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Former drug addicts say that patients should stay in special centres longer than one month. Several people who got rid of drug addiction said that Winnipeg provides too little funding to treat such illness - a person needs to spend two years for a full treatment of addiction, and the state should support him fully during these two years. Michael Adrian was meth addicted for many years, and he repeatedly tried to undergo treatment, but very often there was...

When it comes to holidays, not everyone thinks about recycling because all people can find something more important for themselves. We are all so busy that we are usually immersed in our own world, in our own family, and do not think about the environment during the holidays. In the holiday period, the amount of waste increases significantly. People use plastic plates, glasses, tablecloths much more often than during other periods of the year. In this rega...

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. “I think if we play our game, no matter who we play in this league, I think we go...

The use of Air 1 was quite successful in Winnipeg, no problems were detected. It helped the police to find stolen vehicles and follow the high-speed chases multiple times. Last Sunday, December 9th four people were arrested with the help of the Winnipeg Police Service’s AIR1 chopper. Police spotted a vehicle — reported stolen from an East. St. Paul residence on Nov. 27 — driving erratically with no tail lights around Redwood Avenue and Salter Street on Sun...

James Ehnes was born in Manitoba and all his childhood he was dreaming of becoming a great violinist and to receive many awards. If at that moment someone had told the guy that all his dreams would come true, he would hardly have believed it. During the Friday concert in Germany, his phone began to receive a lot of texts with congratulations. At first, he did not immediately understand what was happening, but after a while he found out that he was nominate...

Those who have not yet prepared their home for Christmas will begin to actively decorate it very soon. The main question of all the inhabitants of Winnipeg: how to decorate the house beautiful, fashionable and inexpensive? Experts from Shelmerdine Garden Centre come to the aid of Winnipeggers. They shared useful tips on how to prepare the place of living for the upcoming holidays quickly, stylishly and at the same time to save money. It does not matter wha...

With the return of the train to the city, the residents of Churchill cannot stop rejoicing at the fact that life has come back to their native region and now they can go shopping in the south, or simply visit their friends and relatives. A few days ago, the first train arrived at Churchill and brought travelers. Liza Spence did not leave Churchill more than 1.5 years, and on Tuesday evening she was among those residents of the city who bought a ticket to t...

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...

Ice fishers are shocked: drivers drive along a frozen river as if on a regular road. On Saturday afternoon two fishermen saw several vehicles driving on the Red River with the speed of about 100 km/h. Kevin Atamanchuk and Jeff Andrews were ice fishing when they heard the roar of motors. After a while ice near them began to crack. Men were very surprised when they saw more than 10 cars that drove past them. They were very scared because that was a big dange...

Last Friday, December 7th a scary collision happened near the intersection of Pembina Highway and Ducharme Avenue in Winnipeg, five young people were injured and delivered to the nearby hospital just after noon. Four of the people injured in the collision, including the driver, were transported to a nearby hospital and have since been treated and released. Police say all five were traveling southbound in a white, four-door sedan. The fifth individual was t...

Lorie Knott was arrested in murder charges that occurred in 2016. However, she stated that she had heard that her boyfriend, Billy Joe Linkater, told friends what really happened that night and admitted his guilt. The man’s lawyers deny everything, and say that Lorie Knott lied. On Thursday in the court, Lorie reported that she had seen Billy Joe Linkater telling his friends about the murder: Billy said he took a knife in the kitchen and killed the man. Lo...

The Minister of Employment of Canada and Minister of Education and Training of Manitoba announced that both governments have signed agreements according to which Canada will provide Manitoba more than $ 500 million over six years to invest in Manitoba workers. These new agreements represent an increase in funding of more than $ 80 million over previous levels of funding. This increase means that approximately 29,000 people from Manitoba may be eligible for...

Americans may face significant price increases for new cars if the negotiations on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) do not go smoothly for Canada. Since President Trump made an agreement with Mexico to revise NAFTA earlier, he gave Canada time before to make concessions that would allow it to join the pact. If the country does not do this, President Trump said that auto tariffs will be revised. According to analysts, the projected tariffs fo...

On Wednesday evening, many drivers expressed their anger when they saw that their cars were ticketed and towed in Exchange District. The city reported that there were warning signs. However, many drivers denied that fact. They said that they did not see a single sign when they left their cars in Exchange District. There was a busy night in the entertainment district on Wednesday. Chris Brett, a man who works in the theatre, the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centr...

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...

14 women were killed by a gunman at École Polytechnique de Montréal on December 6, 1989. On Thursday Winnipeg residents got together to show that they did not forget that tragedy. Two Manitoba women made speeches as part of the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. Emily Cablek said that it is very important to remember that day even if it was a great tragedy. The woman also told her story: she was sexually abused by her husband...