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Car theft is on the rise or the last couple of years in Canada. In many cases, criminals use stolen vehicles to commit another crime and then just abandon it. Some vehicles are found not just in another city, but in another province, sometimes thousands of kilometers away. On Wednesday, November 14th one of the Winnipeg Police officers received injuries during the arrest of the car theft suspect. Approximately 10:20 p.m., police spotted a stolen vehicle in...

Everyone wants to live in a big house, with many rooms and the property big enough to drive around in a golf cart, with a pool and four-car garage, but not everyone can afford it, especially counting the fact that after purchasing a house like this for a hefty price, you will have to pay annual taxes on the property that could reach like $40-50 thousand dollars annually. Winnipeg is a big city and it grows every year in the population and accordingly in th...

Is it legal to use the phone in the drive-thru in Manitoba? This is a question that many people have, but very few know the answer. According to the police, the answer is NO. Sgt. RCMP's Paul Manaygr says that driving laws in Manitoba prohibit the use of electronic devices while driving. “The definition of driving also includes being in an auto café,” said Manaygr. “Your vehicle is technically able to be set in motion.” This means that drivers should refra...

Drug trafficking problem is on a rise in Canada for the last couple of years. Winnipeg authorities started a full-scale investigation into city`s meth problem. As per Winnipeg Police, there is a spike in meth-related crime incidents, like property theft, residential break-ins, unreasonable anger towards each other (meth users) and other people around them, violent attacks, some ending up in lethal outcomes for victims. On Wednesday, November 14th Winnipeg...

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”...

Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program started its work in 1998 and this year it celebrates its 20th anniversary. Four brothers and a sister from the Alibins family made an incredible effort to attract the popular chain of restaurants from the Philippines called Max's Restaurant to Winnipeg. It is going to open in the early 2019. The secret of this restaurant lies in the fact that it employs locals and they cook local traditional cuisine. During 20 years, thi...

The calendar still shows autumn but the inhabitants of the city are already feeling the onset of winter. Instead of sitting at home, Winnipeg offers some great weekend activities. So, dress as warmly as possible and let’s have fun! 1 Colton's pick: Santa Claus Parade Saturday is the official opening of the festive season and Santa Claus will arrive in the city for the 109th parade. This year, the parade went through a difficult trial: it was necessary to r...

Winnipeg musician and song writer Chantal Kreviazuk was speaking about mental health due to the 100-year anniversary of the Canadian Mental Health Association. The singer said that in her opinion the solution of such problems should be approached very firmly and seriously. People should be enlightened and learn as much information as possible about such a terrible disease. After all, no one is insured, and it is impossible to foresee the illness of someone...

Project Safe Audience makes drug tests to help city inhabitants save their health and to combat meth crisis. The organization made a lot of tests at Winnipeg parties and they came to the conclusion that meth is sold under the guise of cocaine. Thus, people who produce drugs and sell them become many times richer, and people who use them become incredibly quickly addicted to this terrible drug. Medical staff from Project Safe Audience attended parties once...

Sometimes a regular day for the RCMP officer, when working on traffic stop can change in a horrific disaster in just one second. Recently a driver was trying to avoid a crash into other vehicles on the highway in Manitoba but instead collided with police vehicles during an RCMP traffic stop. On Wednesday, November 14th the Headingley RCMP pulled over two vehicles on Highway 1 near Elie. During a regular traffic stop work in the evening with the suspected i...

Every automaker company got into the situation when a major problem with a vehicle is noticed after thousands of cars were already sold, sometimes millions, which makes it even harder and very expensive to recall such vehicles for an inspection and possibly replacement of faulty parts or modules. Ford Motor Company is not an exception, but this time it is a very expensive recall. Ford is recalling nearly 1.5 million Focus vehicles in North America, due to...

This is a question that many people have but only a few of them know the answer. As it became known, the police said NO. An officer from RCMP explained that driving laws in Manitoba prohibit the use of any electronic device while driving. This means that drivers should stay away from doing any actions using their cell phone if it is not connected to Bluetooth. Manitobans should not make calls, write texts, surf the net or doing any other activities. Howeve...

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. Winnipeg Jets defenceman Josh Morrissey escaped a suspension from the National Hockey League. After having a hearing wi...

Brian Pallister thanked his rescuers in New Mexico. The accident happened a year ago in the Gila National Forest where the politician was hiking. He went to the challenging hiking trail and there he fell and was seriously injured. After a while when he did not come to the appointed meeting place, his wife sounded the alarm. The Prime Minister of Manitoba returned to New Mexico a year later and thanked all the people who helped him on that terrible day and...

Robert-Falcon Ouellette held the summit to discuss new ways of battling meth crisis and offered an idea. At the moment, the politician is not sure how effective his offer will be but he considers it is worth trying. After meeting with police, health, safety, patrol, drug, and social services officials, Robert-Falcon started thinking about putting more safe needle receptacles throughout the city. The MP informed that there are several such needle boxes in t...

A new fundraiser will be held at the Winnipeg Squash Racquet Club. It will be another event that will be held by a Manitoba government backbencher. An evening in the style of whiskey, wine and ale-tasting is going to be next week, and only men will be present there. Nahanni Fontaine, New Democrat legislature member, announced that the Tories decided to make a party in this club for the second time and he thinks it is better to find a place for both men and...

It was officially informed that a new $10 banknote will officially enter circulation on Monday. It will be the first vertically-oriented banknote and its presentation will at the museum’s Canadian Journeys gallery. On the banknote people will see Viola Desmond on the front side and Winnipeg’s Canadian Museum for Human Rights on the other side. Viola Desmond became famous when she decided not to leave the section only for white people while being in Nova Sc...

Winnipeg police warn city inhabitants to be careful - phone scammers are operating in the city. The most vulnerable category of the population is people of retirement age. Therefore, all Winnipeggers should warn their relatives about the possible danger. As the police told, scammers call city residents and say they are retailers. Then they tell that the person’s credit card was used by someone and transfer the call to the fake policeman. This policeman ask...