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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...

In winter, you need to ride on winter tires, this is the law, but it is expensive. A few years ago, Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) proposed to create a program that would allow everyone to purchase winter tires on credit, and even cover the “re-fitting” of cars, etc. This is how the MPI Manitoba Winter Tire Program appeared, the program works, and it is quite simple. You can get a loan of up to $ 2,000 per vehicle to purchase winter tires and related cost...

Winnipeg rooming house residents are in a shock due to water problems. They do not have water in taps and their toilets do not work but water flows in the street near their house for about a month. Ronald Duck rented an apartment at the multi-unit building on Langside Street in October and he said the situation with water has not changed since then. The man said that he had to go to his sister to take a shower and wash his clothes. Duck pays $550 a month,...

Everyone dreams of hitting a lottery jackpot, but not everyone even tries and buy lottery tickets. Life is full of surprises, not always good ones, but sometimes it's just your lucky day! But there are those, who decide to go the other route and… steal the lottery tickets and some cigarettes. Last Sunday, November 11th two men and a woman robbed a store in the 1400 block of Pembina Highway and stole a large number of cigarettes and lottery tickets. Police...

The crime level is on the rise throughout Canada for the last couple of years, in many cases, it is drug-related crimes. Last Monday, November 12th a woman was robbed at Pembina Highway ATM, it happened in the evening. Police say the victim, 33, was walking back to her car in the 1100 block of Pembina Highway when a man waiting in a nearby bus shack approached her, armed with a knife. He took her money and keys and got into her car. Thankfully, the victim...

The Mercedes Benz CLA250 is a great example of opportunities for premium entry-level cars. The return of the Mercedes to the compact class was held in 2013 in Stuttgart. Not only was Mercedes-Benz CLA one of the first and only of its kind, but it also took over customers from the A-class and even the older C-class: since 2014, the owners of such models are seriously considering buying CLA as the next new Mercedes. And now meet in Winnipeg GLA 250 2018-2019...