Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 25, 2021, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Silent stalker
Why did Winnipeg police wait so long to warn public about assaults on women on river trail?
A Free Press analysis of this case and others reveals number of briefings,
news releases has been declining in recent years / F4-6
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CANADA
TWO MICHAELS FREED,
MENG STRIKES DEAL
Detained in China for nearly three years,
Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael
Spavor were headed back to Canada
Friday, hours after Huawei CFO Meng
Wanzhou struck a deal with the U.S.
Justice Department / A3
ORIGIN STORY
Dan Lett sits down with Premier Kelvin
Goertzen to learn how an intern in Gary
Filmon’s Tory government rose to become
the province’s top dog and why he doesn’t
want the job permanently / A4
GET VAXXED
OR GET TESTED
A new public health order that comes
into effect Oct. 18 will require unvaccin-
ated nurses, teachers and other front-line
workers to produce a negative COVID-19
rapid test result before starting their
shift. Manitoba is planning for as many as
20,000 to undergo frequent testing / A2
FOUNDED IN 1872
Heavy hitters back
Stefanson for premier
Mark Chipman, Sandy Riley and others say
she’s only one who can lead province out of pandemic,
prevent minority views from hijacking Tory party / A6
Fuel for Jets’ fire
Defenceman Nate Schmidt brings driving work ethic,
top-end skill and fun-loving attitude to club / E1-2
Setting new course
Winnipeg Art Gallery, residing in its ship-shaped
style building for last 50 years, has been on journey
from colonialism to reconciliation / G1-3
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COVID-19 PANDEMIC
‘WE ACKNOWLEDGE
THE GRAVE ABUSES’
Canada’s Catholic bishops are expressing
their “profound remorse” in an apology to
Indigenous people for church’s role in
residential schools / A14
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