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Methamphetamine is a real problem in Canada, the majority of people involved are youth and older teenagers. There is a study conducted by Winnipeg Police department about how people on meth are no longer productive, so they have to find other ways to get money to fuel their addiction and get more drugs. People on meth turn to pity theft and other, more serious crimes. Bike theft, residential break-ins, garage theft is now a rising problem in the city. On F...

Neil McCritchie, 62, is a famous Kung Fu instructor and a manual therapist from Winnipeg. However, now the man can not work due to problems that he faced after putting a hip implant. "I'm pretty beat up. I've had five hip surgeries now. It's a little bit of a hit to your force field shields," said McCritchie. "I feel exhausted. That's how I feel. I feel that I need a beach to lay on for a year. That's how I feel. I feel like I've been through a lot." In 20...

A new study showed that more than 50% of Manitoba residents receive less money than they need for their monthly expenses. The residents of Saskatchewan also found themselves in a similar situation. During the last survey, which was in September, only 14% of Manitoba residents complained that they were on the verge of financial insolvency. This figure has almost tripled now. The same survey showed that every third person in the province is not able to pay h...

Winnipeg retailers explain that they need to improve the security system because baby formula became product number one that is stolen in the shops. Munther Zeid, the owner of Food Fare store, said that thefts have greatly increased lately. “I would say more than half was being stolen,” he stated. “It’s almost at the point where you have to put all those hot commodities under lock and key.” Now baby formula is locked up behind the cash register in his stor...

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. Just yesterday, January 21st a big residential fire occurred in one of the buildings on Maryland Street. Firefighters were called, once crews entered the three-story building, they were forced to leave and move to a defensive attack. One nearby home...

Our own Winnipeg Blue Bombers is a great team with a bright future and the fans show their support each and every game! The last game was a big failure for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, unfortunately, Calgary team was better and finished the game on top. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers made a pair of signings on Boxing Day. The club inked national defensive back Jacob Firlotte and international linebacker Otha Peters Jr. to contracts. Also, just recently Bombers sp...

In the capital of the easternmost Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, the city of St. Johns last week four bank robberies were committed. All the robberies were carried out using heavy construction equipment. As per police, two robbers are located and arrested. As reported on Sunday, January 20th the robbers tried using the loader to gain access to the ATM of one of the major Canadian WMO banks. They left heavy equipment near the crime scene in...

The 3rd annual Women’s March was held in Winnipeg on Saturday. Despite the extreme weather conditions which the inhabitants of Manitoba face at the weekend, women came to the Manitoba Legislative Building to take part in the 3rd annual Women’s March. The temperature reached -36 C, but it did not scare Winnipeg women. “There are women who are dealing with all sorts of things, so we can deal with the cold,” one of the organizers for the Winnipeg march, Haili...

City authorities recognize and understand the importance of constant transport infrastructure growth and modernization to be able to satisfy the needs of Winnipeg citizens and a workforce visiting our city every day. Mayor Brian Bowman says the city transport system needs a major overhaul.  “We really have to make tough decisions to really improve the transit. I'm from Charleswood. I rode 66 all my life, and the routes haven't changed much. This is your gr...

Winnipeg is a beautiful city with hundreds of bright lights all year long, especially for the Christmas Holiday season. But Mother Nature also has some bright wonders to share with us! Residents of Winnipeg witnessed a rare natural phenomenon called light pillars. The pictures posted on social networks websites show that bright rays were rising up from all artificially lit objects a few hundred meters up. As shown in the photos below, this magical phenomen...

Crossfit Winnipeg helps people with cystic fibrosis. In January, many people start thinking about training especially hard. After all, the festive season could be reflected in the figure. Crossfit is a very popular training session nowadays, and it gathers lots of people. However, on Saturday, the training was different from the usual one - Crossfit Winnipeg decided to help collect donations for people with cystic fibrosis. Each resident of the city who de...

On Sunday, Joe Daley, the former Winnipeg Jets goalie, was honoured with a mural at the Bronx Park Community Centre. "That's what I try and convey to all the young kids, is, first and foremost you're playing the game because you love the game and have fun doing it. I mean, I came down to this community club day after day only because I knew the fun I was going to have," he said. He grew up close to Bronx Park and went there almost every day to see his frie...

Book critics of Manitoba tell which books are worth reading before you see their screen adaptations. 1. If Beale Street Could Talk, by James Baldwin The book raises questions of hope and tells about an 18-year-old black woman who learns that she is pregnant after her husband was imprisoned. The action takes place in New York in the 60s of the 20th century. The book shows the truest life with its realities. The adaptation of the book has caused different op...

Winnipeg is looking forward to the start of one of the most anticipated events of this winter - Winnipeg New Music Festival. This festival will be remembered by residents of the city for long because they will be able to enjoy the musical creations of the famous Norwegian musician, Terje Isungset, who plays ice musical instruments. He deigns his ice instruments himself and gives concerts in a specially constructed open-air audience. "It'll be a really beau...

Drug trafficking problem is on a rise in Canada for the last couple of years. In some case Canada citizens involved in drug trafficking and smuggling, but recent international court hearing caught press attention – Citizen of Canada is sentenced to death for drug smuggling in China Canadian Foreign Minister Hristia Freeland stated that Ottawa requested a pardon for Canadian citizen Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, who was sentenced to death in China for smugglin...

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. As per Manager of Streets and Maintenance for the City of Winnipeg, Michael Cantor, the Winnipeg road worker...

The cost of a barrel of Canadian oil soared to $44 in January. The reason was a sharp decline in production in Alberta. This may lead to a decrease in revenue for US exporters of Canadian oil. The government of the Canadian province of Alberta forced manufacturers to cut production by almost 9% to raise collapsed prices for a local brand of Western Canadian Select (WSC) oil. This led to the fact that the price of the WSC variety rose to $44.71 per barrel f...

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. On Saturday, January 19th a fire happened in the residential area in Winnipeg. The apartment burst in flames in the area of London Street and Antrim Road, thankfully nobody got injured and all tenants managed to escape the building safely. The fire...