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Every now and then Winnipeg Police are organizing a sort of garage sale for the things that were seized by police but never claimed by their lawful owners. Most of them were never reported missing or stolen, so there is no chance for the police to find the owners and return their goods. Every year hundreds of stolen and lost bicycles, that the Winnipeg Police recovers, are auctioned off at the annual Winnipeg Bicycle Auction. All Bikes purchased through th...

Spring is officially here. If you want to spend the first weekend of April funny and interesting, check the following events. Believe, Winnipeg has prepared a lot of interesting things to do for the weekend of April 5-7. Here are the best ideas: 1. Winnipeg Model Railroad Club's Train Show You should definitely visit the biggest model railway event of the season, which takes place on the open day of the Winnipeg Model Railway Club. You will be able to see...

Drugs to treat alcohol abuse are now easier to get. Dr. Ginette Poulin, Addictions Foundation of Manitoba medical director, noted that the city and the province made a huge step forward in the treatment of alcohol abuse. Now, people who get pharmacare or Manitoba Families drug plans can get access to Naltrexone and Acamprosate easier. Patients do not have to wait to fill their prescriptions and have the costs covered. The decision to make changes to the me...

Hudson`s Bay has announced that Home Outfitters across Canada will close. At one time there used to be near 70 stores across Canada but that number has dropped to 37 and 700 employees. In Winnipeg in 2016, HBC converted three Home Outfitters to Hudson’s Bay Home and the concept was supposed to spread across Canada. Those locations were Kenaston, Regent, and St. James. Since that, for a few years, the store was always full of customers, but in the last year...

City of Winnipeg committee is looking for alternatives to new security measures at Millennium Library. Due to the fact that city inhabitants are extremely dissatisfied with the innovations at the library, the city committee decided to find out whether there are alternatives to bag checking. On Thursday, the committee unanimously voted to ask library management to elaborate on the number of security incidents which occurred at the library in recent years an...

How often do you see an ad or article online about a person missing? How about flyers at busy intersections and downtown building walls? Nowadays people go missing in Canada almost every day. Most of them are found fast and returned home safely, but for in some cases, the search continues for months. A missing person is always a tragedy for the family and friends. People have no rest, can’t sleep peacefully, when a family member is not at home and safe. Po...

Volunteers are really making a difference in helping those who are in need. We are talking homeless people, poor, sick, disabled, children without parents…, the list is endless, so each volunteer, each day and each hour they give and provide the service, really helps those people and the cities to stay cleaner and a better place to live in. The West Central Women's Resource Centre is putting a call out for donations of hygiene items. A West End resource ce...

Winnipeg skate protective invention will help hockey players feel safe. Dan Palsson, a Winnipeg entrepreneur, came up with his brilliant idea after he took a shot to his goalie mask. He called his invention Helskore Skate Armour. Pucks can reach speeds of up to 160 kilometres per hour and cause great injuries. The armour is made of thermoplastic and helps to distribute the shock of taking a puck to the foot. This does not negate all pain. Hockey players ar...

Fire can be a scary and destructive force. Many residential fires occur because of the tenant's fault or negligence of fire safety and common sense. A fire in the industrial building or a business office brings a great danger and life-threatening panic to people inside and near the building. Even scarier is a school on fire. On Wednesday a large fire broke out in the afternoon at a school under construction. Fire Chief Richard Paetzold said the call came i...

Armstrong's Point was created in the 1880s. It is hugged by a large bend in the Assiniboine River on three sides and has lots of century-old buildings and three iron-and-stone entrance gates. City council is still discussing whether this district should get a heritage status or not. Its decision will control the look of development in the area in the future. St. Vital Coun. Brian Mayes supported the idea, however, he added that the Glenwood neighbourhood s...

Indigenous Music Awards is held in Winnipeg every year. In 2019 the awards will take place on May, the 17th. However, everything can go not very smoothly, because the event has already faced a certain type of controversy. As it became known, a group of Inuit artists decided not to take part in the Indigenous Music Awards. They think that the singer Connie LeGrande, who performs as Cikwes, appropriated Inuit style throat singing in her music. LeGrande was n...

Drug trafficking problem is on a rise in Canada for the last couple of years. Winnipeg authorities started a full-scale investigation into the city`s meth problem. As per Winnipeg Police, there is a spike in meth-related crime incidents, like property theft, residential break-ins, unreasonable anger towards each other (meth users) and other people around them, violent attacks, some ending up in lethal outcomes for victims. Winnipeg Police have shut down a...

A famous Winnipegger Kurt Keats helped the University of Massachusetts Minutemen got to Frozen Four. Next week thanks to him, the team will face the University of Denver Pioneers. This will be the first Frozen Four both for UMass Minutemen and for Keats and it will definitely be a tough challenge for them all. Keats is the only player who has left after the coach changed. In the first year under coach Carvel, the team won five games. And last year, the tea...

As the snow melted away with a spring coming to Winnipeg, a huge number of potholes showed on our roads. The city authorities dispatched multiple crews and road construction equipment to get the streets fixed and make it safe to drive. As of now, they are concentrating on the main streets of the city and on the streets with the most popular public bus routes. Workers also clear ditches and sewers in preparation for the possible coming spring flooding as th...

Manitoba's first Sikh Heritage Month connects the past to the present in Winnipeg. An iconic Sikh photo was recreated to raise awareness of all city residents about the Sikh heritage. If we look at the photo, we immediately see the streetcar and the architecture of the early 20th Century. However, the generations of Sikhs see much more. They see pioneers. They see perseverance. However, most of all, they see pride. That is why the interest of people in thi...

Millennium Library visitors do not like new security measures that were introduced in the library about a month ago. On Tuesday more than 200 people participated in "read-in" event on the floor of the main lobby before the security entrance. They were holding signs, read books, and passed around a petition in the area right before mandatory security screening. Their main goal was to show that the library should be accessible to all people. New security mea...

Gas prices growth will have an impact on every person in our country, every trip to work and to the local grocery store matters and hits your wallet if you planning a road trip or you need to just get around the city to run daily errands. The cost of filling up has already risen by as much as 20 cents per liter in Winnipeg. The new carbon tax on gasoline, diesel and heating fuels is now implemented in Manitoba since Monday, April 1st. The federal tax is $2...

On Tuesday Winnipeg transit bus got stuck and the tow crew had to be called to get it moving again. The incident happened April 2nd on McDermott Avenue and Arlington Street crossing. As you can see in the photo the sign for a bicycle lane is down on the ground and under the bus. As of now, there is no information about the reasons that led to the incident and why the sign was hit. Also, there is no official statement from Winnipeg Transit representative on...