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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...
Society
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...
Gas Prices
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...
Society
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...
Winnipeg Jets
Winnipeg Jets is an amazing team and has a huge army of fans and supporters. Just yesterday, December 9, Winnipeg Jets routed the visiting Philadelphia Flyers 7-1, as Josh Morrissey scored the early winner and added an assist. Winnipeg’s power play struck three times, and seven different players found the net, as the Jets improved to 10-4-2 on home ice. The Jets’ power play was 3-for-6 on the afternoon, while the Flyers went 0 for 2 on the man advantage. W...
Accident
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...
Distracted driving
237 Manitoba drivers were deprived of a driver license in just three days period for distracted driving after new provincial laws punishing this offense started on November 1st, according to statistics compiled by Manitoba Public Insurance. The Winnipeg Police Service revoked 149 driver's licenses, while the RCMP Police Service and Brandon Police Service reported that 67 and 21 drivers, respectively, were punished for using hand-held electronic devices whi...
Crime
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...
Job Market
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...
Auto
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...
Society
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...
Road construction
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...
Society
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...
Society
A little over eight months ago a scary crash happened in Saskatchewan, experts believe it was not an accident. On April 6, 2018, sixteen people were killed and thirteen injured when a westbound semi-trailer truck struck a northbound coach bus near Armley, Saskatchewan, Canada. The semi-trailer had failed to yield at a flashing stop sign at the intersection of Highways 35 and 335. A department spokesman said a federal Crown lawyer will be handling the prose...
Society
The field at A Maze in Corn in Saint Adolphe, Man., is fully covered with snow, and it can become the biggest and the most interesting snow maze not only in Canada but in the whole world. Clint Masse, the owner of the maze, said that it will not be too complicated and difficult, because it is very big. People should have fun and enjoy it without any worries. The Fort William Historical Park in Thunder Bay set a Guinness World Record, so Clint is planning t...
Society
The mayor of Winnipeg said the city plans to stop funding the operating of ambulance starting from 2019. The city no longer plans to spend taxpayer money to support ambulance services. Bowman explains this decision by the fact that the ambulance is a provincial health-care service. Thus, the province should pay for its work. On Wednesday city council's executive policy committee decided to stop funding by voting. Ambulance is a provincial service, respecti...
Society
Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre received $2 million donation for its research. The centre reported on Wednesday that it received a large donation for stem cell research to help treat people that survived in fires in the province. In the nearest future people with multiple burns can get less scars, less pain, and faster recovery with the help of HSC. This donation will help the center develop in the direction that it previously could only have dreamed of. T...
Society
Two former drug addicts have established a support line for addicted people in the city. At the beginning of the week, the founders of the support line Jib Stop came to the mayor of Winnipeg to discuss their idea and to get any support from Bowman. The founder of the support line, Dane Bourget, has two children and has had problems with meth for 10 years. This year Bourget is celebrating 4 years without using drugs. So, he understands like no one else how...