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Manitoba government conducts an information campaign to stop sexual harassment of civil servants. The campaign has six posters that explain to employees and their managers what sexual harassment is and how to say about it. It also includes information about making jokes or sending emails about sex or gender. Rochelle Squires, the minister responsible for the status of women, explained that besides the information campaign, the government also made several...

One year ago a scary crash happened in Saskatchewan, experts believe it was not an accident. On April 6 last year 16 people were killed and 13 injured, when a westbound semi-trailer truck struck a northbound coach bus near Armley, Saskatchewan, Canada. The semi-trailer had failed to yield at a flashing stop sign at the intersection of Highways 35 and 335. With the recent sentencing of the driver in the Humboldt Broncos tragedy, truck safety is on a lot of...

St. Boniface rink open its doors again for city residents. It took about half a year and more than half a million dollars to start working again. Board president Ray Comeault is glad that St. Boniface rink is finally open. He said that it was wrong to have an empty arena all winter. Comeault added that the breakdown of the old ice-making plant was not very surprising. However, it happened at a very wrong time and led to the closing of the rink for the enti...

Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries is criticized by society. Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries is under fire because the corporation posted names of people charged with store crimes. The problem is that these people have not been convicted yet. As it became known on Tuesday, the corporation published the names and age of 67 people on its official website. All these 67 people were charged but their guilt was not proven in court. Neil McArthur, director of the Centre for...

Most of the accidents on the road happen because drivers are in a hurry, distracted or simply intentionally do not follow the rules and regulations. Every year, about 421,000 people are injured in crashes that have involved a driver who was distracted in some way. On Tuesday, March 26th a car crashed through the front window of a Goodwill Store. An SUV clipped a parked car and veered off into the storefront of a Goodwill store on Pembina Highway. The vehic...

Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have stood firm on the controversial plan, saying the tax changes are about making the system fair, rather than generating revenue for the government. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau started off his second day in Winnipeg at the Manitoba Institute of Trades and Technology. China blocked a second Canadian company’s shipments of Canola saying pests were found in the grain. Both companies have oper...

Danielle Moore's family visits Ethiopia. Danielle was among people who died in a plane crash on March 10. Now, her family decided to visit the place of her death and to begin a memorial fund in her name. Daniel devoted herself to the study of ecology, environmental protection, and the protection of human rights and the rights of the Indigenous population. She visited many remote areas of Manitoba to educate children who do not have access to the Internet....

City residents continue to hear about attacks on women. In this regard, the University of Winnipeg created a special program that can give women and girls confidence in their defense. Wii Chiiwaakanak Learning Centre at the university’s RecPlex offers women take free self-defense classes. Angeline Nelson, the U of W’s Director of Community Learning & Engagement, explained that the university created the program when the situation connected with missing and...

If you noticed a turkey in the streets of the city, you are not alone. Wild turkeys are wandering around Winnipeg in search of food and ... love. Flocks of wild turkeys were seen in many parts of the city, including yards in River Heights, roadways in south St. Norbert and even a Starbucks parking lot. Simone Brandson from the Prairie Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre explains that at this time of the year wild birds appear in big cities quite often. Spring h...

BIZ wants to make St. Boniface intersection safer. In this regard, a St. Boniface organization calls for a ban on right turns at red lights at the intersection. Matt Allard, city councillor for St. Boniface and Norwood Grove BIZ member, considers this intersection the most dangerous in the city. The risk of collisions between cars and pedestrians is several times higher than in other sites in Winnipeg. The ban will affect right turns at red lights on Mario...

A lot of accidents on the road happened because drivers are in a hurry and some are excessively speeding, distracted or simply intentionally do not follow the rules and regulations. Every year in Canada, about 421,000 people are injured in crashes that have involved a driver who was distracted in some way. Over 78% of all distracted drivers are distracted because they have been texting while driving. Headingley RCMP said the man, 47, was driving on Roblin...

Bob Lee is 67 and he has been driving a car for more than 50 years. However, some time ago he started to wonder whether it is still safe for him to be operating a vehicle. Bob admitted that he became inattentive sometimes. He understood that he began to consider himself a too confident driver, which could lead to accidents. So, the man decided to take driving lessons. Bob knows that his reaction is not as fast as in his youth and his attention began to dis...

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 authorities started a full-scale investigation into the city`s meth problem. Used drug needles are slowly showing up once again in Winnipeg as the snow melts away. The issue has prompted t...

Flood water is a hazard to health and extremely dangerous when moving. Flooding can occur at any time of the year and can be due to many causes from heavy rainfall and blocked drains to burst water mains, tidal ingress and burst river banks. ... Whatever the cause, flood water presents a general hazard to health. Winnipeggers can now pick up sandbags to help prevent flood damage on their property, sandbags are available seven days a week at three locations...

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. A 38-year-old woman of Winnipeg is missing for over two weeks now. Cynthia Parisian was last seen on March 7th, 2019 in the North End area...

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. On Saturday, March 23rd a residential fire occurred in a one and a half story home in the 1500 block of Pacific Avenue West. Thankfully, nobody was injured and all ten...

Engagement sessions with Métis were held at Clarion Hotel & Suites on Portage Avenue on Saturday and Sunday. Métis Sixties Scoop Survivors were invited to come and to share their stories. The sessions were created to help determine what people want to see in the process of reconciliation. As a press release showed, many Métis children were detained and moved to new families from 1951 to 1991. Sometimes those families were located thousands of kilometers fr...

A flood expert explains that there were only five similar floods over the past 200 years: in 1826, 1950, 1997, 2009 and 2011. We invite Winnipeggers to take a little excursion into the past. Flood in 1826: Plaques beneath the canopy at The Forks serve as high-water marks and reminders that all of it was underwater in 1826. The flood almost destroyed the Red River Colony. Flood in 1950: Flood levels hit 757.85 above sea level in 1950. It caused the death of...