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Past three days were really busy for Winnipeg Police with three homicides in just a three day period. All of these deaths occurred due to violent beatings. Winnipeggers are scared and shocked by what is happening in the city lately, even though police said, these incidents are not in any way related. Early Sunday morning police responded to a call about an elderly man attacked by a teenager. When arrived at the scene, officers witnessed an older man being...

Can Canadians improve their health? Of course, they can but only if they have enough money. Shully Sappire shows on her own example what it means to work two jobs and to have health problems. She is dong social work from 9 to 5 every day, and she also work as a bartender. Her goal is to get social benefits, but she has not reached it yet. So, Shully Sappire has health problems. She often has migraines and dizziness and other chronic problems. In order to m...

The adventures of the famous bear continue: a new book with this amazing heroine has been published. All fans of Winnie the Bear are looking forward to September 25. On this day in Winnipeg's bookstores there will be a new book that connected her adventures and the events of the First World War- Winnie’s Great War. Readers will be able to plunge into different episodes from the First World War and will look at everything with the eyes of the main character...

The problem with cell phone dead zone is finally solved in Manitoba communities. It takes only about an hour to get to Manitoba communities from Winnipeg, but cell phone works only in some parts of the communities. Bell MTS informed that Woodridge will get a cell tower the next week, and Zhoda and Stuartburn will get their towers in 2019. If to go back to 2011, we can remember that Marchand community had big problems with fires because firefighters could n...

The number of thefts in grocery stores in Winnipeg is growing. The owners of the stores are concerned about the situation very much, and they report that their losses are increasing significantly. The owner of Winnipeg's Food Fare chain commented on the situation and said that he hoped that he solved the problem with shoplifting some years ago, but he was wrong and at the moment everything is much worse. He also said that every day he catches up to 5 thiev...

Starting from the autumn of 2020, all buses will be equipped with seatbelts. After the tragedy that occurred in the spring of 2018, when the bus with the hockey team got into an accident, the parents of the dead hockey players began to actively ask the government to make changes in the law and to oblige all passengers to fasten their seatbelts while travelling by bus. Several parents made posts on their social networks and they created the hashtag #buckleu...

There is a great news for all Winnipeg girls: a football camp will open its doors for them in October. All Winnipeg girls who want to learn how to play football and to achieve amazing results have an opportunity to learn together with Desiree Scott. A two-time Olympic bronze medalist Desiree Scott creates a camp for girls from Winnipeg, where they will be able to learn to play football and to improve their skills. She grew up in Winnipeg and reported that...

Winnipeg health fair was held to give an opportunity to all residents of Winnipeg to communicate with doctors and to get information on topics of interest to them. A lot of medical representatives from many health spheres took part in the event on Saturday. Lighthouse Mission’s main goal is to make the inhabitants of the province live better, especially those who need it most of all. Lighthouse Mission teamed up with Exchange District Pharmacy and medical...

At the annual assembly, the Métis federation decided to appeal to the court because of the refusal to pay the promised amount of money. In the summer of 2017, the province decided to allocate $67 million to the Manitoba Métis Federation. However, recently it became known that Premier Brian Pallister said the payment will not be made. Immediately after that statement was made, the president of the Métis Federation informed that he requires an apology from t...

Vehicle theft is a growing problem in Canada. Most of the cars are located by police, some just found abandoned after a few days, but in some cases, carjackers lead police on a wild chase, still end up arrested or in the ditch.  A vehicle was reported stolen in the beginning of the week from Indian Head, Saskatchewan, Sunday morning Brandon Police, Manitoba noticed a vehicle, matching the description of a stolen one, driving around 1:20 a.m. After police a...

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. As shown in the photo, road construction on York Avenue and Fort Street is still in progress, this zone remains closed for at least two weeks now. Workers pu...

Another scary car crash happened in Winnipeg over the weekend. Just yesterday, early Sunday morning a single-vehicle crash occurred on Saint Mary`s road. Winnipeg police said, a driver was going along St. Mary`s road, when he went off the road and vehicle was crashed. The driver was delivered to a nearby hospital in critical condition, as of now there is no update from the doctors. Police are still investigating the crash site, no obvious reasons for why t...

As shown on the photo, construction works still in process on Notre Dame Avenue in downtown Winnipeg. Some projects, like this one, are a little behind the schedule to finish all work for the “end of construction” time, just yesterday we had seen the first snow, after the hot summer. In January this year by the city`s authorities was announced a big number of road construction projects in Winnipeg. Most of such works were already finished, but still, there...

Winnipeg Square features an office to support reopening of Main and Portage crossing for pedestrians. As you can see in the photo, the office already posted some flyers and ads in support of the mayor`s initiative. Current Winnipeg Mayor, Brian Bowman is pushing hard to reopen one of the busiest crossings in the city for pedestrians. As it was one of his election campaign promises back in 2014, when he was running for a chair, now with nearly four years pa...

As you can see in the photo new bike lanes appear in different areas of Winnipeg downtown.  In January this year by the city`s authorities was announced a big number of road construction projects in Winnipeg. Most of such works were already finished, but still, there is a big number of the projects are still in progress or coming in different areas of the city.  Manager of engineering at the Public Works Department Brad Neirinck noted that the timing of th...

One of Manitoba’s youth jails can be relocated or reduced, as a Winnipeg city councilor informed. John Orlikow made his proposal to close or to move one of the children's prisons in order to expand Kenaston Boulevard. This boulevard connects the airport to the southeast areas of the city. The provincial government of the province did not take this idea positively, but he hopes that the new Progressive Conservative government will see all the advantages tha...

Deputy minister for Manitoba Agriculture will be awarded for her work on improving relations between Manitoba and Japan. The awarding ceremony was organized by Consul-General Shigenobu Kobayashi and it will take place in Winnipeg on Friday. Agriculture Minister informed about such a decision on September 20. T he minister said that he personally, the city, the province and the whole Canada are very proud of what the woman is doing to improve relations with...

Great Manitoba Food Fight got together a lot of small and medium-sized agri-processors in Manitoba for the 12th time on September 19. Agriculture Minister informed that there were four best participants at the event. Ralph Eichler said that he congratulates all the winners, they are really worthy of their victory, and he has been sincerely glad to see so much variety of food and drinks that were presented at the festival. This festival takes place every ye...