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Only one month remained before the new amendments to the law on the legal use of marijuana come into force. However, in Manitoba there are still no changes. For example, there are no stores in which cannabis will be sold. The government of Manitoba chose 4 official marijuana vendors, after a decision on legalization was made. These 4 sellers (Delta 9 Cannabis, National Access Cannabis, Garden Variety and Hiku Brands) will open their doors for all people wh...

There are some big changes implemented at the end of Summer to the immigration programs. The Canadian immigration program Express Entry is linked to the provincial nomination programs. Each of the 11 provincial nominations programs in Canada now has at least one so-called "extended nomination" stream that allows candidates to submit documents to the federal Express Entry level. The provincial nomination received through the category/stream of immigration a...

Did you ever ask yourself, who is responsible for road cleaning in your place of residence? Do you pay attention to the road drainage system where you live? Well, you should! The main purpose of a road drainage system is to remove the water from the road itself and its surroundings. But there is no way for that system to do what it was designed to do if it gets blocked by leaves and garbage and nobody there to do the cleaning when needed. Residents of the...

Drunk driving or going over the speed limit is often the reason for accidents involving multiple injuries and even lethal outcome for people in other vehicles and pedestrians. In some cases, justice is fast and uncompromising, but unfortunately, there are cases where it takes years for a court to set a verdict or even to punish the criminal. Majority of such cases are the ones involving an active or a former police officer. Justin Holtz is of five Winnipeg...

An unusual car crash happened on Monday on a highway north of Winnipeg. A semi-trailer truck traveling eastbound hit a police cruiser that was going north. Both vehicles ended up in a ditch, but luckily nobody was injured, just the vehicles got damaged. As of now, there is no information if there were other passengers in a semi truck, also no witnesses of the crash came forward with a statement or spoke to the press. The officer of Manitoba RCMP, Paul Mana...

A Manitoba man is accused of violating the law and sextortion case using Tinder. Something that originally began as an acquaintance and a date with the help of Tinder, legal proceedings against a 25-year-old resident of Manitoba- when a woman refused to have sex with a man, he began to threaten her with the distribution of her pictures of an intimate nature. The man was charged with extortion, voyeurism and indecent phone call in the spring. A 22-year-old...

The police found the missing six-year-old child. Now the child is in the hospital, where she is provided with all necessary medical care. The accident happened on Sunday at about 6 p.m. As previously reported, the girl was kidnapped near the shopping center in North Bittford. The girl has epilepsy and autism, also the child can not walk. The Caucasian girl was three feet six inches tall and weighs 44 pounds. she has dark brown hair. the police also said th...

Canadians from all parts of the country gather together annually to help raise funds to fight cancer. Terry Fox Run was not like the previous years, it was also a show of solidarity and love this year. Nancy and Bob Adkins informed that their attitude to the festival was special this year because they decided to take part in the marathon in memory of his son. Their son died of cancer at the age of 43 years. People told that their son and his family always...

One man died in the result of a terrible situation that took place on Hudson Bay Railway line on the weekend. The accident happened on Saturday. The train came off the rails on a remote section of the Hudson Bay Railway line near Ponton. One of the workers has passed away in that railway crash. One more employee got serious injuries and was brought to the hospital. The extent of the injuries is unknown at the moment. The Arctic Gateway Group became the own...

For almost 40 years now The Terry Fox Foundation has worked to achieve Terry`s vision, a world without Cancer. This year the 38th annual run, also called a Marathon of Hope, took place in Assiniboine Park, the park features a zoo, conservatory, outdoor theatre, and other attractions. Last year the run attracted over 1500 participants. This year’s quantity of participants will be disclosed by the event organizers after the run. We know that before the run s...

In support of AMBER Alert issued in Saskatchewan, the information as follows: the Manitoba RCMP has issued an AMBER Alert for the abduction of a child in North Battleford on September 16, at 5 p.m. Abducted is Emma O`Keeffe, age 6, white female, 3 ft. 6 inches tall, 44 lbs, brown hair, was wearing a blue long sleeve shirt, black jeans, pink socks, no shoes. Emma suffers from epilepsy and autism. She is non-verbal, unable to walk and is in need of medicatio...

Kenora jail, which is located just a little over 200 kilometers east of Winnipeg, got to the headlines of all local newspapers with an “incident”, as guards called it. Last week an unknown quantity of inmates blocked the entrance to a cell block and took one of the correctional officers as a hostage. After he was delivered to the local hospital with some injuries, doctors or officer`s colleagues share no details about what kind of injuries or what/who caus...

Friday night around 9 p.m. a man was hit by a car in Fisher River, Manitoba. As per police, a man was walking on a highway when he was hit by a vehicle going north. The driver, a 69-year-old man, pulled over and called police right away, he remained at the scene until police and paramedics had arrived. The victim was rushed to a nearby hospital with serious injuries, but unfortunately, doctors couldn’t help and he was pronounced dead. The incident is still...

Despite all the speed limits and regulations, also the highest speeding fines throughout the country, car crashes and accidents caused by speeding is not a rare case in Manitoba. Many of them, unfortunately, have a lethal outcome. Just Friday evening a two-vehicle accident involving speeding had one driver killed another one seriously injured. The crash happened near Teulon, RCMP was called to a collision location between 8 and 9 p.m. When arrived at the s...

Dillan and her mother collected about $1000, organizing a charity soup store. All the money earned from selling home soups will be given to Steinbach Community Outreach. The representative of the community said that she was pleasantly surprised when a parcel was delivered to the community, inside of which there was a pink lunchbox filled with money. The girl's mother reported that her daughter has a very big heart and she is full of ideas and a desire to h...

About 10 pm on Wednesday, lightning hit the house, located in West St. Paul rural municipality and set it on fire. The owner of the house Louise Evaschesen at that moment watched the TV and heard the roar outside the house, but did not give it much importance. After the TV turned off she decided to go to sleep. Before the woman could get into bed, the phone rang. It was her neighbor calling to warn that the garage of the house was flaming. The first thing...

On Thursday the case against a schoolteacher who was accused of sexual harassment of an 8-year-old child several years ago was heard in court. The girl testified against the teacher, and gave evidence. Her words fully coincided with the story she told the police two years ago. In June 2014, after the testimony given by the girl and her mother, the man was detained. Remi Dallaire was charged with the following changes: sexual assault, sexual interference, a...

As Brandon Police informed, a missing Brandon girl could be currently located in Winnipeg. Kaitrianne Ironstand who is 16 years old is missing since September, 9. Brandon police asked the whole province for help. The girl was seen on the night of September 9 in her house in Brandon the last time. The girl’s height is five feet three inches, her weight is about 90 pounds, she has brown eyes and dark hair. Also, the girl has a tattoo on her neck EDEN. She wa...