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Everyone wants to live in a big house, with many rooms and the property big enough to drive around in a golf cart, with a pool and four-car garage, but not everyone can afford it, especially counting the fact that after purchasing a house like this for a hefty price, you will have to pay annual taxes on the property that could reach like $40-50 thousand dollars annually. Sales were down 5 percent from 2017, and down 6 percent from the record-setting year 2...

Winnipeg Jets is an amazing team and has a huge army of fans and supporters. Go Jets Go! Last week was great for our team with another victory for our team! Amazing result 7-4, that is a great and deserved game score for our own Winnipeg hockey team! The Winnipeg Jets had goals from seven different players as they won their second game in a row to close out the homestand. The Jets finally solved their first-period scoring woes as they beat the Colorado Ava...

In Canada laws regarding the empowerment of local police have been revised, and now any driver in the country risks losing the driver license. As it turned out law enforcement officers could check if a person drank alcohol even at his home or at a bar when a person didn’t even think to get behind the wheel after a drink. It is enough just to have ″reasonable suspicion ″ for the officer to perform a breath test. However, now in Canada on this basis, any dri...

Nowadays everyone takes flights. Even the people, who afraid of planes, still fly because it is the safest and fastest way to travel, sometimes, though, the incidents happen. Planes have mechanical issues or the passengers have some health or mental problems, which can force a crew to make a decision of an emergency landing in the nearest airport. The flight, which flew from Los Angeles to London on Thursday, January 10th was forced to stay overnight in Wi...

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 M...

We all had bad days, some are just hard, but sometimes you just wish you didn’t leave a bad today. Hitting a wall or throwing a game console controller into a TV is pretty bad, but this Toyota driver went crazy and crashed into a Porsche dealership - on purpose. The incident occurred late on Monday night in Toronto, according to a Toronto media report, it is known that this man was 20 years old, and he did everything intentionally. Apparently, two employee...

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 in the form of rain and snow, predicts Accuweather. There were almost 8,000 Winnipeg res...

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! Monica Hornbeck, who bought her $6 quick pick ticket at a McGregor Street store, won one of the Lotto Max prize draws December 7th. Hornbeck won her million-dollar prize by correctly playing all seven numbers in one of the Maxmillions draws. The winner said she plans to...

The Indigenous people of Manitoba influenced the economy of the province really significantly in 2018. During last year, the Indigenous population brought more than $9 billion to the provincial economy. This year, the first report was made on the contribution of this population, and its goal was to reduce racism in the country, and in the province in particular. Carolyn Bennett, Canada's Indigenous-Crown relations minister, said the following: "We know tha...

One of the most famous video game developers, Ubisoft, opened a studio in Winnipeg. As it became known, Ubisoft plans to allocate $35 million for Manitoba over the next 5 years. Darryl Long, Ubisoft Winnipeg's managing director joked: "Fast forward a hundred years and I love the fact that we've evolved from hardware to software development." Manitoba has an online tax benefit on digital media, so such a well-known video game developer has accepted the invi...

Canadian farmers, including farmers from Manitoba, believe that pesticide use will lead to poor harvests. However, the use of pesticides can also lead to the extinction of bees. As it became known, the most popular methods of dealing with harmful pests can lead to the fact that bees and other important insects will also be affected by these poisons. In the summer of 2018, Health Canada offered to stop using chemical pesticides for the next 3-5 years. In th...

The problem of vaping in Canada is very relevant now, because more young people are addicted to it, and the teens from Manitoba are no exception. Due to the increasing popularity of vaping, Health Canada decided to warn the youth of all possible risks. Maryse Durette, one of the representatives of Health Canada, said: “The vaping market is evolving rapidly, with the regular introduction of new products into Canada.” She added: “We are aware of both anecdot...

Clint Masse, A Maze in Corn owner, decided not to stop there and built a winter version of his famous maze. On Saturday, on the site of a maze in corn, he officially opened a giant snow maze. It is located 25 kilometres from Winnipeg near St. Adolphe. For construction, the man used 300 full trucks of snow. "It's been a huge excitement to build it," said Clint. For the last 3 weeks, he, his family and a team of 9 people have been engaged in construction alm...

The famous hockey expert Murat Ates, who writing about Winnipeg Jets for The Athletic website, calls on all men to support his initiative and join the annual Valentine's creation campaign. Ates offers everyone who wants to help visit the Good Will Social Club this Saturday and support a charity event against domestic violence. “Since 2015, a really good friend of mine from Winnipeg named Meg Crane has coordinated this event that sends handmade valentines t...

In the modern world, people spend too much time with their smartphones, without thinking about what harm it can do to their health. Dr. Gordon Partridge, chiropractor from Winnipeg, states that when you hold your head in one position above the screen of your gadget, it causes tremendous pressure on your neck, and the consequences can be very serious. “If you think about posture — being hunched over — the tension that builds up, the lack of mobility … peopl...

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, 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. In 2018 that number is already much higher throughout Canada. Mani...

New Year - new life! Many residents of Manitoba want to improve their health, their mood and, in general, their lives in 2019. Health Canada experts shared the main changes people need to make in order to achieve their goals. First of all, they need to think about what they need to get rid of in their life and only then about what to add to it. So, 4 things that should be left in the old year: Anger If you want to become healthier, you should forget about...

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 Bombers announced on Wednesday, January 9th they’ve released Randle after five seasons with the football club. Randle, 30, joined the Bombers through a trade in 2014 after playing two seasons for the Calg...