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On Friday, August 17, the water treatment plant in The Pas had to stop working due to the issue with city pump. Now the residents are getting water from well. As its quality is unknown yet, the government states that one is not advised to drink the tap water. It is not recommended attempting to purify water at home. The treatment by thermal or chemical means may not make it safe. For the following purposes, better to buy water in bottles: drinking; cooking...

Dr. Gary Allan Joseph Harding had his medical license revoked for six months after he imposed personal and sexually motivated relationships with a couple of his students during his mentoring and teaching practice at the University of Manitoba. Students, who wished to stay anonymous, stated Harding's actions were "gravely serious and deeply troubling." From their testimonies, mentor`s behavior felt simply strange at first, but evolved into something dis...

Mark Scheifele debuted at Players Cup. Mark Scheifele, a hockey player from Winnipeg Jets, competed at Players Cup. He got incredible emotions because he was playing golf professionally for the first time. Winnipeg Jets star informed that he had great fun despite the facts that not all his shots were perfect. Scheifele admitted that he had a new look at the golfers, they are incredibly resistant. Mark noted that his eyes darkened from the joy of falling in...

The city authorities reacted to the tragedy and put a traffic light to a St. Vital crosswalk for children's safety. The city infrastructure committee decided to add a traffic light to that crossroad to minimize incidents with the participation of children in the future. With the appearance of a traffic light, both drivers and pedestrians will be more careful and attentive. We want to remind that a terrible car incident when a boy was killed happened in Feb...

Environment and Climate Change Canada and Manitoba Health issued a special statement about air quality. This statement was made after the smoke formed as a result of numerous fires in British Columbia reached the Manitoba province. Winnipeg was also included in the statement as the city with polluted air. Natalie Hasell, a meteorologist, informed that the south-western part of the province suffered most of all. According to her words, the air should bec...

Aircraft are landing urgently because of an explosive threat in airports in South America. Representatives of Chilean aviation reported that 9 planes had to change their original routes and to make urgent landings in Chile, Argentina, and Peru. This situation happened on Thursday, August, 16. The director general of Chile’s civil aviation authority reported that there were 11 calls about bombs, but two of them were fictitious, so only 9 planes had to land...

There is an opinion that fines make a large part of the budget of the city and the police. The man who received a fine told his story: I was caught by a mobile post on the Provencher Boulevard - such a dark toned Dodge, without identification marks, but with a bunch of photo equipment. It was my first violation, so after reading various forums, I decided to go to court. It is necessary to go to court during the period prescribed in the fine, there are 2 da...

A famous researcher shared his opinion on sex education of children. Jonathan Zimmerman, author of Too Hot to Handle: A Global History of Sex Education, made a statement and shared his opinion on the problem of sex education in Canada. He said that sex education affects absolutely all people, and should be present not only in schools. In different provinces there are different legal frameworks for sexual education of children. For example, in Manitoba, Al...

The fate of the lost nude scene with the participation of Marilyn Monroe became known. When the movie star and singer Marilyn Monroe played together with Clark Gable in The Misfits, they had a love scene. During the scene, the sheet covering her naked body fell down. However, film director John Houston refused to add the scene to the final version of the movie. After that, the scene with the naked Monroe disappeared, but the scriptwriter Charles Casillo,...

Manitoba officials decided to cancel the tax on recreational marijuana. However, marijuana will continue to be charged with a series of fees and surcharges, but the tax will not be among them. Manitoba government reported that all marijuana retailers will pay 75 cents per gram plus 6% of their income as a fee for social responsibility. In Ottawa, there will also be an excise tax. However, the final documents are not signed yet. On Wednesday, the provin...

A bear frightened people resting in the forest A man and a woman were sleeping in a tent near Pinawa Dam Provincial Heritage Park, which is located 100 km from Winnipeg. In the morning they woke up hearing their dog barking. When they came out of the tent, they saw a huge black bear about one and a half meters from them. This bear was not the first one they saw in their lives, and usually they made loud noises to scare a bear. However, that time the bear d...

Manitoba Hydro showed their real debts. The provided annual public report shows that the total consolidated net profit fell from $71 million in 2016-2017 to $37 million in the last financial year. The company management made a statement and informed that the station modernization led to the reduction in annual profits. Also, the report shows that the company's debts increased significantly compared to previous years. This year, the company's debt rose u...

Winkler festival opened its doors for the Moldavian diaspora. The Moldavian diaspora presented their country very dignifiedly at the festival in Manitoba. Every year a lot of people visit a harvest festival in Winkler. This year the festival opened its doors to more than 30 different countries that showed their culture, traditions and national cuisine. Such countries as Pakistan, China, the Philippines, Nicaragua, the Congo, Ukraine, Poland, Russia, El S...

Pastor Sean Brandow took part in a speaking event on Saturday evening. Humboldt pastor was asked to share his opinion on the tragedy happened in April. He is also a guest of Harvest Festival Community Worship Service in Winkler this year. The crash of the Humboldt Broncos bus shocked a lot of people, including hockey players’ families and friends. Humboldt community has gone through great pain and pastor Sean Brandow just needed to say something. The pa...

A big fire was liquidated on Tuesday evening by using a special drone. On Tuesday at about 7 p.m. CTV News firefighters knew about a big fire in the North of Winnipeg. The fire completely captured the two-story building and when the firefighters appeared at the place, they saw how the flames flared up from all the windows. In order to improve the view and see the situation as a whole, the fire brigade team used a special flying drone, which dispelled the s...

Now, Winnipeggers can take a ride using six ride-sharing apps. This situation is very worrisome to the owners of traditional taxi services. The number of people using the apps is significantly increased, so they occupy an essential part of the existing transport market. The city’s Manager of Vehicles for Hire, Grant Heather, shared his thoughts and said that traditional taxi service is becoming less popular and ride-sharing apps have a really good future....

The Canadian Blood Services asked people to donate more blood, but not all residents of Manitoba can do this. As it became known, the only blood donation site is in Winnipeg and a lot of rural residents just can not get there to donate blood. CBS informed that people can find the nearest clinic where they can donate blood on the Internet. However, several blood services closed last year. Wenda Anderson has been a blood donor for about four years and she...

Nic Demski is 25 and he was born in Winnipeg. This city is very comfortable for him. It is his home. So, receiving an offer from Blue Bombers, he accepted it with pleasure. He played 3 seasons in Regina and put over 700 yards and 3 touchdowns. After returning to his home turf of Investors Group Field, Nic put over 300 yards and 4 touchdowns. A great discussion in the world of football was caused by Nic’s celebration of his touchdown in the match against T...