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Drug trafficking problem is on a rise in Canada for the last couple of years. In some case Canada citizens involved in drug trafficking and smuggling, but recent international court hearing caught press attention – Citizen of Canada is sentenced to death for drug smuggling in China Canadian Foreign Minister Hristia Freeland stated that Ottawa requested a pardon for Canadian citizen Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, who was sentenced to death in China for smugglin...

Every winter in Winnipeg there is special parking rules implemented to help snow cleaning services move the equipment around the city and clean the streets to make it possible and safe to drive and get to work and back home. The city authorities use special signs to mark places that are prohibited from parking, which are priorities for snow removal. As per Manager of Streets and Maintenance for the City of Winnipeg, Michael Cantor, the Winnipeg road worker...

The cost of a barrel of Canadian oil soared to $44 in January. The reason was a sharp decline in production in Alberta. This may lead to a decrease in revenue for US exporters of Canadian oil. The government of the Canadian province of Alberta forced manufacturers to cut production by almost 9% to raise collapsed prices for a local brand of Western Canadian Select (WSC) oil. This led to the fact that the price of the WSC variety rose to $44.71 per barrel f...

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. On Saturday, January 19th a fire happened in the residential area in Winnipeg. The apartment burst in flames in the area of London Street and Antrim Road, thankfully nobody got injured and all tenants managed to escape the building safely. The fire...

Animal shelters are full of animals that are just waiting for someone to take care of them and bring them to a place they can feel safe at and could call it home. Doggy daycares across Winnipeg are filling up fast due to owners who don’t want to brave the elements and go for a walk but still want their furry friends to enjoy some physical activity. January, February, and March is pretty much the peak season for daycare and boarding. The president of the Ma...

A lot of accidents on the road happened because drivers are in a hurry, 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. Unfortunately, a lot of those drivers are teenagers, who are not just irresponsible to their own vehicles and lives, but to other people’s health and lives as well. Some drivers just really don’t...

On Monday, January 14th a fire broke out in the Maryland area, just a day after the fire on Ellis Avenue. According to the company, which manages both facilities, two large fires in apartments in Winnipeg`s the West End were caused by drug use. “Both of these fires were drug-related,” said Mike Romani, president of Armor, a company that manages 626 Ellice Avenue and 426 Maryland Street. Romani says he believes that one of the fires was specifically related...

Fellow Winnipeggers, everyone who loves and supports Blue Bombers, get your tickets early for the next game or for the whole season! Let us all come together and show our support for our city team. If you are not going to visit the game, let us plan a game night at home with friends and family! Winnipeg Blue Bombers spoke person confirmed that a 28-year-old linebacker Ian Wild leaves the Bombers after six seasons with the team. Wild was a big part of the t...

Despite the fact that the weather will not be the most pleasant in Winnipeg at the weekend (cooling to -30 and strong wind is expected), we do not recommend you to stay at home, because you can have a lot of fun! So, what to do this weekend in Winnipeg? 1. FortWhyte Alive Winterfest We offer you to declare war to cold and to head to FortWhyte on Sunday. There you can go skiing, sledding, ice skating, playing snowballs and spending time outdoors in all othe...

Last summer, three women (two residents of Manitoba and one from Sask) were accused of racist posts addressed to representatives of the Indigenous people of Manitoba, which they posted on their Facebook accounts. On Wednesday, Indigenous mediation circle took place and two of the women were at Opaskwayak Cree Nation, near The Pas. "It's history in the making … it's history in dealing with non-Indigenous perpetrators," OCN Onekanew (Chief) Christian Sinclai...

Winnipeggers are so lucky to have such a great team in our city as Jets. Winnipeg Jets always show a great game and a spectacular show. On Thursday, January 17th Winnipeg Jets beat the Nashville Predators 5-1. A great victory for Jets, that put the team on a top of the Central Division in a mid-season showdown between rivals. Just a few days ago, January 15th our own glorious Winnipeg Jets, despite getting dominated in the shot department, managed to come...

Now Winnipeg’s 311 service is familiar to every resident of Winnipeg, but 10 years ago it was something new in the city. “Back in the early 2000s, there were major Canadian cities, U.S. cities, that were moving to this idea of a ‘one call to City Hall’ model of customer service,” said Yvette Cenerini, part of the original 311 project team. “We wanted to make it easier and more convenient for our citizens to get information and services from their city gove...

Winter is not the best season for riding a bike in Manitoba. However, in the province there are many people who prefer this type of transport at any time of the year. How to protect yourself and to survive riding a bicycle in a harsh winter in Manitoba? Experts share useful information. 1. Consider your commute Think over your route beforehand. If you live in Winnipeg, or in other large cities of Manitoba, you will be much more comfortable to get to the de...

Bear Clan from Winnipeg received about $200,000 donation on Wednesday. The donation was made by Bell Let’s Talk and the City of Winnipeg. Now Bear Clan can expand its areas of activity, improve the food program and add new resources to the organization. Bear Clan also reported that they plan to increase the number of people involved in the program to almost 1,500 people. “When we first started out, we had a very narrow focus,” Winnipeg’s Bear Clan executiv...

Due to the violence that occurs because of meth crisis in the city Winnipeggers do not feel safe. After the events that happened this week in the apartment building in West End in Winnipeg, people feel a lot of fear. On Tuesday morning, a suspicious man was spotted by surveillance cameras near a store close to Maryland Street. The video showed that a man was wandering around the store and then decided to follow the man, which led him to the apartment build...

Ice sculptor from Winnipeg created the replica of the police chopper in the city's North End. Now, all city residents have the opportunity to see a life-size ice police helicopter made by Leigh Keast. His ice masterpiece is about 300 kilograms and it stands on Aberdeen Avenue. Shortly before Christmas, the sculptor made Santa with a sleigh with reindeers, and now a helicopter appeared in their place. "To me, it's just a glorified snowman, really," Leigh Ke...

Winter is becoming more severe, and people who live on the streets feel it especially strongly. As it became known, in the coming days, the temperature can become –33 C in Winnipeg. For many homeless it can be very dangerous because they have nowhere to warm up. In connection with this, the city’s shelters are making maximum efforts to accommodate as many people as possible and to give them the opportunity to survive the cold. "Nobody wants to even walk fr...

Everyone loves snow days and beautiful weather the winter brings. But sometimes too much snow can bring some problems like difficult driving conditions and power outages. The winter forecast for Canada shows different temperatures and not as much snow, as it was last year. It is expected that the eastern part of the country throughout the winter will have a lot of rain in the form of rain and snow, predicts Accuweather. “When we can avoid cotton base layer...