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Nowadays everyone takes flights, even the people, who are afraid of planes, still fly because it is the safest and fastest way to travel. The Air Canada just announced that it has canceled direct flights between Winnipeg and Thunder Bay, and Winnipeg and Saskatoon. “We review all of our routes on a regular basis, and our scheduling decisions are commercially based,” said a spokesperson for Air Canada. The airline will also reduce from two flights a day to...

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. Yesterday, February 25th a serious crash happened in the...

Winnipeg Jets is an amazing team and has a huge army of fans and supporters. Go Jets Go! Every game there are millions of fans watching our team perform on TV and support at a game in person, all hoping for a win and the first places for Jets. The Jets management team were involved in six of the 20 trades that were completed on Monday, including four deals in the final minutes leading up the deadline. “The last hour, it was a real flurry of things,” Jets g...

Speeding is a major factor in road accidents, as well as distracted driving. Both of these factors can lead to serious crashes with vehicles damaged and people getting injured or even killed. Over 78% of all distracted drivers are distracted because they have been texting while driving. RCMP pulled this driver over for going almost double the speed limit. A 17-year-old male driver was caught on Highway 34 going 190 km/h in a 100 km/h zone. He told police h...

A residential fire is always a scary and dangerous thing, people might get hurt or killed, especially children and elderly citizens since they are not able to react fast and evacuate the building by themselves. Quite often people need help to get outside and do not get hurt or affected by smoke. But if the person ends up being alone in the building that caught on fire, there is no one to get help from. Former Winnipeg city councilor Garth Steek, who held t...

The cold weather in Winnipeg did not stop Steve McNeil, and he spent 19 hours and 26 minutes at the rink at the Forks to raise money to fight Alzheimer's. This event was the last of his tour through Canada. He visited all Canadian cities in which there are NHL teams to raise money to fight the disease and draw public attention to this problem. “I do it for my mother who battled Alzheimer’s for 20 years and to pick-up the awareness level of the disease righ...

Shoppers Drug Mart removes night work hours in five locations, which caused concern among Winnipeg medical staff. Claire Blomeley, a nurse in the recovery room at Health Sciences Centre, believes that it can cause trouble to residents of the city, who may urgently need medicines. She was in such a situation 2 years ago when she fell ill with the flu. The doctor wrote her a prescription at about 1 a.m., and she was able to buy the necessary medicines only a...

True Jets fans not only visit their team's games but also attend open training sessions to stay closer to NHL stars. About 30 hockey fans from Winnipeg usually come to such events at Bell MTS Iceplex. Many of them have the look of proud parents who came to see the beloved sons of the city. They watch with delight how Mark Scheifele, Patrik Laine, Blake Wheeler and other stars of the Jets hone their skills at the hockey rink. Schedules of such workouts do n...

The Winnipeg Police Service arrested Winnipegger Ed Richardson, who is accused of having ordered his employees to use fraudulent software when servicing police radios. According to the police, he received expensive illegal software in 2011 from a person who is considered a security risk by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. After that, he instructed employees to use it when working with police radio stations. Richardson worked as a manager in one of...

Every winter in Winnipeg there is special parking rules implemented to help snow cleaning services move the equipment around the city and clean the streets to make it possible and safe to drive and get to work and back home. The city authorities use special signs to mark places that are prohibited from parking, which are priorities for snow removal. Due to the harsh weather conditions for the past 24 hours, some of the Manitoba highways are closed to prohi...

Residential fire is always a scary and dangerous thing, people might get hurt or killed, especially children and elderly citizens since they are not able to react fast and evacuate the building by themselves. But even the industrial building fire brings a great danger and life-threatening panic to people inside and near the building. Treherne is a small city just one hour away from Winnipeg. Just yesterday, February 24th the Treherne Food Store was destroy...

Everyone loves snow days and beautiful weather the winter brings. But sometimes too much snow can bring some problems like difficult driving conditions and power outages. The winter forecast for Canada shows different temperatures and not as much snow, as it was last year. It is expected that the eastern part of the country throughout the winter will have a lot of rain and snow, predicts Accuweather. This week will deliver the coldest temperatures and high...

Car theft is a growing problem in Canada, thankfully in Winnipeg, we have the Air1 helicopter that helps police to track down and find the stolen vehicle fast! A new report from the Canadian Insurance Bureau says that picky car thieves are increasingly targeting Ford trucks and high-end SUVs. At the same time, the total number of car thefts continues to grow throughout the country. A 22-year-old man is in custody after a brazen carjacking in Winnipeg’s dow...

Most of the road crashes and accidents happen because of distracted drivers, people behind the wheel do not pay attention to what is in front of them, but instead are talking on the phone, texting or playing with car stereo system. Such behavior while driving leads to minor or even fatal crashes that can ruin not just your vehicle but also your life forever. Last Saturday, February 23rd a vehicle smashed a hair salon window hitting a chair one of the custo...

Everyone dreams of hitting a lottery jackpot, but not everyone even tries and buys lottery tickets. Life is full of surprises, not always good ones, but sometimes it's just your lucky day! Theresa Marcelino bought a ticket for the Jan. 30 6/49 draw at Kim’s Lottery Link in Winnipeg Square and is now “living in a dream.” “Winning a million dollars just doesn’t feel like a real thing,” Marcelino said in a statement released by Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Fri...

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. On Thursday, February 21st two Wi...

Winnipeg Square a main shopping mall of the city, which is located downtown at Portage and Main with 45 stores and restaurants. Some of the stores and businesses been there for many years, and, of course, when one of the anchor tenants is moving out, it is a big deal. If you are looking for card shops in Winnipeg, Hallmark is one of the first stores that come to mind. Located at 360 Main St Unit B6, Winnipeg the store was at the perfect location in the dow...

In 2018 the number of road crashes had increased compared to 2017 throughout Canada. Manitoba alone seeing a 25% increase in road fatalities. Most of those accidents happening due to drivers being distracted and over 78% of them were texting, just imagine that number. Yesterday, February 21st RCMP said an officer had stopped to check on a semi that had been in a collision when a second semi struck his car from behind. The officer was in the cruiser with em...