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An idea to reopen Portage and Main Street to pedestrians started a big dispute among Winnipeggers. Large majority citizens of the city are actually strongly against this for three main reasons: 1. The cost of the project. A Dillon Consulting study in 2017 showed the project would cost the city $6 million to actually reopen the intersection and an additional $5.5 million to purchase more city buses to compensate for rush hour traffic delays. 2. Traffic inte...

In January this year by the city`s authorities was announce a big number of road construction projects in Winnipeg. Most of such works were already finished, but still, there is a big number of the projects is still coming in different areas of the city. So Winnipeggers should plan ahead for the trips, allow extra traveling time and used mobile apps like Waze to check traffic and roadblocks on their route. Manager of engineering at the Public Works Departm...

On Wednesday morning an incident occurred on Main Street, a man was throwing rocks at the bus shelters and passing by vehicles. What appears to be a meaningless attack, could also be linked to other property damages in the city. Winnipeg police responded to a call approximately 8 a.m. about broken glass in a bus shelter. When arrived at the scene officers found that actually two bus shelters glass walls were smashed. Also, witnesses said, the man tried to...

A man found his stolen vehicle and tried to stop the driver from getting away, but ended up in the hospital. Winnipeg police are investigating the incident and looking for a carjacker. Winnipeg police had identified two suspects in vehicle theft that occurred at the beginning of last week in the area of Rossmere neighborhood. Past Friday, around 3 p.m. the owner came across his vehicle that was reported stolen and in wanted by police, it happened on McLeod...

There is a huge amount of thefts in liquor marts 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 increasing every year. Winnipeg police said that security staff of these stores is not doing their job, not doing...

Today was a one busy morning for firefighters in the city with more than just one team working at the scene of an incident. Wednesday early morning, around 2:50 a.m. a call came in for a Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service. Firefighter crews were sent to a location immediately to the area of McLeod Avenue. When arrived at the location, first responders found a few semi-trailers on fire and had to call in for another team for support, everyone hard to work hard...

As soon as the summer is over, the Winnipeg Police Service’s Cops take bicycles and head to the south for charity fundraising. On Monday, the Winnipeg police officers team started their 3000 km race from their headquarters in the downtown to Tycoon, Arizona. They went through the city along with the police car fleet. There even was a WPS armored vehicle. The team of Winnipeg police officers, called Cops for Kids, participate in the race for already 12th ti...

Since March 1, taxi drivers have been allowed to drive on the Winnipeg roadways allocated for buses and bicycles. This is a pilot project, designed for one year. Over the past six months, bus drivers have filed 51 complaints against taxi drivers who stop on the roadway allocated for public transport to land passengers, thereby obstructing traffic for the rest of the vehicles. Similar claims were made by Mark Cohoe from Bike Winnipeg, adding that taxi drive...

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on Tuesday. Premier Brian Pallister, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mayor Brian Bowman took part in the official ceremony of ribbon-cutting. The ceremony took place on Tuesday and it was dedicated to Canada Goose Expansion. About $1.48 million was allocated to expand Winnipeg manufacturing operations. The new Mountain Avenue facility 128,000-square-foot in size is officially opened. The company president and CEO Dani R...

Five months ago Melhig Melhig, — the double winner with the double name — bought a scratch ticket in one of Winnipeg shops. This purchase turned into $1.5 billion. The first thing the man did, was moving his wife and daughter from a small flat to the new house. In August, Melhig decided to try his luck in the lottery again. And he hit the jackpot too! This time, the lucky ticket from Giant Tiger store brought him $2 billion. The man says that he is still a...

As it became known, two men committed more than 130 thefts from liquor stores in Winnipeg. The police expressed an opinion that men sell stolen alcohol via the Internet and to their friends. However, the police also stated that men do not know each other and their thefts are not connected. One of them committed about 50 thefts during the last 6 months. He just took one or two bottles in the store and went quietly, not trying to pay. He was arrested on Sept...

Bill Atkinson, a war veteran, is 101 years old and on Tuesday, August 11, he celebrated his 80-Year membership at Winnipeg Y. He became the member of Winnipeg Y in 1938 and from that time he comes to swim there about 6 times a week. This man is a real example and a person for imitation for all the residents of the city. His house is one mile from the club, and the man every day passes one mile on the way to the club and back home 6 times a week. For all 80...

On Tuesday, September 11, The WRHA made a statement concerning new planes on Healing our Health System program. Most of all new plans will concern nurses, whose work is related to psychological health at the Grace or Seven Oaks hospitals. More than 140 nurses will have an opportunity to work at the Health Sciences Centre, Concordia Hospital or Victoria Hospital. Within the program, more than 70 new positions for nurses will be created. The province also st...

A lucky lottery ticket brings another winning to the resident of Winnipeg. All Winnipeggers may ask a question of how that man managed to win the lottery two times in the last six months. Is he so lucky? Melhig Melhig won 1.5 mln dollars in April. He spent that money to buy a new big house for his family (they lived in a small apartment before his winning). About a month ago, Melhig Melhig bought another lottery ticket and he managed to win 2 mln dollars....

A jazz musician Steve Kirby was arrested by police in May for sexual assault of a young student. Kirby retired from the University of Manitoba the next month. Police states Kirby was arrested on allegations from a 19-year-old student on a sexual misconduct and assault. As per her statement, the victim was assaulted multiple times from September 2014 to January 2017. Around the same period of time, almost a dozen of other students raised their concerns on a...

Animal abuse is always a tragedy, some owners hurt their pets showing sadistic behavior is a complex mental issue, which might turn into a violent outburst towards other people in the future. But what happened last week Lord Selkirk Park area is just weird and criminal. On August 31st a group of teenagers was walking and having fun around Stella Avenue, approximately 9 p.m. they saw a man putting on a mask to cover his face and attacked a dog in a yard usi...

All Winnipeg residents can make their choice in favor of one or another candidate and put canned goods in the necessary basket. There will not be any election of mayor in the coming months, but this does not prevent people from making their choice. The votes will not be counted officially and will not have power on the next election, but why not to support the boy in his undertaking? Maxwell Oliver is eight and he decided to do a great thing: he put pictur...

This summer, the Canadian prairies faced 29 tornadoes. The most destructive one happened in Alonsa, Manitoba. And this number is only approximate, the scientists say. Saskatchewan became the state with the biggest number of tornadoes recorded. This summer there were at least 19 evidenced disasters, and 3 more to be proved. Manitoba’s record for this summer is 8 tornadoes. Alberta has two tornadoes evidenced, and three more to be proved. Alyssa Pederson, th...