Leader Dougald Lamont (The Canadian Press files)
Winnipeggers can register for swimming lessons and other city-run activities in its fall leisure guide beginning at 8 a.m. (non-residents will be able to register Sept. 14 at 8 a.m.). Folks can sign up for activities online or by calling 311.
One-day, in-person registration is also available at Cindy Klassen Recreation Complex from 8 a.m. to noon, or at 395 Main St., 170 Goulet St. and any city indoor pool during regular operating hours.
Today’s must-read
Just hours after stabbing and bludgeoning Paul Enns to death in a Winnipeg park, two Interlake-area teens bragged to friends about the slaying, boasting they “did it smart” and wouldn’t get caught, a court heard Monday. The now-18-year-old man and 17-year-old girl pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the unprovoked Feb. 25, 2022, killing. Dean Pritchard reports.
Court heard Enns was lured to the location under the pretext of a sexual encounter. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press files)
On this date
On Sept. 12, 1927: The Manitoba Free Press reported officers from the Winnipeg city police morality department had a busy weekend performing “a large number of raids” at the homes of those who allegedly ignored the provisions of the Manitoba Temperance Act. In Kenora, Ont., a man who was “attacked with cramps” while swimming near the lumber company’s boat slips nearly drowned but was saved by two boys. A game of hide-and-seek cost a six-year-old child his life in Chicago. The boy reportedly climbed into a refrigerator and died of suffocation. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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