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Society
Churchill's hundreds of residents came together to express their joy at the arrival of the train. It was the first train that arrived in the city starting in May 2017. People were having fun, rejoicing and celebrating that life finally returns to the city. The train was supposed to arrive at about 9 in the morning, but it arrived at about midnight. However, this did not prevent people from coming and meeting it with bannock, hot dogs, cookies, music and ga...
Society
The University of Manitoba is going to conduct a study to prove whether the color of food is important for the human health. So, Manitoba University researchers want to find out how purple food affects a person’s weight and health. They invited people over 65 to take part in the experiment. People will be given purple shortbread cookies. The director of research says that there is an assumption that violet food is incredibly beneficial for a person. The qu...
Society
A Manitoba man who has been sentenced to life imprisonment wants to appeal. It all started with a trial between Guido Amsel and his wife that lasted a very long time and it ended with the arrest of the man. Last month Amsel, was accused of several attempts of premeditated murder, as a result of which he received a life prison sentence. He sent 5 boxes with bombs in 2015: to his ex-wife, her lawyer, and several other people. Fortunately, everyone was alive....
Incidents
On Monday, December 3rd in Manitoba 15 schools were closed due to Internet threats. It is noted that on Sunday night, one of the schools received threats on the Internet. The police conducted an investigation and detained one person. But then another threat appeared. “Late at night, the second threat appeared on social networks. Police made two additional arrests and continue to investigate. To guarantee the safety of students and staff, all schools will r...
Crime
In Windsor, Ontario police detained a woman who deliberately hit her own child with a vehicle. The incident occurred on Saturday, December 1st, but it became known only now. It was established that the 33-year-old woman sat behind the wheel of her SUV and deliberately drove into her 16-year-old son. As a result, the teenager was trapped between the car and the wall of a residential building, he was seriously injured and is now in hospital in critical condi...
Society
Vince Crichton, a retired wildlife biologist, is worried about too low moose population in Manitoba. He explains that the province should expand hunting ban in order to save the species from extinction. Unfortunately, over the last decades, there has been a significant decrease in the number of moose in the province. This is primarily due to people hunting for them. Besides this, moose have some diseases, they get hit by vehicles, and are eaten by wolves....
MPI
Fellow Winnipeggers, this will have an impact on all of us and every car owner in Manitoba, you should expect your auto insurance to go up by about 1.8 percent in 2019. The Public Utilities Board approved the rate increase on Monday, December 3rd, which is set to take effect on March 1st, 2019. But that doesn’t mean your price will necessarily go up by that much. MPI says that it will continue to base a person’s premium prices on their driving record, majo...
Pet Adoption
Manitoba Underdogs speaks about the importance of having foster parents available for the holidays for all pets, dog especially. While Manitoba Underdogs takes care of the many pooches the group is looking for more foster parents to help look after the dogs. The group doesn’t have the main shelter, so the dogs are all taken care of by foster parents in their homes. More fosters can help with the holiday season coming up and help increase the number of long...
Missing Person
Police officers are asking hunters and tourists near Arborg, Manitoba to watch for signs of Eduardo Balaquit. Balaquit, 59, hasn’t been seen since he left his home in the Amber Trails area the night of June 4. Police later said they believed he was the victim of a crime. Balaquit is believed to have been working at 380 Keewatin St. between the hours of 6 and 9 p.m. on June 4th. It is been almost six months since Eduardo is missing, but officers still belie...
Strike
Canadian postal services are always ready for innovations and using it to help and serve the Canadian people. Postal services is a very important piece of modern life, millions of people and businesses rely on postal deliveries every day, so when it comes to striking of postal workers it will have a huge impact on the everyday life of smaller towns, big cities and industries, and the whole countries. The Canadian postal workers' rotation strike “has come”...
Society
Manitoba Federation of Labour together with Manitoba government created an online course for young people that will help them get ready for future work. Residents of the province of 13-16 years should not work, but they can raise their awareness before the start of their working life in the future. Blaine Pedersen, Growth, Enterprise and Trade Minister, reported that this online course can be very useful for all young people in the province. They will be a...
Society
Coyotes have been spotted 79 times during this year. Fortunately, there was no attack on people. The Winnipeg Humane Society wants to remind people of the precautions in this situation. Statistics show that in 2017, coyotes were seen 49 times and in 2016 - 50 times. However, an increase in cases of seeing coyotes does not mean that the number of animals has increased in this region. People could see the same animal several times in a row. An increase in re...
Society
Peggo blocks cards and gives some clients free Winnipeg Transit bus rides. Winnipeg resident says that lately there have often been glitches concerning Peggo cards. Shania Wollmann explains that Peggo is a great system but it needs some improvements. Some time ago, Wollmann got an email that her card was stolen, so it was blocked and she could not use it. However, the woman said that it was in her wallet. Another system glitch is that some people get free...
Society
Soon the drivers in Canada may be deprived of their driving license if they do not give way to a school bus. The new law will start on December 8th, such change is a response to a series of incidents in Canada, where children were injured or got into a dangerous situation when they were getting on or off a school bus. The punishment for not stopping in front of the school bus will include 12 penalty points (compared to the current eight points) and a three...
Society
Manitoba is the country's second-largest potato supplier, but this year the harvest figures are not so good. Many fields in the provinces faced the problem of poor harvest and remained unharvested. This problem was faced not only by Manitoba but by the whole of Canada this year. According to static data, about 8% of the crop turned out to be bad. Local farmers say that the weather is to blame: the summer was too hot and dry, and in the fall there was a lot...
Winnipeg Jets
The Jets won their first match in a tour of the Global Series in Finland by beating Florida 4-2. The hero of the match was Patrik Laine, who was marked by a hat trick in the arena in Helsinki. The return to their homeland had a very favorable effect on the right-winger of the Jets, who was able to interrupt the goalless five-match series. The Jets Captain noted that young Laine is sometimes too critical of himself and his game but it certainly helps him to...
Culture
The Jewish community of Winnipeg started celebrating Hanukkah. Latkes, sufganiyot and the lighting of menorahs across the city were in the celebration. This holiday has been celebrated for more than 2000 years, and this year there were several surprises for the residents of the city. A Hanukkiah was lit in front of 300 people coming to the Jewish Learning Centre on Sunday. A Chabad rabbi at the JWL, Shmuly Altein, said that they are going to celebrate the...
Society
Winnipeg residents saw a lot of snow last week. The creators of OnTheStep app understood that the time has come. The weather in Winnipeg inspired the creators of the new app to conduct the first tests. OnTheStep is like Uber for snow removal. The residents of the city can install the app for free, then they set their location and the territory that needs to be cleared of snow. After that, they get the price for the order, and if everything suits them and t...