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All Winnipeggers are waiting forward to visiting the most important sports event of the year. Besides attending Winnipeg Jets playoff games, thousands of city inhabitants will also visit the whiteout parties. However, this year they will not be free. True North Sports & Entertainment announced plans for the events and informed that tickets will cost $5 in 2019. In 2018 all street events were free. They attracted so many people that the city’s police could...

Another great event took place last Sunday in Winnipeg. Winnipeg’s boxing community gathered in an effort to send Manitoba’s best boxers to 2019`s national championships. On March 31st fifteen young fighters, aged 16 to 24, took part in exhibition matches at the Notre Dame Recreational Centre. Around 2 p.m. many supporters gathered to cheer and support the fighters and to contribute with donations to the fundraiser for the upcoming national championships....

Who doesn’t love game night!? A nice house party with friends and family playing together, food and games, but how about going out for a game night for a change! And how about a game night to support a good cause – even better! The Across the Board Game Café is holding an event on Monday night called Playing For Peace. Everyone is doing their part to promote inclusion and diversity, and now you can participate while playing your favorite board games with y...

The winter is over and it is time for skiers and snowboarders to pack away their gear. So many people look forward to springtime and the outdoors activities and family fun with a new season. But there is the last chance for skiers and snowboarders to enjoy the snow and take one last ride of the season! Manitoba’s Stony Mountain Ski Area gave customers a final opportunity to enjoy winter and challenge their skills. On Sunday, March 31st the event started, t...

John Scoles is glad to see the stolen guitar back to the music venue. Times Change(d) High and Lonesome Club owner John Scoles informed that Fender 1957 Precision Reissue bass guitar was stolen last week. The man explained that somebody broke into the music venue and committed theft. He immediately made a post on Facebook and shared all the details of the incident. Moreover, he showed photos of the stolen guitar and asked all not indifferent people to help...

Xavier Kennedy is twenty and he had not the best life. He has been bumped around through foster families and government care. He was living on reserves and in urban communities. Finally, he found something that makes him happy – a piano. Now, Xavier wants to make his life a little better and dreams of a musical career. The young man said that he saw a piano for the first time inside the home of one of his foster parents when he was about nine years old. As...

A two-year-old girl has leukemia and heavy lifters decided to raise money to make her dream come true. A one-of-a-kind fundraiser was held in Winnipeg last weekend. Thanks to it, the family of the girl will go on a trip of a lifetime. Twenty-three deadlifters from across Manitoba raised more than $20,000. They donated the money to the Dream Factory and now little Maya Chernichan will have a Disney vacation. Maya’s family found out about her terrible diagno...

Now, Brittany Livingstone is at home and she is taking care of her baby. However, not for long. In summer, the woman is going to return to her work. So, she is looking for a safe daycare for her eight-month-old Savannah. Livingston said she wants Savannah to attend a daycare, where the vast majority of other kids were vaccinated. She believes that all parents should have the right to be informed about the degree of immunization in the daycare before their...

The average wait time in February was 2 hours 9 minutes, which is 25 minutes longer than in December 2018. On Thursday, the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority reported that Winnipeg hospitals faced a record number of patients in emergency rooms. Most of them were patients using meth. Chief health operations officer Krista Williams said that more ambulances were arriving both from the city and from the countryside. In February, 169 ambulances arrived daily...

Finally, it is Friday! If you want to spend the weekend fun and interesting, we know what to offer you. So, here are three best things to do for the weekend of March 29-31: 1. WSO performs The Planets The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra travels to outer space. Sounds great, doesn’t it? this weekend Winnipeggers can see a special program that includes the music of Gustav Holst and his orchestral piece The Planets. Astronomer José Francisco Salgado will be a spe...

Main Street Project hired a nurse to speed up access to detox beds. Now, all people that need detox can get better care in the shelter. Main Street Project operated sixty detox beds and innovations can truly change the work in the centre for the better. Tahl East, director of detoxification and stabilization at Main Street Project, said that previously, people had to be examined by a doctor or a nurse somewhere else, which made certain delays in the whole...

Dozens of teachers took to the streets to show their disappointment. The province officially announced that it is going to close a resource centre for educators. In early March, Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced that the center which is located in the Robert Fletcher Building at the corner of Portage Avenue and Wall Street will start working online, and its employees will receive new positions. This decision caused a lot of discontent on the par...

So long-awaited spring has come to Manitoba. However, this led to some not so pleasant consequences. Due to a large amount of precipitation that was seen in winter, the province is preparing for flooding. As flood experts explain, this year the province can face very strong flooding that can exceed 2009 levels. On condition that the weather will be warm and sunny, the water level may be slightly lower than in 2009. The peak of the flooding is expected from...

Winnipeg police stated that they received a call on Tuesday morning. When the officers arrived at the crime scene, they found out that a woman was in critical condition. She was taken to the hospital, however, she was not saved. Const. Rob Carver explained that it is a real tragedy. The house of the woman was not associated with any criminal activity. Apart from this, there are no witnesses who could tell what exactly happened there. On Wednesday, the poli...

Over the past few years, the city has seen some changes in the health care system. However, do all changes have a positive effect on hospital workers and patients? WRHA head admitted that changes are not always easy. As Réal Cloutier, the head of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, said, employees are literarily mired in a valley of despair over the last several years.  In his opinion, city officials should discuss how the closing of emergency rooms an...

People fear for their safety because their apartments do not meet the necessary standards. Several tenants and local advocates explained that one of Winnipeg's largest property management companies absolutely ignores the conditions in which people live and forces many of them to leave their apartments. A dozen current and former Armour Property Management tenants are disappointed that the company is very slow in responding to complaints and not applying th...

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. The days are starting to get a little bit longer, it is time for family fun, let’s make some memories! Discover Minnedosa said a floating water park big enough for 100 people is coming to Minnedosa Lake. The park is being developed by Calgary-based Splish Splash Water Park. The announcement said they have set a target of...

The representative of Manitoba Hydro said that extra crews are working to try to restore service to customers in south-central Manitoba. On Wednesday, March 27th two major power outages affected nearly 13,000 Winnipeg residents, according to Manitoba Hydro. Electricity was lost around 3:30 a.m. in parts of St. James, Tuxedo, North and South River Heights, and Wolseley. Officials are warning people that all downed lines should be treated as live power lines...