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Unfortunately, fires or other life-threatening incidents are happening at industrial and production sites quite often. That is really concerning not only for employees and visitors on site but also for people living in the area. Incidents like that always affect the air quality in surrounding areas, which are often full of houses with people inside that have no other choice but just breathe that air. After two recent fires at industrial properties in Winni...

The big construction project on repairing the rail line and clearing the washouts to renew the railway connection between Churchill and Gillam is almost finished. The federal government announced the investment of $117 million for the repair works and for dealing with the washout damages. The workers from Churchill and a massive workforce that was brought for out of town together finished the project with no delays and trains will be running the route very...

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! Lorne Ronald bought his winning ticket at Mississippi Jack’s Car Wash on Beaverhill Boulevard for the Oct. 19 draw and was shocked to discover that he was one of two Winnipeg winners. “I hoped I had one of the winning tickets,” he said. “I always hope that I’ll win someth...

The Misericordia Education and Research Centre honours Agnes Wilkie. The woman was a nurse during World War II. The woman was studying at Misericordia's School of Nursing. In 1942 she joined the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. Agnes was on board SS Caribou when a German U-boat torpedo hit it. After the explosion, Agnes and another woman found themselves in the very cold water of the Atlantic Ocean, it was October. The women had no choice but to tr...

Two Winnipeg therapists created a storybook for kids. It will help the, understand their feelings after any trauma. This storybook is titled Big Feelings Come and Go and it is intended for children of a certain age. Kate Kiernan and Billy Brodovsky noted that very often after trauma children take one of three positions: flight, fight or freeze. However, they do not understand their feelings and think that something wrong is with them. The storybook will be...

Dr. Stefan Carter is 90 years old and he received Sport for Life Award for his achievements in badminton. Now, Carter tried to play four times a week. He started playing in 1981. The man said that when he was 50, it was much easier for him to play and to run. Now it is much harder but he does not give up and tries to do his best. On Wednesday, November 7, he received Sport for Life Award from the Manitoba Badminton Association. In his comments, Carter note...

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” to Winnipeg and Brandon. Manitoba was the last province hit by members of the Canadian Postal Workers Union (C...

Seven Winnipeg Blue Bombers players were named to the CFL’s West Division all-star team Wednesday, including three members of the offensive line. Winnipeg Blue Bombers defensive back Taylor Loffler (16), linebacker Adam Bighill (4) and defensive back Anthony Gaitor (23) bring down Ottawa Redblacks wide receiver Diontae Spencer during first half CFL football action in Ottawa on Friday, October 5, 2018. As a team, the Bombers led the league by a wide margin...

Lately, there was a couple of incidents that resulted in the hours-long armed standoff. The situation keeps repeating in different areas of the city, for some reason, people think they can achieve some results by barricading themselves, sometimes with other people inside the building, threatening the hostages, who are random people or even the family members and negotiating with police. Almost every incident ends in surrender and arrest, police officers an...

As it became known, the Canadian Cancer Society stated that it will not accept hair donations starting from January 2019. Within the program Beautiful Lengths, this organization has worked together with the Pantene company since 2006, and together they accepted hair donations and made free wigs for cancer patients. From 2006 to 2018 more than 70000 people have given their hair to the organization. However, this society has recently stated that wigs made of...

The new Volkswagen Tiguan is a real deal - the car looks like a real premium SUV (Audi Q5, Mercedes GLE), but in fact it is in the middle price category - the prices on Tiguan start from $ 28,925 as standard modification and from $ 31,175 for the version with all-wheel drive (prices for October 30th, 2018 from the official website of VW Canada). The appearance has changed, but so that, on the one hand, in the new version you can always find the old one, bu...

Kids Help Phone will answer all questions and help teenagers. This service began its work in test mode at the beginning of 2018, and more than 13,000 texts with various questions were made. This service will now work to the full extent in 2 languages: English and French. In order to use the service, you only need a phone that sends SMS, Internet connection or some special app are not needed. A test version of the program showed that anxiety, relationship a...

Manitoba authorities are starting auditing of CancerCare. Cameron Friesen stated that such a review is very useful to find out what can be improved to become the best in the country. In February 2018, it was decided to cancel a $300 million CancerCare expansion that the previous government was going to do. In October, the province expressed its intention to analyze the effectiveness and financial performance of CancerCare Manitoba and compare data with sim...

Nelson House opens a new women's shelter for Northern Manitoba women. In case of the possibility of abusive situations, this shelter will be open for all women who live in Northern Manitoba. This centre became the first women's shelter, which he opened, and the grand opening has already taken place. For women who face domestic violence and abusive behaviour at home, it is very important to know that there is a safe place to which they can come if necessary...

Heidi Wright is fifteen and she is a grade 11 student at Technical Vocational High School in Winnipeg. The girl told that she likes music and history most of all among school subjects. So, it is not a surprise that Heidi decided to write a song about historical events of World War I. Her song is about Corporal Leo Clarke, Sergeant-Major Frederick William Hall, and Lieutenant Robert Shankland. All these men grew up in Winnipeg, distinguished themselves by t...

Several years ago the news about the construction of a commercial center of the two towers became public and in 2016 the construction officially began. The first tower and the only office space in Winnipeg since 1990 appeared on 242 Hargrave. Signature architecture, floor-to-ceiling glass, flexible floor plates, advanced construction technology, modern heating, and cooling systems and of course exciting rental offers. The tower with a height of 17 floors w...

Snowfalls have come to Manitoba, but if you live in Winnipeg, you may not see them. Apparently, Perimeter Highway created an invisible protective field around the city. “Last night, the snow came close to Winnipeg, and it slowly moved all night. But a few hours ago, when it seemed that it would get into the perimeter of the city, suddenly the direction had changed,“ said The Environment Canada meteorologist Dan Fulton on Tuesday, November 6th. "The snow wa...

Wonderful news - Winnipeg again won first place as the best cultural city according to Culture Days rating. This organization creates a rating of cities due to registered activities during Culture Days weekend. This is the sixth time when Winnipeg gets the first place. Nicole Matiation, co-chair of Culture Days Manitoba and Nuit Blanche Winnipeg informed that Winnipeg is a very valuable place in the arts and culture for the inhabitants of Manitoba. Culture...