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Rebecca Chartrand, tariff ad, farming challenges, YouTuber visit, Bomber percussionists, grief camp
Plus: The Louvre heist's mystery man

Good evening. The Winnipeg Jets get back in the saddle tonight against the Calgary Flames, 24 hours after their five-game winning streak came to a halt.

And the Blue Jays take on defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series starting tonight in Toronto.

You’ll find coverage of both tilts on our website tonight and in tomorrow’s print edition.

Here’s a look at what else our newsroom has been working on today:

 

'Something needs to happen here'

Dan Lett:

North End sensibility, vast northern responsibility

Manitoba Anishinaabe MP Rebecca Chartrand driven by experience growing up surrounded by poverty, violence and tragedy Read More

 
 
 

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'This country is behind you'

Erik Pindera:

Kinew a fan of Ontario anti-tariff ad

Premier Wab Kinew is backing Ontario’s anti-tariff ad campaign that U.S. President Donald Trump blamed for his decision to halt trade negotiations with Canada. Read More

 

Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press:

Ontario will pull ads that triggered Trump in order to restart trade talks, Ford says

Ads will stop Monday, so Americans see them during weekend World Series games Read More

 
 

'The weather changes what you’re going to harvest'

Julia-Simone Rutgers:

Bumper crop of adversity

From drought to downpours and toxic smoke to tariffs — it was a summer of challenges down on the farm Read More

 
 

'Willing to go wherever he wanted to go'

Melissa Martin:

Hope in the ‘hood

History of violence draws popular YouTuber to Winnipeg, but he discovers ‘good people’, caring community Read More

 
 

'I mean, seriously, what’s not to like?'

David Sanderson:

On the beat

Percussionists plenty proud to pound out rhythm at Blue Bomber games Read More

 
 

‘You are in charge, you dictate how your grief camp will look’

AV Kitching:

Healing holiday

Local grief camp helps youth process the loss of loved ones Read More

 
 
 

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Local

Joyanne Pursaga: Durand-Wood wins Elmwood-East Kildonan council seat in decisive byelection victory
Aaron Epp: Ending homelessness by 2031: Blaikie Whitecloud says it’s possible — if Manitobans work together
Tyler Searle: Plastic surgeon suspended again
Connor McDowell: Chief says he was behind legal threat over boats being allowed on Clear Lake
Tyler Searle: Ottawa adds to existing investment in Bay building transformation for timber-panelled atrium
Scott Billeck: Health-care aide ‘choked out’ by patient in HSC’s emergency department
Joyanne Pursaga: Province expands services at downtown library space for vulnerable people
Eva Wasney: Decorated dog breeder who fostered dozens of children built her life on loving others
Janine LeGal: Gathering thousands on tarmac to kick off fundraising perfectly embodies can-do spirit of United way, campaign chair says
Erik Pindera: Prosecutors say mediation failed over workload grievance
 

Opinion

Jen Zoratti: Let the teens have their Halloweens
Tory McNally: Navigating feelings in office: when someone takes work personally
Joel Schlesinger: Halloween spare change
Maureen Scurfield: Full ski week may be too steep for just two of you
Russell Wangersky: The benumbing purgatory of hope on hold
Alison Gillmor: Narrator trope done to death
Editorial: Metaphor is dead as Trump ‘renovates’
Laura Rance: Cattle ranchers rattle fences after Trump opens U.S. gate to Argentina
Rochelle Squires: Transforming the Exchange District
David McLaughlin: A speech that should have been much more
 

Arts & Life

Georgia Nicols: Today’s horoscope
Ben Waldman: Théâtre Cercle Molière's hundredth season opens with nod to past artistic director
Romona Goomansingh: Annual Diwali celebration puts spotlight on Hindu culture, customs and community
Conrad Sweatman: Canadian horror picks with slashed budgets, killer scores
Reviewed by Morley Walker: True grit lacking in Canadian collection
Reviewed by Chris Smith: Shoalts digs into British explorer’s life and disappearance in Canada’s breathtaking north
Reviewed by Douglas J. Johnston: King’s love of architecture largely ignored
John Longhurst: In awe of the Christian aid worker
Reviewed by Cheryl Girard: Albom’s magically uplifting love story melds fantasy, time travel and suspense
Colleen Zacharias: Snug as a bug
 

