• Winnipeggers celebrate festival of lights during the year's spookiest day in 'Diwaloween' mash-up
• Winnipeg floats ideas for new taxes as it seeks feedback on ways to increase revenue
• Giant pumpkins raise money in mother's memory for CancerCare
• 'Rain gardens' planned to reduce Winnipeg combined sewer overflows
• Surgical volumes hit high point last year, reducing backlog, but doctors say there's still work to do