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The season of change began in the Millennium Library in Winnipeg. Starting from Monday, February 25, the new security system began its work in the library. Now all visitors need to show not only their library cards but also their bags. In addition, all library visitors will also undergo a manual examination for the detection of metal objects and other prohibited items. "There was a mix of reactions but overall, people were generally understanding why this...

City authorities support the idea of selling the Pantages Playhouse Theatre. The new owners will continue to use the building for performing-arts and will develop the territory around it. The building will be sold for $530,000. The final decision on making Alex Boersma and Lars Nicholson the new owners of the theatre will be made next week. "The proponent has negotiated a potential partnership with a facility manager to continue to operate the subject city...

A Fire can be a scary and destructive force. Many residential fires occur because of the tenant's fault or negligence of fire safety and common sense. A fire in the industrial building or a business office brings a great danger and life-threatening panic to people inside and near the building. On Tuesday, February 26th two separate fires occurred in Winnipeg and fire crews were called to contain the fire outbreak. Approximately 3:30 a.m. fire crews were ca...

Every Canadian loves hockey and every Winnipegger loves the Winnipeg Jets! The most recent game was a big loss for a team and the fans, who came to support and cheered for our very own Winnipeg Jets to win.  The Jets lost with a huge advantage of the competing team, the hole gave Wild showed domination and got their well-deserved win. On Tuesday, February 26th Minnesota Wild got a win 3-2 over the Winnipeg Jets. Both teams worked hard and showed great skil...

A lot of accidents on the road happened because drivers are in a hurry and some are excessively speeding, distracted or simply intentionally do not follow the rules and regulations. Every year, about 421,000 people are injured in crashes that have involved a driver who was distracted in some way. Over 78% of all distracted drivers are distracted because they have been texting while driving. In 2018 that number is already much higher throughout Canada. Mani...

Sheryl Ann Dyck, a former educational assistant at Winnipeg's Elmwood High School, was sentenced to 3.5 years of prison for sexually exploiting a minor student in 2014. The court's decision was made in June 2018 when it was proved that they had multiple oral sexual contacts and one sexual intercourse. Dyck’s new lawyers filed an appeal to the court arguing that her former lawyer Gisele Champagne did not do her job qualitative and that led to an unfair tria...

Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew thinks that the problem of health in the province requires increased attention. At the moment, there is a significant shortage of nurses at St. Boniface Hospital. Due to this patient care can be worse than necessary. “Patient care might suffer simply because of this government’s obsession with cutting healthcare costs,” said Kinew. The Pallister government does not fully agree. It said that the neo-natal intensive care unit sh...

Winnipeg's South Sudanese community wants to get answers about why the police fatally shot the man from the community. The man was named Machuar Madut. He was 43 and had three children. “Madut is remembered as a quiet, polite, industrious, friendly and family person. He has been struggling recently with mental health issues which resulted from his separation from his children and family,” the Council of South Sudanese Community of Manitoba Inc. said. The a...

Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living reported that the number of infants infected with syphilis is increasing in Winnipeg and Manitoba as a whole. As it became known, 10 babies have been diagnosed with this terrible disease in the last six months. The epidemic began in 2014, but right now its growth is becoming very noticeable. “The increase in women is noteworthy, from 16 in 2014 to 168 in 2018, and this is of particular concern because historically...

Nowadays everyone takes flights, even the people, who are afraid of planes, still fly because it is the safest and fastest way to travel. The Air Canada just announced that it has canceled direct flights between Winnipeg and Thunder Bay, and Winnipeg and Saskatoon. “We review all of our routes on a regular basis, and our scheduling decisions are commercially based,” said a spokesperson for Air Canada. The airline will also reduce from two flights a day to...

A lot of accidents on the road happened because drivers are in a hurry and some are excessively speeding, distracted or simply intentionally do not follow the rules and regulations. Every year in Canada, about 421,000 people are injured in crashes that have involved a driver who was distracted in some way. Over 78% of all distracted drivers are distracted because they have been texting while driving. Yesterday, February 25th a serious crash happened in the...

Winnipeg Jets is an amazing team and has a huge army of fans and supporters. Go Jets Go! Every game there are millions of fans watching our team perform on TV and support at a game in person, all hoping for a win and the first places for Jets. The Jets management team were involved in six of the 20 trades that were completed on Monday, including four deals in the final minutes leading up the deadline. “The last hour, it was a real flurry of things,” Jets g...

Speeding is a major factor in road accidents, as well as distracted driving. Both of these factors can lead to serious crashes with vehicles damaged and people getting injured or even killed. Over 78% of all distracted drivers are distracted because they have been texting while driving. RCMP pulled this driver over for going almost double the speed limit. A 17-year-old male driver was caught on Highway 34 going 190 km/h in a 100 km/h zone. He told police h...

A residential fire is always a scary and dangerous thing, people might get hurt or killed, especially children and elderly citizens since they are not able to react fast and evacuate the building by themselves. Quite often people need help to get outside and do not get hurt or affected by smoke. But if the person ends up being alone in the building that caught on fire, there is no one to get help from. Former Winnipeg city councilor Garth Steek, who held t...

The cold weather in Winnipeg did not stop Steve McNeil, and he spent 19 hours and 26 minutes at the rink at the Forks to raise money to fight Alzheimer's. This event was the last of his tour through Canada. He visited all Canadian cities in which there are NHL teams to raise money to fight the disease and draw public attention to this problem. “I do it for my mother who battled Alzheimer’s for 20 years and to pick-up the awareness level of the disease righ...

Shoppers Drug Mart removes night work hours in five locations, which caused concern among Winnipeg medical staff. Claire Blomeley, a nurse in the recovery room at Health Sciences Centre, believes that it can cause trouble to residents of the city, who may urgently need medicines. She was in such a situation 2 years ago when she fell ill with the flu. The doctor wrote her a prescription at about 1 a.m., and she was able to buy the necessary medicines only a...

True Jets fans not only visit their team's games but also attend open training sessions to stay closer to NHL stars. About 30 hockey fans from Winnipeg usually come to such events at Bell MTS Iceplex. Many of them have the look of proud parents who came to see the beloved sons of the city. They watch with delight how Mark Scheifele, Patrik Laine, Blake Wheeler and other stars of the Jets hone their skills at the hockey rink. Schedules of such workouts do n...

The Winnipeg Police Service arrested Winnipegger Ed Richardson, who is accused of having ordered his employees to use fraudulent software when servicing police radios. According to the police, he received expensive illegal software in 2011 from a person who is considered a security risk by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. After that, he instructed employees to use it when working with police radio stations. Richardson worked as a manager in one of...