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Anmol Garg said machetes were no longer sold at his Selkirk Avenue shop two weeks ago, pending new legislation expected to receive royal assent this week.

The Long Blade Control Act (Bill 39), which will not go into effect until regulations are developed, would require customers to be at least 18 years of age and to provide proof of identification, which retailers must record and retain for a period of time. at least two years.

This would create a problem for most of Garg’s clients. Carol Sanders has a story.

Bargains Galore on Selkirk Avenue is no longer selling machetes in anticipation of new provincial legislation. (Ruth Bonneville/Free Press)

On the bright side

When Lorrie Letters’ doctor recommended she get an ostomy, health professionals also suggested she contact the Manitoba Ostomy Association, a volunteer organization founded in 1972 that helps people facing gastrointestinal or urinary problems.

So, Written began attending the association’s monthly support group. Her main question to the group was, “What do I need to do to get on another ship or another plane?”

It was September 2000. The North Kildonan resident has since resumed her travels and become an important part of the association. Aaron Epp has more here.

Lorrie Pismenni is a long-time volunteer with the Manitoba Ostomy Association. (Michaela McKenzie / Free Press)

On this day

November 4, 1926: Manitoba Free Press As reported in Ishpeming, Michigan, fifty-three miners trapped in the Barnes-Hecker iron mine were presumed dead after a flow of quicksand descended from the surface to where the men were located, 1,600 feet below the surface. Democrats made gains in elections for the U.S. House of Representatives, Senate and governorships, threatening Republican control following President Calvin Coolidge’s victory two years earlier. Read the rest of that day’s newspaper Here. Find more in our archives Here.

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