WINNIPEG – Five people are dead in Oshawa, Ontario in a horrible murder-suicide. 48 year old Mitchell Lapa turned the weapon on himself after shooting five people and killing four of them including two minors. The fifth person, a 50 year old woman, was seriously injured. All the victims were members of the same family.…
Bush Party Goes Today
WINNIPEG – Chief Provincial Public Health Officer, Dr. Brent Roussin, is always saying how we have to learn to live with COVID-19 and that’s exactly what organizers of Bush Party 2020 say they’re doing. The event is set for today at Hill Top Resort near Grand Beach. It will feature bands paying tribute to Judas…
Lotto Max Winning Numbers
WINNIPEG – Here are the Lotto Max winning numbers from Friday, September 4th. Good luck! The $60 million jackpot wasn’t won so Tuesday’s draw will be for $65 million. In the event of any discrepancy between this information and the WCLC, the latter shall prevail. Photos: WCLC
Hatred In Brandon
WINNIPEG – Two women in Brandon face public incitement of hatred charges after an incident in that city Last night. Police were called at about 7:40 to a skate park in the 900 block of Princess Avenue where a group of five people was allegedly yelling racial slurs at a black man. Investigators say video…
Manitobans On Self-Isolation
WINNIPEG – A new survey says a-third of Manitobans want all visitors from outside the province to self-isolate for two weeks. Currently, people from northwestern Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta, BC and the three northern territories can visit Manitoba without having to self-isolate. The Probe Research poll also finds that almost three-quarters of us think self-isolation requirements…
Jobs Returning
WINNIPEG – Statistics Canada says the economy added 246,000 jobs last month. The national unemployment rate fell to 10.2 percent from 10.9 in July. Most of the gains came in full-time work and more women got jobs than men. Manitoba’s jobless rate improved to 8.1 percent from 8.2 and in Winnipeg, the rate fell from…
Mosquitoes Like Beer Drinkers
WINNIPEG – As we head into the final long weekend of the summer, you may want to avoid drinking beer because mosquitoes are more attracted to beer drinkers. A new study in the Journal of Mosquito Control says drinking just one beer can cause mosquitoes to bite you instead of someone else. The scientists behind…
Restaurant Exposures?
WINNIPEG – There may have been COVID-19 exposures at two restaurants near Riding Mountain National Park. Provincial health officials say one was at the Canoe Taphouse in Wasagaming on August 21st, 22nd and 23rd, The other was at the Buffalo Bar & Ten in Onanole on August 21st and 22nd. If you were there on…
No Bigger Funerals Yet
WINNIPEG – A local funeral home wants the province to allow bigger funerals again. Michael Vogiatzakis at Voyage Funeral Home wants the COVID-19 cap of 50 people raised. He says people aren’t being allowed to grieve properly and it’s cut his business by half. He points to restaurants and casinos where restrictions have been lifted.…
47 Calls To 911
WINNIPEG – Police have arrested a man for public mischief after dozens of phone calls to 911. 25 year old Harley David Lee Harding has also been charged with indecent communications after 47 emergency calls were made. All the calls between December of 2018 and last month involved some sort of fictitious emergency. Emergency resources…