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Five months ago Melhig Melhig, — the double winner with the double name — bought a scratch ticket in one of Winnipeg shops. This purchase turned into $1.5 billion. The first thing the man did, was moving his wife and daughter from a small flat to the new house. In August, Melhig decided to try his luck in the lottery again. And he hit the jackpot too! This time, the lucky ticket from Giant Tiger store brought him $2 billion. The man says that he is still a...

As it became known, two men committed more than 130 thefts from liquor stores in Winnipeg. The police expressed an opinion that men sell stolen alcohol via the Internet and to their friends. However, the police also stated that men do not know each other and their thefts are not connected. One of them committed about 50 thefts during the last 6 months. He just took one or two bottles in the store and went quietly, not trying to pay. He was arrested on Sept...

Bill Atkinson, a war veteran, is 101 years old and on Tuesday, August 11, he celebrated his 80-Year membership at Winnipeg Y. He became the member of Winnipeg Y in 1938 and from that time he comes to swim there about 6 times a week. This man is a real example and a person for imitation for all the residents of the city. His house is one mile from the club, and the man every day passes one mile on the way to the club and back home 6 times a week. For all 80...

On Tuesday, September 11, The WRHA made a statement concerning new planes on Healing our Health System program. Most of all new plans will concern nurses, whose work is related to psychological health at the Grace or Seven Oaks hospitals. More than 140 nurses will have an opportunity to work at the Health Sciences Centre, Concordia Hospital or Victoria Hospital. Within the program, more than 70 new positions for nurses will be created. The province also st...

A lucky lottery ticket brings another winning to the resident of Winnipeg. All Winnipeggers may ask a question of how that man managed to win the lottery two times in the last six months. Is he so lucky? Melhig Melhig won 1.5 mln dollars in April. He spent that money to buy a new big house for his family (they lived in a small apartment before his winning). About a month ago, Melhig Melhig bought another lottery ticket and he managed to win 2 mln dollars....

A jazz musician Steve Kirby was arrested by police in May for sexual assault of a young student. Kirby retired from the University of Manitoba the next month. Police states Kirby was arrested on allegations from a 19-year-old student on a sexual misconduct and assault. As per her statement, the victim was assaulted multiple times from September 2014 to January 2017. Around the same period of time, almost a dozen of other students raised their concerns on a...

Animal abuse is always a tragedy, some owners hurt their pets showing sadistic behavior is a complex mental issue, which might turn into a violent outburst towards other people in the future. But what happened last week Lord Selkirk Park area is just weird and criminal. On August 31st a group of teenagers was walking and having fun around Stella Avenue, approximately 9 p.m. they saw a man putting on a mask to cover his face and attacked a dog in a yard usi...

All Winnipeg residents can make their choice in favor of one or another candidate and put canned goods in the necessary basket. There will not be any election of mayor in the coming months, but this does not prevent people from making their choice. The votes will not be counted officially and will not have power on the next election, but why not to support the boy in his undertaking? Maxwell Oliver is eight and he decided to do a great thing: he put pictur...

This summer, the Canadian prairies faced 29 tornadoes. The most destructive one happened in Alonsa, Manitoba. And this number is only approximate, the scientists say. Saskatchewan became the state with the biggest number of tornadoes recorded. This summer there were at least 19 evidenced disasters, and 3 more to be proved. Manitoba’s record for this summer is 8 tornadoes. Alberta has two tornadoes evidenced, and three more to be proved. Alyssa Pederson, th...

New details on the case of sexual abuse at the University: a doctor from the college has lost his license. The name of one of the University professors who was accused of sexual violence is also known to the society. Winnipeg police reported that they began to investigate the rape case in the summer of 2017 and only in the spring of 2018 they laid charges. University professor named Steve Kirby who is 62-year-old is one of the guilty men. In the summer of...

The Winnipeg show will take place on September 28 at the Bell MTS Place. Other Canadian cities, that are included in the tour of the legendary ex-Beatle, are Quebec City (Sep. 17), Montreal (Sep. 20) and Edmonton (Sep. 30). “Get ready to rock, Canada!” In his blog, Paul left a message for his Canadian fans. The musician said that he and his band always had a great time when performing in Canada. He added that they were looking forward to getting back here...

Residents of Manitoba who violate the law on cannabis will get big fines starting from October. A full list of fines has already been published, despite the fact that changes to the law will take effect only in October. According to official data, those Canadians who will smoke cannabis in public places or parks will receive a fine about $672. Those who will grow cannabis at home, sell marijuana without official permission, and also sell marijuana to teena...

Public money can be spent on the building of new skyscrapers at True North Square. The exact amount of money that will be spent is not known yet. New skyscrapers can be built at True North Square for taxpayers' money. As it became knows, millions of dollars of public money can be spent on the building of skyscrapers. Usually, public money is spent on improving road conditions or to build public places. However, this time everything can be different and ins...

The artist admitted that he did not want to emphasize the racial differences in his cartoon. The cartoon with Serena Williams was criticized on the Internet because it was considered racist. However, a few days later, it was defended by the Australian newspaper. The cartoon was painted by Mark Knight. It hit the Internet after the U.S. Open women’s final on Saturday. In the cartoon, all people can see Serena Williams who has a pretty big face. She jumps on...

Embodying Empathy project will reveal secret things that happened in residential schools in the previous Century. The University of Manitoba hopes that its new project will help the Canadians understand the past of the country better. Embodying Empathy project will show an Indian school that was open from 1906 to 1970. The project takes as a basis 4 years of work with those people who survived and could tell what actually happened in those early years. The...

Would you be scared if your laptop suddenly starts to blow off smoke and fire right in the middle of watching a movie or your favorite show? One thing when the laptop is on, but completely another case if you already turned it off, went to bed and left it unsupervised! Winnipeg MacBook owner is shocked as his laptop got on fire for no obvious reasons, not even being plugged in to charge it. The owner of MacBook Rory Mitchell watched a Netflix show with his...

Sunday Cruise Night is a tradition for car lowers to show off their vehicle. There are hundreds of people who participate and sometimes they race with another vehicle just for fun, but unfortunately, they race right in the middle of downtown Winnipeg. Two drivers that were participating in a Cruise Night event will have to become pedestrians or at least won’t be driving any time soon. Last Sunday night Winnipeg Police officers were monitoring traffic aroun...

The drainage from the city sewer system into the Winnipeg rivers is increasingly attracting public attention. Last month, the rivers received more than 3.2 million liters of untreated water from urban sewerage. This was one of the largest outflows in recent years, and only about 20 such incidents occur in a year. This problem is closely related to Winnipeg's outdated infrastructure. The city is currently developing a project to change the sewage system for...