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Manitoba's health care system asks people not to neglect flu vaccination this season. Last year, the province recorded the highest number of people killed by the flu. There were also a maximum number of people who were hospitalized due to this disease. In this regard, the provincial doctors strongly recommend all residents to use a vaccine. As statistics show, only about 20% of the province’s population made the vaccination last year. According to doctors,...

Winnipeg residents protested against discrimination on Wednesday. Winnipeggers said that there is a loophole in the Human Rights Code that gives place for discrimination. The Manitobans Against Weight Stigma got together at the Manitoba Legislative Building to say their opinion. They want the government to amend the human rights code and to add the additional clause “physical size or weight”. These amendments to the bill are of great importance for a large...

A year ago, on October 10, Cody Severight died because of a hit and run accident. A policeman was charged with the death of the guy. A year has passed since the accident. The boy's family and many of his friends came to the place of his death and brought flowers. Relatives say they do not want residents in the city to forget about what happened that terrible day. Many people also brought pictures of the boy and lit the lights. The grandmother of the deceas...

Just a week left, is the province ready? The province reports that the government is not conducting all the necessary preparations quickly enough, and many aspects may not be ready in a week. For example, the police may not be provided with the necessary screening tests before the start of the legalization. This became known yesterday. The Minister of Health of Manitoba, Cameron Friesen, suggested that the decision on legalization was hasty and the provinc...

The Winnipeg Police in cooperation with the Tactical Support Team had searched the house on Furby Street. On Tuesday, October 9th the police bust in one of the Winnipeg residence was very successful, they found an SKS semi-automatic rifle, a restricted high-capacity magazine containing 18 rounds, an ASP telescopic baton plastic/composite knuckles, and a gram of meth. A female suspect was arrested and faces multiple drug and weapon-related charges. A woman,...

Monday night was not a quiet night, few vehicles were broken into, items stolen, bicycles stolen from a backyard and more. This so-called “crime spree” ended fast with a group of teenagers arrested. October 8th between 10:20 and 11:20 p.m. a group of teenagers committed multiple crimes in West Winnipeg. Three cars were damaged, broken into and personal items were stolen on Lumsden Avenue. Also one of the vehicles was spray painted with an obscene word. Lat...

When in your work you have to rely on a testing company, you just trust the test results, without even thinking otherwise. But, apparently, we cannot be so trustful because there is fraud everywhere. The owner of a Winnipeg drug and alcohol testing company is now facing multiple charges for fraud. Colleen Faye Robinson, 54, faces charges of fraud over $5,000, forgery, and using a forged document. Her company, Precision Health Ltd., was contracted to test a...

A little over six months ago a scary crash happened in Saskatchewan, experts believe it was not an accident. On April 6, 2018, sixteen people were killed and thirteen injured when a westbound semi-trailer truck struck a northbound coach bus near Armley, Saskatchewan, Canada. The semi-trailer had failed to yield at a flashing stop sign at the intersection of Highways 35 and 335. Adam Herold, who was 16, was the youngest person killed in the crash. Adam’s fa...

New parents can sigh with relief - now they can use new baby-changing stations in Legislature. Manitoba residents who work in Legislature and who have little babies may get bigger comfort with the appearance of baby-changing stations there. Myrna Driedger informed that finally after almost a century baby-changing stations appear both in men’s and women’s bathrooms. She said that this is for sure a great decision and it is very important for many parents. T...

Winter comes to Manitoba. The weather deteriorates rapidly and residents of the province can see snow already on Wednesday. As the forecast shows, starting from morning more than 10 cm of snow may fall in some parts of Manitoba. Environment Canada informed that a low-pressure system forming over the American Midwest can lead to a heavy fall of snow in the south and east of Manitoba. By the evening, the mark of the fallen snow can reach 15 cm. Whiteshell an...

As it became known, at Friday night a man with a chain around his neck scared people in the ‘Saw Escape Room’ at Fear’s secret Winnipeg location. The man was drinking together with his neck before the accident happened. Then the man began to choke and lost consciousness. Jay Hall, Fear's executive director, told that people know what they are doing and sign all the necessary documents before they start. The man also said that he takes the safety of all vis...

A recent survey showed that almost half of the people in the province support PC party. Within 10 days, more than a thousand residents of the province were interviewed. They were asked who they would support if the elections were today or tomorrow. 44% of people said they would support the current government. 25% would support NDP, and 20% would support Liberals. However, only 8% said they would support Green Party. About 15% said they are not ready to giv...

The city decided to close Bonivital’s shallow pool because of water pollution. This decision was made in accordance with the health rules in the province. There is information that by the beginning of the next week all analyzes will be completed and the pool will continue to work as usual. We would also like to inform you that a large swimming pool and a hot tub are open for all city residents who want to visit them. MORE NEWS: The Handmaid’s Tale ballet i...

The elections are very soon and the mayoral candidates are actively telling their plans for meth crisis. This problem is one of the most actual in the city at the moment. However, not all residents of the city believe that the plans proposed by the candidates will actually work. Tim Diack was the last candidate who told his vision of the future in the city. He said that he is going to create a police unit that will consist of 12 officers and at a cost of $...

Winnipeg police had partnered with other agencies and units to crack down the sex trade criminal group. From Friday to Sunday, the police counter-exploitation/missing person unit partnered with general patrol officers and community outreach workers – from StreetReach, Winnipeg Outreach Network, Resource Assistance for Youth, MaMaWi, and the Bear Clan Patrol – to combat the problem. Police had arrested 18 men on sex trade-related charges, also 16 vehicles w...

At the beginning of the week, Police arrested a teenager who is responsible for multiple Liquor Mart robberies. There is a huge amount of thefts in liquor stores nearly 1300 reported this year, which a big increase in comparison to previous years and there are still four-month left in 2018. This statistics is at least concerning, but also show a bigger problem in the city where crime lever constantly rises and police are not capable of preventing it from i...

It is always scary when children or teenagers are missing, the parents and family members can't sleep or do anything, finding the child is the only thing that really matters at this point. If you can help locate a missing person, please contact the police department. A teenager is missing since October 1st. A 14-year-old boy, Ethan Sage Pottery, was visiting his family members in Winnipeg. Since that day a boy didn’t come back home or to his relative's pla...

On Friday night police got a call about a robbery on Tupper Street in Portage la Prairi. When officers arrived at the location, they got a statement from two mugging victims. They were robbed at knife-point by two male thieves and the backpack was stolen along with a cell phone, cash money, and a debit card. While Portage RCMP was investigating this case, another robbery was reported in the area with similar circumstances, but this time a screwdriver was u...