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A 23-year-old resident of Manitoba said that a taxi driver left her on the street far from the destination on the New Year’s Eve. The driver told Jaylene Irwin to get out of the car about 6 km from her house at about 2 am. It was –27 C outside. Irwin celebrated the new year with her friends in Winnipeg. When she realized that she needed to go home, the woman stopped Duffy's Taxi near the café where they were celebrating the holiday. When she said the addre...

8 future guide dogs are already preparing to leave Winnipeg for their next stage of training. Jane McSwiggan explains that she has been training Grace, an 11-month-old golden retriever, since April. In February, Grace is going to leave for further studies and it will be very difficult for a woman to say goodbye. Jane joined this program in 2017. She had a cat and she had no idea what it was like to have a dog but she really wanted to help. "I've always wan...

Roland School principal Brandy Chevalier said that his school has a special colourful activity map on the floor. "We are very focused on making sure our kids are learning both numeracy and literacy but also being mindful of their whole bodies and wellness, and wellness as a whole being." - the principal explained. At the moment, most Canadian schools offer students physical education classes several times a week to maintain their health. However, this scho...

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. The Air Canada flight returned to Toronto on Wednesday morning, January 2nd after, according to the airline, there were "reports of an unusual smell of melting plastic" on the plane. Air Canada reported that the smell was in the “rear of the aircraft”. The plane, assigned to Winnipeg...

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...

A lot of accidents on the road happened 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. Unfortunately, a lot of those drivers are teenagers, who are not just irresponsible to their own vehicles and lives, but to other people’s health and lives as well. Some drivers just really don’t...

Winnipeg Jets is an amazing team and has a huge army of fans and supporters and great players on the team, real stars! Two best players are headed to the 2019 NHL All-Star Game. Forwards Mark Scheifele and Blake Wheeler will be part of the Central Division team at the January 26 contest in San Jose. Wheeler sits 10th in NHL scoring with 50 points (6 goals, 44 assists) in 39 games while Scheifele is just behind him with 49 points (22 goals, 27 assists). Thi...

Winnipeg teacher told her story after many years. Chrystie Fitchner said that she had lost everything. For 8 years she did not dare to tell her story and was an outcast in Manitoba. But she can no longer be silent. 8 years ago, her dance, along with another school teacher, became viral on the Internet, it appeared in newspapers, and even on talk shows. The 41-year-old teacher lost her job. Then she lost her apartment and lost everything that was dear to he...

4 Winnipeggers are among 103 new owners of one of the prestigious awards of the country - the Order of Canada. This award was founded in 1967 by Queen Elizabeth II and all Canadians can receive it, except for current government officials, politicians and judges. Citizens of other countries cannot receive this badge of honour. The medal is made in red-white colours and stylized as a snowflake with a maple leaf in the center. The award is presented by the Ge...

A new year is here, 2019 a year that will see some wallet-hitting changes coming in Manitoba. Carbon tax: It was in October when Premier Brian Pallister and the Manitoba government pulled out of a plan to charge a carbon tax, in response to the federal government “not respecting” the Manitoba plan to charge a flat rate of $25-per-tonne on carbon emissions. As of January 1, the federal carbon pricing plan will be in effect on emitters in the province that u...

Discontinued two years ago, Land Rover Defender will return to the North American market in early 2020 in a new design. The official premiere of the new model will take place in 2019, said Kim McCullough, vice president of marketing for the British company. Representatives of the brand do not speak about which markets, except for the USA and Canada, the British will move to. The new generation SUV will remain an all-terrain vehicle but will be much more te...

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 teenage girl is missing from Portage la Prairie. Local police believe a 19-year-old Helenne Loraine Beaulieu is in Winnipeg. She’s described as five feet seven inches tall, weighing 130 pounds, with long brown hair with blonde streaks. She also has a tattoo on her neck that says “Broadway.” The RCMP a...

A lot of accidents on the road happened 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. Unfortunately, a lot of those drivers are teenagers, who are not just irresponsible to their own vehicles and lives, but to other people’s health and lives as well. Some drivers just really don’t...

In January this year by the city`s authorities was announce a big number of road construction projects in Winnipeg. Most of such works were already finished, but still, there is a big number of the projects are still in progress or coming in different areas of the city. Manager of engineering at the Public Works Department Brad Neirinck noted that the timing of the projects depends on many factors like weather conditions and big events in the city, which i...

Russia got a 2-1 victory over Canada in their final regulation round game at the 2019 World Juniors in Vancouver on Monday, December 31st, 2018. Russia finished atop Group A and will face Slovakia, the fourth-place team in Group B, in the quarterfinals. Canada finished second in the group and will face Finland, who lost to the U.S. on Monday night. Over the years, New Year’s Eve games have become the marquee event of the opening round of the World Juniors....

Christmas holidays are coming to an end, and many residents of the city are already thinking about getting rid of Christmas trees. What is your tree? Fake or real? If fake, then everything is much easier for you! When the time comes you can put it into a box and remove until the next year. However, judging by the words of residents of the countryside, over the last 5-6 years, the demand for real Christmas trees has increased significantly. So, if you are o...

A pair of pelicans became the first waterfowl who will move to the new building in Wildlife Haven. One of the two pelicans was found in September. It was very small, weak and could not fly. Volunteers fed him through a tube and tried to save his life in every way. "What we figured happened is that the flock started to migrate south and this young pelican got away from the flock and was grounded and was too weak to keep going and survive," said Zoé Nakata,...

Who likes shopping!? I know every girl does, so does our Go204team, even though we have not only girls on our team that is why when we go holiday shopping, we also visit local cannabis stores. When planning holiday shopping, yes nowadays you need to plan that too, make sure to catch all the end-of-the-year sales in your city! Today our team went lingerie shopping. And of course, we had to visit Winnipeg`s Victoria's Secret store. This year`s Victoria's Sec...