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A lot of accidents on the road happened because drivers are in a hurry, distracted or simply intentionally do not follow the rules and regulations. Every year, about 421,000 people are injured in crashes that have involved a driver who was distracted in some way. Over 78% of all distracted drivers are distracted because they have been texting while driving. On Friday, October 12th the accident happened on Taylor Avenue, a vehicle from the upcoming traffic...

Winnipeg road construction work continues. As we seen in the last couple of week a lot of construction project are finished, new or reconstructed roads are open, new bike lanes appear all over the city, mostly in the downtown area, but some projects are obviously behind schedule and still in progress. Linden Woods community is one of many on the list for road expansion and renovation. As shown in the photo roadworks continue and some of the streets may be...

As it became known, September figures are significantly different from a year ago. A year ago, home sales were 12% higher than they are now. Throughout the year, with each passing month the situation with the sale of real estate gradually worsened, and it reached its peak in September. If to take the five-year statistics into account, then sales were better by 9%. According to official data, about 1,150 houses were sold last September. This September, abou...

Winnipeg Police searched the home of a 72-year-old child psychologist and discovered child porn. Gary Anthony Shady is placed under administrative arrest and is charged with possession of child pornography. This man worked with children at Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg and the Manitoba Adolescent Treatment Centre. The incident began with the fact that one of the providers of the online data storage system reported that child sex abuse was being sent t...

On Thursday, city councillor Matt Allard suggested raising the age of children who can use free travel in city buses to 12 years. At the moment, children under 6 have the right to free travel. All children over this age enjoy a reduced rate, which is $1.82 for e-ticket or $2.45 when paying in cash. Full fare for adults is $2.60 and $2.95 respectively. Councilor Allard said that the current state of affairs does not suit families with older children. By law...

Winnipeg residents are very happy that the forecast did not come true and heavy snowfall bypassed the city. As it was reported by the forecast, this week Winnipeggers could see the first big snow, and the amount of sediment could reach 15 cm. However, this did not happen. Other cities were less fortunate: 14 cm of snow in Sprague; 14 cm of snow in Pinawa; 13 cm of snow in Rennie; 5-10 cm of snow in Steinbach area; 5-10 cm of snow in Emerson; 8 cm of snow i...

Less than two weeks left before the election of the mayor of Winnipeg, and two candidates described their plans for property taxes. As Motkaluk informed, she intends not to make property tax more than 1.6% per year, because real estate is already owned by citizens. She also said that, in the first place, residents of the city will have certainty. Each time they receive a bill, they will know what number they will see there. This is very important because a...

Winnipeg Blue Bombers Legacy Gala Dinner is one of Manitoba`s most anticipated events each year for members of the business and the football communities.  This year the event took place at the RBC Convention Centre on October 9th. The event was planned from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m., it was full of people, team members and guests stayed even after it was over. Guests were taking pictures and getting players autographs. There were few new players that joined th...

A person missing gets reported almost every other day in Canada, thankfully a lot of those cases dismissed in a few days when missing people come back home by themselves. But there are still hundreds of cases, which take time to locate the person, some take years, some cases are never closed, unfortunately, a lot of them are missing children and some of them are never found. On September 12th approximately 8 p.m., a 9-year-old girl was coming back home fro...

Shots fired call came into the police station and officers were dispatched to a residential area on Tremaudan Avenue. When arrived at the location officers found a firearm left behind and a victim with a firearm wound. A victim is a 41-year-old man, he was shot multiple times and delivered to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries. Ryan Todd Campbell, 33, from Opaskwayak First Nation, and Clayton Joshua McKay, 26, of no fixed address, are each ch...

There are regular days of police officers on duty and there are some not like the others. When police are pulling over a vehicle, not every day you will see people exit while the car is still in motion. On Wednesday, October 10th Winnipeg Police Drug Enforcement Unit followed a taxicab that was driving evasively. When they tried to stop the vehicle near Boyd Avenue two men from the back seat opened the doors and decided to exit the car while it was still m...

Cannabis is coming, it is already here and in just a couple of days it will be legal and sold in the stores and online. People are still debating if it is good for Canada, what effect will it have on the youth and if it was the right decision to legalize it, we have to face the fact – cannabis is legal. Cannabis legalization is coming to Canada on Oct. 17, and whether you plan on smoking up or not, it’ll change the way you live. Businesses across the count...

Almost two years ago a great time with friends turned into a deadly tragedy. A group of teens had some alcohol iced teas and some weed, then decided to leave a party and one of them got behind the wheel despite his friends tried asked him not to, he also took a passenger with him. While driving teenager tried to pass the vehicle in front of him and lost control, the car rolled over, the driver was dragged out by one of his friends from the car behind them,...

Doesn’t matter if you are using it or not, cannabis is coming, it is already here and in just a couple of days it will be legal and sold in the stores and online. People are still debating if it is good for Canada, what effect will it have on the youth and if it was the right decision to legalize it, we have to face the fact – cannabis is legal.  Cannabis legalization is coming to Canada on Oct. 17, and whether you plan on smoking up or not, it’ll change t...

Loan program for tires was created for increasing the number of Manitobans who buy and use special winter tires during cold seasons. This type of tires is necessary in order to minimize the number of car crashes on the roads during the autumn-winter period. However, as it became known, Manitoba became the province where the least amount of car owners uses tires suitable for winter several years ago. The implementation of the program is already bringing goo...

Manitoba's health care system asks people not to neglect flu vaccination this season. Last year, the province recorded the highest number of people killed by the flu. There were also a maximum number of people who were hospitalized due to this disease. In this regard, the provincial doctors strongly recommend all residents to use a vaccine. As statistics show, only about 20% of the province’s population made the vaccination last year. According to doctors,...

Winnipeg residents protested against discrimination on Wednesday. Winnipeggers said that there is a loophole in the Human Rights Code that gives place for discrimination. The Manitobans Against Weight Stigma got together at the Manitoba Legislative Building to say their opinion. They want the government to amend the human rights code and to add the additional clause “physical size or weight”. These amendments to the bill are of great importance for a large...

A year ago, on October 10, Cody Severight died because of a hit and run accident. A policeman was charged with the death of the guy. A year has passed since the accident. The boy's family and many of his friends came to the place of his death and brought flowers. Relatives say they do not want residents in the city to forget about what happened that terrible day. Many people also brought pictures of the boy and lit the lights. The grandmother of the deceas...