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Methamphetamine is a real problem in Canada, the majority of people involved are youth and older teenagers. There is a study conducted by Winnipeg Police department about how people on meth are no longer productive, so they have to find other ways to get money to fuel their addiction and get more drugs. People on meth turn to pity theft and other, more serious crimes. Bike theft, residential break-ins, garage theft is now a rising problem in the city. Two...

Christmas has passed, and the festive mood is gradually declining. Accordingly, more and more people are already beginning to think about how to get rid of the Christmas tree. Let’s Chip In, the company that collects Christmas trees for recycling, was founded in 1991. This season, it began to work on December 27 and will accept Christmas trees until the end of January. Winnipeg residents must remember that before they carry the Christmas tree to Let’s Chip...

Christmas is a merry and happy holiday. However, for the Winnipeg family this year things turned out differently this year. Jennifer Colpitts said that she and her family decided to go skiing to British Columbia for Christmas. They took a flight from Winnipeg to Kelowna on December 23. When the family arrived at the destination point, they understood that their luggage was lost. “As we were there longer, and longer, we realized our bags are not coming,” Co...

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. Week three of the checkstops – which run until the end of the month, New Year’s Eve included – saw around 4,000 vehicles stopped at 68 checkstops across the province. RCMP charged 21 people with i...

Winnipeg Jets is an amazing team and has a huge army of fans and supporters. Go Jets Go! The Calgary Flames ended a three-game losing skid with a 4-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday, December 27th. Mark Jankowski had a shorthanded, third-period goal for Calgary, which was 0-2-1 heading into the game. Sean Monahan contributed three assists and Elias Lindholm added a pair. Gaudreau’s first goal was actually a redirection by Jets forward Patrik Lai...

City authorities recognize and understand the importance of constant transport infrastructure growth and modernization to be able to satisfy the needs of Winnipeg citizens and a workforce visiting our city every day. Mayor Brian Bowman says the city transport system needs a major overhaul.  “We really have to make tough decisions to really improve the transit. I'm from Charleswood. I rode 66 all my life, and the routes haven't changed much. This is your gr...

Bonify, a Winnipeg cannabis company, fired several high-ranking employees after an investigation into the recall of their products. Starting October 17th marijuana is legal to grow, sell and to buy throughout Canada. It doesn’t matter if you are using it or not, cannabis is coming, it is already here and as of today, it is sold in your local stores and online. Manitoba regulators confiscated all cannabis products provided by the company from Winnipeg, whic...

The community art studio Art City was broken into on Christmas evening. As a result of hacking, a lot of archive materials were stolen by unidentified people. Art City managing director Josh Ruth asks criminals to return the digital disk which contained archival materials for the last 20 years, they can not be restored. "Our organization has been around for 20 years. We've seen kids come up through the program and come back after years and years as adults...

A lot of Manitoba kids learned to think outside the box this Boxing Day with the help of Manitoba's Children's Museum. Christmas is a gift day, and most kids get their gifts in boxes. What to do with boxes after the holiday? Should kids throw everything away, or there are some alternatives? The museum came up with a great idea: the children brought their boxes and made various cardboard masterpieces from them. Desiree Barber, the program co-ordinator at th...

Winnipeg man runs on Boxing Day to raise money for the homeless. This is the fourth year when Junel Malapad turns Boxing Day into Running Day to rise money. The man intended to help those residents of the city who especially need it because winter is getting harsher and the temperature on the street is getting lower. "Siloam Mission helps out people homeless people in need and vulnerable," he said. "I felt that it would be a good thing to help them out wit...

Our own Winnipeg Blue Bombers is a great team with a bright future and the fans show their support each and every game! The last game was a big failure for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, unfortunately, Calgary team was better and finished the game on top. The Calgary Stampeders will play in the Grey Cup game a third straight year after downing the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 22-14 in Sunday’s CFL West Division final. Eric Rogers led the Stampeders with three touchdo...

A lot of people came to shopping to Polo Park on Boxing Day, but many of them were greatly disappointed - there were so many shoppers that they had to stand in lines for an hour and more. Several buyers shared their opinions about shopping at Polo Park on December 26. Darien Valentine came to Polo Park to buy an Xbox for his partner. He usually makes purchases on the Internet, but this time Valentine decided to go to the mall, so as not to wait until the p...

The crime is on the rise in Canada for the last couple of years, and the Winnipeg, unfortunately, is not an exception. Violent attacks, beating and stabbing happen almost every day in our city, even on Christmas day. A young woman in Winnipeg was charged with attempted murder after the murder on Toronto Street on Tuesday, December 25th. When the police arrived, they found a woman at the age of 20 who suffered serious injuries. The victim was rushed to a ne...

Crime is on the rise throughout Canada and in Winnipeg in particular. Our city police dedicate a lot of manpower and recourses to fight crime, to locate and punish those responsible for criminal activity in Winnipeg. Christmas morning was a busy time for Winnipeg Police with a body was found on Logan Avenue and a homicide in the West End. It was just before noon when officers responded to reports of a body in front of businesses in the 1900 block of Logan...

Christmas is over but you have a lot of holiday food left. This is a very common situation. Many residents of Manitoba are asking quite reasonable questions after the holiday season: what to do with the leftovers? Food and health experts from Health Canada shared useful tips. Here they are: 1. The first thing you have to do is to put all food leftovers into clean containers and do not wait until everything is cool. Do not be afraid for your refrigerator, i...

What stories attracted the biggest attention of Manitoba residents this year? 2018 was filled with many interesting and important events. Here are 5 of them that are worth remembering at the end of the year: 1. The cancer patient who stood up to expensive hospital parking fees Collin Kennedy entered the history of the province this year after he decided to protest against the thousands of dollars paid for parking in the hospital where he was treating his c...

More than 100 residents of the city came to Warnock Street to spend time with dogs on Christmas. Winnipeg's Animal Services appealed to the residents of the city with a request to act as volunteers for walking with dogs during the holidays, as the staff is not enough. To the surprise of the service, more than 100 people supported it and came there on Tuesday. "We have 15 or 20 dogs in the building right now. We probably have 50 to 100 people here," said Le...

Since 2015, a photographer from Winnipeg has been taking photos of squirrels. She imitates various human activities, but instead of people, squirrels play the role of the main characters there: they play golf or sit in a canoe. “I think we need to embrace what people call ‘rodents,’” said Debbie Vokey. “I don’t like to use that term for the squirrels.” “Over the years I’ve probably photographed maybe eight to 10 different squirrels,” she also said. A woman...