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Winnipeg Jets is an amazing team and has a huge army of fans and supporters. With five wins in their last six games, the Jets are now just a single point out of first place in the tough Central Division. And they’ve been doing it all different ways. From blowout wins to comeback victories, to just hanging on at the end, the feeling around this group is every game is winnable. The NHL has fined Winnipeg defenceman Dustin Byfuglien US$2,500 for slashing Calg...

Winnipeg City Hall and MPI (Manitoba Public Insurance) help city residents to return home safely on New Year's Eve for free. After 7:00 pm, buses, and Handi-Transit will work and deliver citizens to their homes absolutely free of charge. The Free Ride program covers all Regular and Handi-Transit services from 7 pm December 31st until the end of business hours. The last buses leave from the city downtown area at around 1:35 after midnight. Since 2011, Manit...

In Manitoba, there are fraudsters who pretend to be employees of an energy company and extort money, promising to turn off electricity in case of failure. In Manitoba Hydro it is said that the purpose of the scam is basically the representatives of the small business. Fraudsters make phone calls and promise to turn off electricity if you do not urgently transfer money using a prepaid card. Often calls arrive at the height of the working day when it is easi...

Are you ready for the new year? Today we will tell you what works and what does not work in the city on the eve of the new year. City services All city services will be closed until January 2. If the residents of the city need urgent services, they can call 311 and get the necessary advice. Winnipeg Transit On the eve of the new year, Winnipeg Transit gives all residents a free trip. Winnipeggers will be able to take advantage of this offer from 7 p.m. unt...

Art City had not the best Boxing Day this year – someone broke into the building and stole some equipment and a digital disk containing information for the last 20 years. The next day after the theft, Art City asked to return the disk because it contained very valuable archival information that was not available anywhere else. On Saturday, local pawnshops reported good news - they can return the missing printers and hard drive for a cash reward. "The indiv...

Every driver in Canada is expected to see rising gasoline prices as they fire up their vehicles for road adventures on the Victoria Day long weekend. All Canada citizens are aware of the gas prices are going up every year, in couple recent years, this is really not a good situation, because this affects every person in our country, every trip to work and to the local grocery store matters and hits your wallet just to travel and get around the city. The fue...

Many companies encourage their employees to use personal vehicles for work and offer certain incentives for that. Those incentives partially cover the operating cost and the long-term cost or using the vehicle for work. Many people just lease their vehicles, counting that will be cheaper over the long period of time. The limit on deductions for non-taxable allowances paid by employers to employees who use their personal cars for business purposes in 2019 w...

The Manitoba Police Insurance investigated more than 1,600 cases in 2018. Summing up the year, we bring to your attention five of the most striking cases related to fraud. 1. Comic con job A 25-year-old resident of Manitoba, a fan of Comic Con, walked around the Winnipeg's Convention Centre for more than five hours. In addition, she went shopping and made a two-hour trip from her home to Winnipeg. No one would have paid attention to the woman if she had no...

The new year is very close! Do you have plans for the upcoming holiday? If you do not, we can offer several excellent options for how to celebrate New Year's Eve in Winnipeg! 1. Fourth Quarter NYE at The Goodwill Social Club This variant will be great for lovers of dancing! The Goodwill Social Club holds a New Year show. A famous rap trio and the best DJs of the city will delight all guests with great music the whole evening. 2. Real Love NYE at The Handso...

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. Two...

Christmas has passed, and the festive mood is gradually declining. Accordingly, more and more people are already beginning to think about how to get rid of the Christmas tree. Let’s Chip In, the company that collects Christmas trees for recycling, was founded in 1991. This season, it began to work on December 27 and will accept Christmas trees until the end of January. Winnipeg residents must remember that before they carry the Christmas tree to Let’s Chip...

Christmas is a merry and happy holiday. However, for the Winnipeg family this year things turned out differently this year. Jennifer Colpitts said that she and her family decided to go skiing to British Columbia for Christmas. They took a flight from Winnipeg to Kelowna on December 23. When the family arrived at the destination point, they understood that their luggage was lost. “As we were there longer, and longer, we realized our bags are not coming,” Co...

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. Week three of the checkstops – which run until the end of the month, New Year’s Eve included – saw around 4,000 vehicles stopped at 68 checkstops across the province. RCMP charged 21 people with i...

Winnipeg Jets is an amazing team and has a huge army of fans and supporters. Go Jets Go! The Calgary Flames ended a three-game losing skid with a 4-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday, December 27th. Mark Jankowski had a shorthanded, third-period goal for Calgary, which was 0-2-1 heading into the game. Sean Monahan contributed three assists and Elias Lindholm added a pair. Gaudreau’s first goal was actually a redirection by Jets forward Patrik Lai...

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...

Bonify, a Winnipeg cannabis company, fired several high-ranking employees after an investigation into the recall of their products. Starting October 17th marijuana is legal to grow, sell and to buy throughout Canada. It doesn’t matter if you are using it or not, cannabis is coming, it is already here and as of today, it is sold in your local stores and online. Manitoba regulators confiscated all cannabis products provided by the company from Winnipeg, whic...

The community art studio Art City was broken into on Christmas evening. As a result of hacking, a lot of archive materials were stolen by unidentified people. Art City managing director Josh Ruth asks criminals to return the digital disk which contained archival materials for the last 20 years, they can not be restored. "Our organization has been around for 20 years. We've seen kids come up through the program and come back after years and years as adults...

A lot of Manitoba kids learned to think outside the box this Boxing Day with the help of Manitoba's Children's Museum. Christmas is a gift day, and most kids get their gifts in boxes. What to do with boxes after the holiday? Should kids throw everything away, or there are some alternatives? The museum came up with a great idea: the children brought their boxes and made various cardboard masterpieces from them. Desiree Barber, the program co-ordinator at th...