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Every year hundreds of stolen and lost bicycles, that the Winnipeg Police recovers, are auctioned off at the annual Winnipeg Bicycle Auction. All Bikes purchased through the bike auction will be pre-registered with the City of Winnipeg’s bike registry. The $6.70 fee will be added to the purchase price of the bike (children’s bikes not included). The two-day event takes place on: Saturday, April 27: Public Viewing from 7:00 am to 8:45 am The auction begins...

Winnipeg is a great and constantly growing city. Our city authorities recognize a need for constant growth and development as the city`s population grows every year. The City of Winnipeg tabled its budget for 2019 on Friday, March 1st. Some of the highlights include a regular tax rise, but a decrease in roads spending by $29.6 million to $86.4 million. The City of Winnipeg says that "urgent road work" is being carried out on Century St. The City's Traffic...

A few months ago, in the worst cold weather, the province’s Public Utilities Board (PUB) announced that natural gas prices would increase from Friday, February 1st. PUB approved the application of Centra Gas Manitoba Inc. on the rate hike. New tariffs will come up to $0.091 per cubic meter compared to the current $0.083 per cubic meter. The increase of about 2.3 percent or about $16 a year for the average consumer, PUB said. Natural gas prices are revised...

Volunteers are really making a difference in helping those who are in need and also to keep our city clean and nature-friendly. CAA Manitoba joined forces with members of Clifton School’s safety patrol to pick up trash around near Polo Park on Earth Day. About 30 students wearing bright yellow vests walked from the school on Sargent Avenue to the CAA Manitoba location at 870 Empress Street to pick up their equipment and begin tidying up the creek on the ot...

Recently the acts of vandalism based on racial and religious hatred happening more often in Winnipeg. Most of such cases never get solved and the investigation leads nowhere. Winnipeg police are investigating an incident at a cafe on Corydon Avenue as a hate crime. Emergency services were called to BerMax Caffe for a medical call on Thursday around 10:45 p.m. When they arrived, responders found a woman inside the restaurant who had been assaulted. She was...

A missing person is always a tragedy for the family and friends. People have no rest, can’t sleep peacefully, when a family member is not at home and safe. Missing person cases involve people of any age who are lost or abducted, have run away or have mental health issues, among other things. Winnipeg police are looking for 62-year-old Winnipegger, who went missing on March 26th. Garry Albert Beaudry, 62, was last seen on March 26 in the area of the Salvati...

The spring is here and the summer is just around the corner, many great family events are available now and even more coming to Manitoba. Naturally, people looking for new activities, something different after the long winter, the pool sounds great and safe, but thing happen. On Sunday, April 21st the incident occured in Winnipeg’s Courts of St. James pool. The City of Winnipeg’s Fire Paramedic service confirmed three people had been taken from the pool to...

The City of Winnipeg tabled its budget for 2019 on Friday, March 1st. Some of the highlights include a regular tax rise, but a decrease in roads spending by $29.6 million to $86.4 million. The Arlington Bridge was closed Sunday after a huge hole was discovered on the road. Police had sent out a tweet flagging the issue about half an hour after the problem was identified. This helped to notify many drivers, who were heading that way or planning their trip t...

Taking a flight to your destination is the safest and fastest way to travel, sometimes, though, the incidents happen.  Air Canada announced that 146 passengers on a flight from Vancouver to Winnipeg will arrive at their destination about six hours late. On Thursday, April 18th the aircraft made an emergency landing in Regina, instead of the destination in Winnipeg. The airline says reports of smoke coming from a galley oven on Flight AC290 prompted the cre...

Nowadays everyone takes flights, even the people, who are afraid of planes, still fly because it is the safest and fastest way to travel. Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport is the seventh busiest airport in Canada by passenger traffic, serving 4,305,744 passengers in 2017, and the 11th busiest airport by aircraft movements. The reconstruction of one of two runways at Winnipeg’s airport this summer means the area under one flight path...

As the snow melted away with a spring coming to Winnipeg the residents of the city are disappointed when they see a considerable amount of litter on the streets of the city. Also, a huge number of potholes showed on our roads. The city authorities dispatched multiple crews and road construction equipment to get the streets fixed and make it safe to drive. The city will begin the annual spring cleanup operation of streets, sidewalks and back lanes on April...

Winnipeg`s authorities recognize the growth of our city`s needs, the population grows every year and the workforce visiting Winnipeg constantly increases as well. Public transportation is a very important part of city infrastructure modernization and development. But at the same time, made in Winnipeg zero emission public busses get delivered and start working in different cities, like Toronto. On Monday, April 15th the first of the zero-emission electric...

Who likes to be stuck in traffic? I guess, no none, but that is what you have to deal with in a big city. There are certain streets and neighborhoods you know you always will be stuck in traffic, so, naturally, people try to plan their routes avoiding such roads. Despite the usual traffic movement, sometimes accidents or other things happen, which can block your usual “traffic-free” way to work. What can be worse than downtown traffic with all the cars and...

This year`s April has been a cool one. Not terribly rainy or snowy but on the cool side for sure. So far the daily temperature for this month is almost four degrees cooler than normal. The little snowy flurries yesterday morning changed to warmer temperatures later in the today. Winnipeg and the Red River Valley may get to experience multiple seasons in a day — from a snowy Monday morning to the risk of thunderstorms late afternoon and into the evening. Th...

Unfortunately, almost every day a police report filed about a missing person in Canada. Most of them are found fast and returned home safely, but for in some cases, the search continues for months. A missing person is always a tragedy for the family and friends. People have no rest, can’t sleep peacefully, when a family member is not at home and safe. A 16-year-old teenage girl is missing since early April, who was last seen in the downtown area. Aminata D...

According to the recent polls, 38 percent of Canadians use pot solely for recreation, while 12 percent say their pot consumption is only for medical reasons. The number of Canadians who use pot has not increased since legalization, with 22 percent before and 21 percent after. PARDON is a campaign making its way across the country to raise awareness and collect signatures. Saturday, April 13th it stopped in Winnipeg. The Campaign was formed by a B.C. cannab...

The Winnipeg Jets Street Party took place in the downtown area in Winnipeg on Friday night. According to Winnipeg police, there were a number of incidents on the streets including drunken fights and conflicts between participants, in some cases even between people in the same group, friends all because of too much alcohol. Constable Rob Carver of the Winnipeg Police Service said the event kept the officers in suspense much more than they expected. A series...

The City of Winnipeg tabled its budget for 2019 on Friday, March 1st. Some of the highlights include a regular tax rise, but a decrease in roads spending by $29.6 million to $86.4 million. The overpass was scheduled to be closed on April 29th, but with an increase in work required to reconstruct and rehabilitate the roadway and overpass, the city closed the southbound lanes Wednesday evening. Southbound Empress street over Portage Avenue between Westway an...