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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...

Ecologists and researchers of the city can not name the causes that led to the death of birds in summer. This summer, a lot of dead birds were seen in the pond located at the corner at Keewatin Street and Adsum Drive. City residents continue to wonder what happened, and that caused the death of so many birds. Water samples were taken by scientists and sent to a laboratory for research. The main researcher of the laboratory said that the algae in the pond c...

Home cancer treatment became more affordable for residents of Manitoba. Huge achievements have occurred in medicine over the past 20 years, the residents of Manitoba who have cancer can take home treatment. The biggest achievement in this field that has made a huge shift in cancer treatment is the invention of pills that can be taken at home. One of the leading specialists of CancerCare Manitoba noted that their patients are very pleased with such changes...

Winnipeg police made two separate arrests with the suspects not connected to each other, but both detained on Liquor Mart theft charges across the city. Tuesday evening, approximately 10:30 p.m. officers arrested a 16-year-old girl in the Sargent Park area. Over three months she stole $4 thousand worth of liquor. Another arrest was made the same day, a 28-year-old woman is suspected of stealing a little over $5 thousand worth of alcohol form Winnipeg Liquo...

RCMP: “No excuses!” There are really no excuses for speeding, for going 50 km/h over the speed limit, even if you are running late, even if you are late for work! Unfortunately not all the drivers understand this and follow the regulations. Just yesterday, September 20, Manitoba RCMP pulled over a 26-year-old woman, who was going 157 km/h in a 100 km/h zone. Her excuse was that she was late for work! Police officers don’t really need to hear any excuses fr...

September 13th an unusual incident happened near the town of Mitchell, Manitoba. Thing like that does not happen there very often, so locals are scared and shocked. Thursday evening local police responded to a call approximately 4:40 p.m. The incident was described as a man exposed himself to a group of children. When arrived at the scene, RCMP officers were not able to locate the suspect in the area, but later they received a description that helped to lo...

Typhoon Mangkhut was the biggest typhoon during the last few years in the Philippines About 100 people were found dead after the typhoon. Also, more than 10 people are missing. Winnipeg's Filipino communities unite to help the families of the victims. On Tuesday there was a donation, which collected everything necessary for families whose houses were destroyed and whose close people were killed. People brought goods that they could: starting from canned fo...

The situation develops in such a way that harmful insects multiply, and useful bugs die out. So, pesky mosquitoes, disease-carrying ticks, crop-munching aphids and cockroaches become more and more from year to year. However, native bees, moths, butterflies, ladybugs, lovebugs, mayflies and fireflies become fewer and fewer. Scientists are concerned, it seems to them that something strange is happening. However, unfortunately, they do not have exact data on...

CAA Manitoba and the Winnipeg Police Service inform that a huge work should be done in the future to minimize dangerous driving in the areas where schools are located. On Wednesday morning a study was conducted, in the course of which more than 800 cases of dangerous traffic situations near schools were detected within 2 hours. In the experiment Linden Meadows, Ecole Henri-Bergeron and Stevenson-Britannia Schools took part. The most important violations: d...

Child and Family Services Agency informed that the agency will not hide new volunteers because one of the volunteers was charged with sex assault. In the summer of 2018, one of the agency's volunteers was accused of sexual exploitation of a juvenile boy. The Police do not divulge names to protect the identity of the child. As it became known, sexual harassment could occur between the spring of 2017 and the spring of 2018. The accused was repeatedly sent to...

October 24 is the day of the next mayoral election, and a complete list of candidates is already known. Here is the list of candidates running for mayor: Brian Bowman Jenny Motkaluk Doug Wilson Don Woodstock Umar Hayat Tim Diack Venkat Machiraju Here is the list of candidates for city council: Charleswood-Tuxedo: Kevin Klein Kevin Nichols Ken St. George Grant Nordman Daniel Mcintyre: Cindy Gilroy Josh Brandon Miah Sarowar Elmwood – East Kildonan: Robb Mass...

300 Main is a highly anticipated mixed-use residential, office and retail complex. Luxury rental suites in Winnipeg`s tallest downtown apartment tower. The construction began at the end of 2017, a couple of months they were working on reinforcement of the columns of Winnipeg Square Parking. Now, when the parking part of the project is almost over, the workers are moving to the upper hall, demolition of the old part of the building and the new retail and bu...

It is always exciting to get to the movie set. There is a chance to meet your favorite actors and directors, to see the decorations and to get an idea for a new film before anyone else. Now the place is downtown Winnipeg! The crossing of Fort Street and Portage Avenue, spotted Wednesday, there are like a dozen trucks with the cinema equipment, costumes, and decorations. Since the streets are not blocked, we can assume, the set is somewhere inside the build...

CentreVenture encourages developers for affordable housing at market lands. All developers can become part of a new affordable housing. Market Lands site is open for construction and is considering EOIs from non-profit housing developers. More than 100 flats and a huge cultural hub on the first floor will be in Winnipeg’s Exchange District. CEO of CentreVenture informed that the company is working hard to make the Market Lands a reality for a lot of resid...

Another big winning in the lottery: a Winnipeg resident himself did not expect that he could win 1 million dollars. As it became known, Yew Wing Lam won this big money a month ago, but the man did not immediately check the numbers on his lottery ticket. The man bought his lottery ticket for $4 and won $1 million. The man said that he often tries his luck in the lottery, and never won, so he did not check the numbers on the day of the lottery. However, when...