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PCs make opposition to landfill search a central facet of campaign as Manitoba election day nears (www.cbc.ca)

As the Oct. 3 election day in Manitoba draws closer, the Progressive Conservatives are now actively campaigning on their opposition to searching a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two Indigenous women police presume are victims of an alleged serial killer....

Officers have filed scores of scathing reports about 'unfit' conditions at HMP. We obtained them (www.cbc.ca)

In the decades-long conversation about conditions at Her Majesty’s Penitentiary, correctional officers are rarely heard. They do not speak publicly over concerns for their employment and instead are represented in public by the union president....

Conflict of interest: Montreal politicians making decisions on housing are also landlords | Ricochet (ricochet.media)

Among Montreal’s muncipal politicians, those who own the largest number of residential units also currently hold seats, or recently sat, on the Commission on Economic and Urban Development and Housing, the standing committee tasked with, among other things, finding affordable housing solutions....

Why are CEOs still so intent on taking worker attendance? (www.bbc.com)

Google and JPMorgan have each told staff that office attendance will be factored into performance evaluations. The US law firm Davis Polk informed employees that fewer days in the office would result in lower bonuses. And Meta and Amazon both told employees they’re now monitoring badge swipes, with potential consequences for...

Shutdown risk looms as US Congress faces spending, impeachment brawl (www.reuters.com)

The House and the Democratic-controlled Senate are due to be in session for about 12 days before funding expires on Sept. 30, leaving little time to agree on a package of 12 appropriations bills that can pass each chamber and win Democratic President Joe Biden’s signature....

Body cam shows prolific federal drug prosecutor offering cops business card in DUI crash arrest (apnews.com)

When police arrived at his house to investigate a hit-and-run, Joseph Ruddy, one of the nation’s most prolific federal narcotics prosecutors, looked so drunk he could barely stand up straight, leaning on the tailgate of his pickup to keep his balance....

Why Native American tribes struggle to tap billions in clean energy incentives (www.reuters.com)

Tribes cannot access key incentives for larger clean energy projects until they secure an agreement to connect to the regional electrical grid … yet Native American households lack access to electricity at far higher rates than the national average, according to the Energy Information Administration. Only 30% of the Navajo...

A man bought a metal detector to get off the couch. He just made the "gold find of the century" in Norway. (www.cbsnews.com)

At first, the Norwegian man thought his metal detector reacted to chocolate money buried in the soil. It turned out to be nine pendants, three rings and 10 gold pearls in what was described as the country’s gold find of the century....

District attorney in Georgia election case against Trump and others seeks protections for jurors (apnews.com)

The preemptory step by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis comes after the grand jurors who returned the 41-count indictment against Trump and 18 others were subjected to harassment when their information was posted online. It’s a reflection of the highly polarized feelings surrounding the criminal cases against the...

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