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Today we are reviewing Audi Q5 the Canadian Market Version. Nowadays no one is surprised by comfortable seats, a panoramic roof or acceleration to 100 in 6.3 seconds. What can this luxury crossover offer us and how does it differ from competitor`s models? So: one of the most successful North American SUVs, stepping into the second generation, gained a pneumatic suspension, but lost the famous Torsen center differential, which now replaces the all-wheel-dri...

The use of Air 1 was quite successful in Winnipeg, no problems were detected. It helped the police to find stolen vehicles and follow the high-speed chases multiple times. Last Sunday, November 11th the vehicle was reported stolen. Monday night the vehicle was traveling on York Avenue near Memorial Boulevard, when it sped away from a traffic stop. The air support was summoned to help with a chase, the helicopter followed the vehicle as it tried to evade po...

Warming Hut is held every year and this year two Winnipeg artists showed their work. There were six finalists but Winnipeggers Jennie O’keefe and Chris Pancoe became number one. These two guys showed their design called Huttie. It is something in the style of the retro children’s TV series, H.R. Pufnstuf. Winnipeg duo submitted their proposal online, and then a blind jury chose it for Warming Hut 2019. As it became knows the construction of Huttie will sta...

Red Nose is a free volunteer-run ride service that has already been working for 23 years. It helps Winnipeggers get home during holidays from 7-8 p.m. up to the morning. This year the operation will start its work on November, 30. Red Nose is working on the weekend and during the New Year’s Eve and Night, and the organization needs more volunteers. When a person applies, Red Nose is checking his documents and if everything is fine, gives the schedule of wo...

Due to increasing U.S. content rules 90 New Flyer jobs are moving from Winnipeg to Kentucky. A representative of New Flyer, Lindy Norris, announced that all changes will be done in 2019. An act American parts content requirement for bus purchases that use federal funds was signed in 2015. That requirement raised up to 65% in autumn 2017, and it going to raise up to 70% in autumn 2019. In order to meet all the requirements, New Flyer has to move the product...

Winnipeg Harvest informed that canned food is still good for eating even if the expiration date has passed. So, the organization asks Winnipeggers not to throw out such foods but to donate them. At the moment, the organization has about 200 volunteers who daily check all the food that comes. All employees are well aware that if a can is intact, but the shelf life has passed, the food can still be eaten. The permissible usage period can be up to 24 months a...

Rob Balcaen from Balcaen & Sons names five basic things every resident of the city should do before winter. A sharp cooling caused not all the inhabitants of the city managed to prepare for the winter. Do not despair, thanks to the following 5 things, you can make your home ready for any cold. 1.     Exterior taps Check out all taps that are outside the house. You need to drain the water from them and close them until spring. Despite the low temperature, t...

Blake Wheeler only played in two games in the past seven days but it was still enough to get named a player of the week. The Jets won their first match in a tour of the Global Series in Finland by beating Florida 4-2. The hero of the match was Patrik Laine, who was marked by a hat trick in the arena in Helsinki. The return to their homeland had a very favorable effect on the right-winger of the Jets, who was able to interrupt the goalless five-match series...

On Monday, a famous artist from Winnipeg died. Stan Lee who is most known for his impressive contribution to the Marvel Comic Universe died in Los Angeles at the age of 95. Marvel fans mourn around the world - he painted most of the drawings for this brand. He was a really talented person. Lovern Kindzierski, an artist from Winnipeg, said Stan was a man of idea. They together worked on some of Stan’s comics: X-Men, Fantastic Four and the Incredible Hulk. S...

Today the new Mercedes-Benz GLE 400 is up for the review, the 2018 model line-up for Canada. The GLE crossover is a continuation of one of the most successful generations of Mercedes - a class called ML. This is a direct competitor to the BMW X5 and Lexus RX, and Mercedes is one step ahead. The new GLE is built on the MHA (Modular High Architecture) platform. The same chassis is used by the C-Class, E-Class, and S-Class. The new platform was conceived by e...

Unfortunately, a crime is on the rise in Winnipeg for the last couple of years. Almost every day the reposts coming in about shots fired, someone gets stabbed or beaten with heavy injuries or even deadly outcome. Last Friday, November 9th a 27-year-old woman, was walking in the lane between McGee Street and Maryland Street, north of Wellington Avenue at approximately 11:45 p.m. Three men approached her and demanded her personal property. She was then stabb...

Clean and efficient transportation means less CO2 in the air, lower operating costs and cheaper maintenance overall, so lately more and more transport including public transportation transitions to electric drive. More and more types of transport transition to electric, including ferries. In this case, electrification is especially convenient, since they follow a predetermined route. Thanks to this, it is easy to calculate the necessary battery capacity, w...

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 safely home. A man from Winnipeg, Dylan Schwark, a 31-year-old caucasian male, was last seen at the Viscount Gort Hotel near Polo Park on November 2nd. Winnipegger is described as 6’0″, 214 lbs, with short, dark brown hair, brown eyes, and black glasses with rectangular lenses. Police say Schwark might be driving a gr...

The first Singles Day was in 2009 and it is a Chinese version of Cyber Monday. It is held on November 11 on an annual basis. This year it was already the 10th time of this shopping day. Singles Day has become more profitable than Cyber Monday, and as it became known, online shoppers bet their last year record of $24 billion spending on purchases. On Sunday afternoon a new record was set- $24.2 billion, and this was not the end of the day. According to Adob...

Last week, Bob Heber, a man who has intellectual disabilities was named Selkirk's Citizen of the Year. Bob Heber became the 33rd person who received this award. He spent most of his life doing all kinds of volunteering activities, and only a few people can be compared to this great man. The man said that he was very surprised and glad to receive such an award in front of hundreds of people who were present in the hall. Bob felt that he was moving in the ri...

In the speech that was made by a member of the United Conservative Party of Alberta during the weekend, there was a very controversial statement: John Carpay compared pride flag and swastikas. Soon after the incident, he apologized publically and said that his comparison was misunderstood, it was unintentional. On Sunday evening he was making a speech again and he tried to explain the essence of his comparison. John Carpay stated that he discussed the natu...

An agreement between the Allies and Germany was made a century ago, on November 11, 1918. On that day people laid down their weapons showing that the war was over. On Sunday, thousands of residents of Manitoba got together to show what they remember and show their respect to all the people who showed their courage in the war, and thanks to whom they can live freely now. Janice Filmon (Manitoba's Lieutenant Governor), Brain Pallister (Prime Minister) and Br...

Winnipeg has a new millionaire. And, although he plans to invest money, as well as to donate some of it to his favourite charities, he also looks forward to upgrading his gaming algorithm. Steven Bernjak, who won $1 million on a Lotto Max ticket on October 19, said he does not want to spend his money. He always wanted to have a high-quality gaming system, so he will probably be working on it in the near future. When the numbers appeared on the screen, he f...