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Looking for your first job just to help your parents with paying bills or have some extra pocket money, or considering a serious position as a life career, in any case, a university or a college degree will help you land a job you desire. But what if you do not have a degree and still considering your options whether to go for higher education or save the time and money, a lot of money on education and start working and actually making money right now. If...

Last year one of the RCMP officers was accused of the behavior the raised a lot of questions, accusations said he was inappropriately touching a 17-year-old teenage female, the case was pending for over a year due to the investigation and time needed to work with the witnesses and their testimonies. The female victim alleged in 2017 that while being searched during an October 2016 arrest, an officer inappropriately touched her body. An internal investigati...

A resident of Sandy Bay First Nation is facing a fine of $2,542 for supplying pot to a 13-year-old on Friday afternoon. When the federal government legalized cannabis earlier this year, it left the provinces in charge of how the drug will be sold and where consumers can smoke it. Some things are mostly constant across the country: You can’t buy cannabis if you’re under 18 (though you may have to be 19 in some provinces), you can grow up to four plants at h...

Canadian postal services are always ready for innovations and using it to help and serve the Canadian people. Starting October 17th marijuana is legal to grow, sell and to buy throughout Canada. Doesn’t matter if you are using it or not, cannabis is coming, it is already here and as of today, it is sold in your local stores and online. Businesses across the country, from growers and retailers to the tech and tourism sectors, are preparing to reap a windfal...

Animal shelters are full of animals that are just waiting for someone to take care of them and bring them to a place they can feel safe at and could call it home. Animal Services introduced the Doggie Date program a few months ago and said they saw an immediate reaction from people who wanted to participate. The idea is so that people instead of adopting the dog right away, now they can take dogs and puppies for a week, weekend or even just one day, to kin...

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency decided to remove Janes Chicken Burgers from the market. The reason for this decision was the suspicion that frozen chicken cutlets may be infected with Salmonella. The conducted studies have linked these burgers to 25 cases of illness in nine Canadian provinces. It also became known that two people were taken to hospital but the death was not recorded yet.  However, there is no direct link between eating burgers and bec...

Doggie date program started about a month ago. This is the program that allows people to get acquainted with the dog, to take a walk with it and even to take it home for a while before making a decision to adopt it. In just a few months, the program became very popular, and many people began to take part in it and take the dogs home. The program founders inform that many dogs got the opportunity to find a permanent home when the program started. They also...

On Tuesday at Congregation Shaarey Zedek there will be a vigil for victims of Pittsburgh tragedy: 11 people were killed at a Pittsburgh synagogue. The general director of the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg commented on the situation and stated that there is no reason to believe that the situation could happen again in some other synagogue in Canada. There is no heightened threat at the moment. However, the Police Service said that the number of patrols in a...

A big fire that occurred on Friday took the lives of two people: a 12-year-old girl and her grandmother. Two other family members miraculously managed to leave the house and to survive. Anita Klaric, the mother of the deceased girl, still can not believe what happened. She said that her daughter was a wonderful child and loved to do baking. She is sure that the girl’s grandmother was trying to save the girl, but, unfortunately, she could not do it. Sheila...

The election is over and the city got a mayor, well the previous one will continue his work for a second term. Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman says the city will get stronger every single year during his speech after being re-elected. Everyone who voted for the current mayor is celebrating the victory with the Bowman, people showed their support as he showed good work on his electoral promises from the last campaign. Bowman stated that it is still a long way t...

Last Friday, October 26th a fire occurred in one of the residents on Prince Edward Street in Point Douglas. The fire turned into a deadly incident and had claimed the lives of two people, who were inside. According to police, approximately 2:15 a.m. the fire spread rapidly inside the house, it was moving fast from room to room blocking the exits, so, unfortunately, not everyone managed to get out safely. Out of four occupants that were in the house when th...

A series of small fires happened in Point Douglas last Friday, October 26th. A youth suspect was arrested a few days later. Police had arrested the 16-year-old on Granville Street near the scene of one of four fires that took place in the Point Douglas area between 4:10 and 4:18 a.m. Police say the fires happened on Euclid Avenue, Lorne Avenue, and Granville Street and were started when two mattresses, a detached garage, and a porch chair were set alight....

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, lately there were three deadly beatin...

Winnipeg residents have decided on the choice of the mayor for the next 4 years. The new mayor is Brian Bowman. He was elected for the second time in a row. As it was expected, the main struggle took place between Bowman and Motkalyuk. The city was practically divided in half: north voted for Motkalyuk. south voted for Bowman. However, voter turnout this year was much lower than last time. Only about 42% of the population came to the polls. Among them, 53%...

A huge flame seized the plant on Monday and black thick smoke rose above the plant. This situation led to the evacuation of people, and thousands of city residents remained inside their homes due to the toxic stench in the air. The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service was able to cope with the fire but only by resorting to the help of a drone. The chief specialist of the city fire service admitted that without the video from above, everything could have ended m...

Manitoba approved a new plan for tire recycling. Manitoba showed excellent performance on this issue last year- tire utilization was 94%. The plan for the next 5 years not to make this figure less than 90%. One of the points of the new plan is to make the awareness of the local residents higher. Another point is to facilitate recycling for people who live in the northern regions of the province. People can bring used tires to more than 1500 special places....

Meth crisis is a big problem in the province. The number of people who died from an overdose of meth increased significantly compared to previous years. In addition, the number of people who are being treated for meth addiction has also increased. Unfortunately, the number of people using meth is very large. Meth is cheap, easily accessible and the effect of use lasts for hours. However, the addiction comes as quickly as possible, so it is very difficult f...

This is the first time in 20 years when the province will show detailed test data. Earlier, until 1999, test data had public access. However, after that year, the inhabitants of the province could get only approximate information. 2018 data include demographic indicators as well as assessments of middle and elementary school students. The Minister of Education made a statement and said that parents should have access to test data, everything should be open...