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Business' news

NEW COURSE
According to the latest financial reports, Ottawa increased the financing of the comma by issuing a four-year deal for 4 million dollars for long-term economic monitoring of the NW Ontario facility. According to data received from the deputies of the parliament, the new cash flows of federal funds will replace the previous two-year financing deal. This will allow reducing the annual financial contribution to a number of necessary procedures. Looking at th...
Sports
On Wednesday, it was officially announced that Nicolas Petan will hold the 2018-19 season as part of the NHL team Winnipeg Jets. The deal was concluded for one year; Nic’s income will be $874,125. Last season the 23-year-old left winger played just 15 games for Jets and scored two goals. For most of the season, he played in the AHL for the Manitoba Moose team, where he managed to score 52 points – 15 goals and 37 assists.
Society
On Wednesday the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority proclaimed that nine operating rooms in St. Boniface Hospital were closed due to air system problems. According to the statement, repair work will be finished at the end of the week. However, the closure of the operating room will affect the general work of the hospital, because several surgeries were planned to be done in these operating rooms during the week. The chief health operations officer with th...
Society
On Monday, two people on a boat sailed near an uninhabited island. Seven puppies were founded and rescued there. After that, pups were taken to Norway House Animal Rescue. According to the people who found the puppies, strange sounds were heard from the island the previous evening. The men heard a muffled whine and barking. First, the boatmen decided that wolves were somehow on the island. The next morning, the men sailed to the island and saw seven beauti...
Events
The 49th annual Canada's Best Summer festival Folklorama will open its doors to residents and guests of Winnipeg this weekend. Everyone who plans to visit this festival has the opportunity to buy tickets online in advance. At the festival there will be 44 pavilions and tickets can be purchased for specific pavilions, dates and times of performance. Teresa Cotroneo, acting executive director of Folklorama, reported that she recommends people buying tickets...
Sports
Jovan Santos-Knox became the top performer of the week. For the fourth consecutive week, Winnipeg Blue Bombers' players receive this title. Jovan Santos-Knox, 24, is a Bombers linebacker. The athlete shows an impressive game and helps the team during the match very much . Santos-Knox has recorded four sacks this season. Santos-Knox sits in the second place in the league with 39 defensive tackles behind teammate Adam Bighill, who has 42. It's a good statist...
Crime
Ryan Fortescue, 44, was charged in more than 200 complaints about mail being stolen from mailboxes in Springfield, East St. Paul and Selkirk. The man was working for the Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority. The offender stole accounts, bank details and cashed checks. The man covered his activities with emergency medical care. The police department received more than 200 complaints of the same nature. Since the man often appeared in this area, the p...
Crime
This accident happened on Tuesday at night. At about 12.30. the store owner received a phone call informing him that a robber had broken into his fromage shop on Boulevard Provencher. The cameras showed that the person broke into the store through the back door. After inspecting the kitchen and two commercial coolers, the man disappeared. The owner cannot believe that the burglar did not find anything interesting for himself, because the store had stocks o...
Incidents
As a result of racist statements, two women were detained in the direction of the indigenous people. One of the suspects is born in the FlinFlon area, and the other one is from the community of Saskatchewan. According to the prehistory, one of the women began to write angry comments on Facebook about people who damaged her car. The woman believed that the act of vandalism was produced by someone from the local indigenous population. The woman wrote angry s...
Criminal News
On Sunday, a series of vandalistic attacks on vehicles and homes occurred in Flin Flon, a city located 600 kilometers northwest of Winnipeg. According to official data, two women were arrested because of unethical statements about the Indians after these crimes. They are a 32-year-old from Flin Flon and a 25-year-old from the nearby village. Paul Manaigre, a spokesperson Sgt., reported that two women will be brought to justice for their 'shoot an Indian'...
Incidents
On Tuesday evening, there was a car accident on Portage Avenue. The accident involved a Greyhound Bus and another vehicle. As a result of the collision, transport blocked a part of Portage Avenue. According to witnesses, there were passengers in the vehicle. Rescue services were spotted on the scene. However, the victims are not reported. There still was no official statement of the authorities on the fact of the accident. Information about the injured...
Society
Canadian Union of Public Employees provides a lot of services to employees around the country. For example, health care services, emergency services, education, child care, and other social services. Now, 3,000 flight attendants at WestJet are ready to become official members of CUPE. The Canada Industrial Relations Board made a statement about this event on Tuesday afternoon.  The Canadian Union of Public Employees sent thousands of letters by e-mail to f...
Culture
Every year Winnipeg becomes the centre of cultural celebrations and fashionable proclamations. More than 40 cultural communities or 20,000 Volunteers take part in an event attended by more than half a million visitors each year. According to the Mayor of Brian Bowman, external attendance rates can become a record for all 49 years of the Folklorama celebration. This event is a source of pride for all cultural figures. The festival is very popular with young...
Ecology
A new study of water samples showed no coliform bacteria in it. A warning on water infection was made on Friday after a too low level of chlorine was found in drinking water. Also, there is a probability of the presence of coliform bacteria there. On Tuesday evening Manitoba Sustainable Development and the province's chief medical officer of health made a statement about the abolition of the ban on drinking water. He said that a new water test showed that...
Society
The Manitoba Police Chief Association conducted a Gun Amnesty Program in order to collect all unregistered weapons from citizens. The amnesty program granted every resident of Manitoba to hand over illegal weapons without consequences if she or he did not participate in any offense or criminal matter. Thanks to successful police actions, 22,000 cartridges of 700 pieces of firearms were collected as well as explosives and cannonball. Residents of Manitoba a...
RECORD
The indoor ticketed attendance totaled $103,251 with 245 sold-out performances and $890,624 in box office revenue. This result is better than last year's 1.75%. According to the festival producer Chuck McEwen, this fact contributed to the good weather. Sunny days and optimal temperatures have become excellent assistants to the Winnipeg Fringe Theater Festival. In total, the festival was visited by 75,000-80,000 people. The festival was attended by 178 comp...
Ecology
The administration of the US President Donald Trump conducted an environmental study, according to which a new Keystone XL pipeline through Nebraska will not affect water, land, and nature of the state in any way. This report was issued on Monday.  A pipeline developer TransCanada faces a lot of difficulties because ecologists, indigenous peoples and an organized minority of landowners in the state decided to thwart construction by resorting to the Nebrask...
Society
A sunflower field on Mollard Road on the outskirts of the city is very beautiful and attracts a lot of people every day. People come here not only to look at all the beauty of this place but also to take stunning selfies. The second reason also made Tannis Legary arrive at sunflower fields. However, she was not the only person that decided to take sunflower selfies. On Monday a huge number of people came there for this purpose. Bruce Stewart, the landowne...