Sports

Mike McIntyre: Offensive showdown expected when Winnipeg Jets clash with Utah Mammoth
Taylor Allen: Bombers lose backup QB Streveler in win over Alouettes
Taylor Allen: Survey says… Bombers O-lineman appears on Family Feud
Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press: Grand Opening: Barger hits grand slam as Jays beat Dodgers 11-4 in Game 1
Mike McIntyre: Jets bounce back with spirited victory over feisty Flames
Joshua Frey-Sam: Calvert and McDonald in showdown for Olympic trials berth
Ken Wiebe and Mike McIntyre: Botterill grows with experience
Ben Little: Winnipegger in Serbia to take on the world
Taylor Allen: Big Blue rest big names
Joshua Frey-Sam: Bisons future bright, even without Light
 

Business

Gabrielle Piché: Province signs $12M food supply deal with Canadian arm of Aramark
Aaron Epp: ‘Hub for opportunity’: First Nation breaks ground on 7-storey, 147-unit Elswood
Aaron Epp: ‘Bright side’ of north side of city
Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press: Air Canada cuts 400 management jobs in ‘difficult decision’ amid strike fallout
Ian Bickis, The Canadian Press: S&P/TSX composite closes up, U.S. stocks also higher
Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press: Business sector not sounding alarm after Trump ends trade talks over ad campaign
Ian Bickis, The Canadian Press: Detroit automaker group pushes back on tariffs as Ottawa takes tougher stance
Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press: Blue Jays’ success proving to be home run for businesses selling team merchandise
Gabrielle Piché: National bank eyes national defence spending
 

Canada

Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press: Prime Minister Carney’s first trip to Asia starts this week with ASEAN, APEC summits
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press: Anand says she’s asked for updated Indo-Pacific strategy as PM heads to Asia
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press: Good Samaritan law provided immunity to man arrested at overdose scene: Supreme Court
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press: McGuinty says Canada’s first defence industrial strategy will land weeks after budget
The Canadian Press: Statistics Canada to delay publishing trade data amid U.S. government shutdown
Nono Shen, The Canadian Press: No closure for Filipino community, six months after Vancouver festival attack
The Canadian Press: Vancouver health authority sued over death of Canadian senator’s son
Maura Forrest, The Canadian Press: Ottawa to review possible miscarriage of justice in 1994 murder conviction in Quebec
Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press: Solomon considering age restrictions for chatbots in privacy bill
Hannah Alberga, The Canadian Press: ‘A part of something:’ The mental health benefits of being a Blue Jays fan
 
 

World

Jill Lawless, The Associated Press: Ukraine’s Zelenskyy urges US to broaden Russian oil sanctions and seeks long-range missiles
Wafaa Shurafa And Sarah El Deeb, The Associated Press: As Israel returns bodies, Palestinians face a grisly search through corpses for lost loved ones
Konstantin Toropin, The Associated Press: US is sending an aircraft carrier to Latin America in major escalation of military firepower
Dánica Coto, John Myers Jr. And Evens Sanon, The Associated Press: Tropical Storm Melissa stationary in the Caribbean as 4 deaths reported and huge rains expected
Konstantin Toropin And Lisa Mascaro, The Associated Press: Pentagon accepts $130 million donation to help pay the military during the government shutdown
The Associated Press: US says it now plans to deport Abrego Garcia to Liberia as soon as Oct. 31
Mead Gruver, The Associated Press: Trump administration tells Colorado wolves must come from U.S. Rockies states, not Canada
Travis Loller, The Associated Press: Attorney says electrocardiogram at Tennessee execution was active after inmate was pronounced dead
Jonathan Mattise And Kristin M. Hall, The Associated Press: Tennessee explosives plant blast that killed 16 people was a chain reaction felt 20 miles away
The Associated Press: Employee accused of stealing 47 vehicles from Avis Budget car rental site at New York airport
 

One last thing...

John Leicester, The Associated Press:

Inspector Clouseau? The mystery man in an AP photo after the Louvre jewel heist creates a buzz

PARIS (AP) — It was shortly after the stunning heist of the crown jewels at the Louvre when Paris-based Associated Press photographer Thibault Camus caught in his frame a dapperly dressed young man wa... Read More

 
 

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