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Incidents
3:48 a.m., September 5, 2018
A tragic accident happened near Lowe Farm, a large farming community in southern Manitoba. Last Friday around 2 pm a pickup truck got off the road and rolled a few times, killing a driver and sending a passenger to a hospital. Manitoba Police responded to a call about a crash near Highway 23 north of Lowe Farm, when arrived at the scene, officers found a truck off the road with two people inside. Apparently, a truck was heading north, when a driver lost c...
Society
3:43 p.m., September 4, 2018
According to the RCMP, alcohol consumption has led to two fatal accidents this weekend in Manitoba. The first of them occurred on Friday morning in Cranberry Portage. The pickup, driving along Sturgeon Landing Road, flew into a ditch and crashed into a tree. A 49-year-old woman, who was not injured, drove that car. However, her passengers were much less fortunate. A 31-year-old woman died right on the scene of the accident, and the second passenger got ser...
Society
3:07 p.m., September 4, 2018
The Winnipeg Transit is going to replace 28 of their buses by the new ones. This is stated in the report of the City Council Committee on General Welfare. The new buses will be approximately 6 meters longer than the current ones. So the passengers would have less chance to have a barely comfortable trip on a crowded bus. Additionally, the committee reported that the preparations are being made to open the Stage 2 Southwest Transitway. As a result, several...
Politics
2:58 p.m., September 4, 2018
At the moment, 10 candidates are registered for the place of the mayor and 50 candidates will compete for 15 seats in the city council, and among them there are very interesting personalities. Grant Nordman, nicknamed as Government Grant, announced his intention to return to the city council. He was a city councilor from St. Charles ward in 2006-2014, but now he registered to run in another ward, Charleswood-Tuxedo. Grant is known for being an ally of the...
Crime
2:26 p.m., September 4, 2018
A terrible crime was committed on the Pembina highway on Friday at about 11.30 p.m. An 18-year-old person who was situated on the highway with his family became the victim. He was attacked with a knife. They unloaded their car when the criminal came running and stabbed a guy several times. The ambulance quickly arrived at the scene and took the victim in critical condition. Now his condition is assessed as stable. The Police quickly found the suspect and a...
Society
1:58 p.m., September 4, 2018
The back to school period is very difficult for many children, and you must help your child cope with his fears. Dr. Cathy Moser worked for 10 years in the school system, and then she opened her practice. She like nobody else understands fears and anxieties of children and therefore her pieces of advice are especially valuable for parents. Children who go to kindergarten or go to school for the first time are afraid to leave their parents' home because out...
Society
1:22 p.m., September 4, 2018
The appearance of sick birds in the pond on Lakebourne Drive caused huge worries because it was the second case of founding infected feathered creatures in Winnipeg ponds. The Wildlife Haven Rehabilitation Center is actively engaged in the study of this issue. As the organization informs, at least a dozen birds died on the Santa Fe Park pond last month. Since the birds with infection were detected in the second pond, Wildlife Haven took under its care alre...
Society
12:34 p.m., September 4, 2018
On Monday, the Labour Day was celebrated in Winnipeg. Hundreds of residents of the city left their houses to participate in a holiday march and to enjoy the picnic after it. Festive events in this regard are held in Winnipeg every year and are coordinated by the Winnipeg Labour Council. This year, the march participants made their way from Memorial Park to Vimy Ridge Park. In 1919 one of the most considerable workers strikes in the history of Canada took p...
Society
5:32 p.m., September 3, 2018
Maya Shore is raising money to help her mother combat cancer. In May, Maya learned about a terrible diagnosis, her mother had breast cancer. So, a girl decided to do her best to help the mother. While the girl was going with her mother for a course of chemotherapy, she was thinking how to help her mother. It all began with her idea to walk with her mother every morning. Then Maya did an incredible thing. Her father, Sean Shore, told that Maya found out abo...
Society
4:31 p.m., September 3, 2018
Architectural changes in the middle of the previous century could lead to the loss of historical heritage of the city. The area east of Main Street was going to be reconstructed with modernist architecture, an amusement park and a tangle of expressways in the 1960s. Cindy Tugwell, executive director of Heritage Winnipeg, called those changings an absolute travesty and said that the buildings have another problem- no support for heritage preservation. The p...
Society
3:29 p.m., September 3, 2018
Mood Disorders Association knows how to deal with stress. Fire Fest will take place in the first half of September. This fest is organized by Winnipeg’s Fun Mountain in collaboration with Mood Disorders Association of Manitoba. The essence of the festival is to write down all the things that cause stress on a sheet of paper and to burn this sheet. According to the organizers, it will help people feel easy and calm and will help to deal with stress and to p...
Society
2:27 p.m., September 3, 2018
Experts share tips on how to facilitate the process of adaptation to school in September. The beginning of September for many parents and children is a very difficult time. However, there are several ways to facilitate the return of the child to school according to experts from Winnipeg. Maureen Dennis, a children expert from Winnipeg, said that parents should make some changes in their lives and in the lives of children. First of all, parents should teach...
Crime
9:38 a.m., September 3, 2018
Last Saturday police responded to a call and found a male victim with serious injuries not far from Redwood Avenue. Officers said a man in his 30-th`s was lying on the ground after he was attacked by the unknown suspect of multiple suspects, to be confirmed later by the investigation. As per Winnipeg Police, no arrests are made as of now, also no witnesses came forward, so no suspects in this assault incident. The victim remains in the hospital in critical...
Random stabbing
3:46 a.m., September 3, 2018
Late Friday night police had to respond to a stabbing call from the apartment complex on Pembina Highway around 11:25 pm. When at the location, officers found a young male victim on the ground with multiple stab wounds. He was delivered to a hospital in critical condition but later upgraded to a stable condition. As per Winnipeg Police, an 18-year-old victim was unloading personal belongings with his family members, when the incident happened. A male susp...
Society
1:27 p.m., August 31, 2018
Home Tour invites people to celebrate Architecture of Old Tuxedo. The celebration will take place from 10 to 4 on September 16. All guests of the holiday will be able to see some old impressive houses of Old Tuxedo. The program will consist of a survey of 5 houses that were built from 1929 to 2004. Review of the art gallery, which was built in the 1050's will also be in the program. Home Tour celebration will begin from this gallery. The Director & CEO of...
Society
12:05 p.m., August 31, 2018
Labour Day will be on Monday, September 3. Residents of the city can already get information about what will work and what will be closed on this day. Usually, on this holiday a lot of Winnipeggers try to switch to the maximum from work to rest: visit their relatives or friends, or invite relatives or friends to their places, or just to go somewhere with family and friends. That’s why it is very necessary to know what places are open and what places are cl...
Society
11:26 a.m., August 31, 2018
Canadian cafes and restaurants will make special burgers from 1 to 7 of September during Le Burger Week Winnipeg restaurants will present something interesting to their visitors. This week you can eat those dishes that are not on their menu usually. Le Burger Week is a national festival and more than 200,000 cafes and restaurants will take part in it, more than 100 of them are from Winnipeg and will cook their burgers too. Daniel Gurevich, a local ambassad...
Crime
11:04 a.m., August 31, 2018
On Thursday, a dangerous criminal who was convicted of sexual crimes was released. According to Winnipeg police, the perpetrator is going to live in Winnipeg, so all women in the city may be in danger and they should be extremely careful and attentive. On August 30, Justin David Levasseur who is 28 was released from the Stony Mountain Institution. He is also known as Jay Levasseur or Norman Levasseur. In the spring of 2016, he was convicted after sexual as...