COVID-19 FINES FOR RESTAURANTS

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WINNIPEG – As dining rooms prepare to re-open at half capacity on Monday, four restaurants have been fined for CoVid-19 violations. Three are in Winnipeg – Ramallah Cafe After Hours, Arabesque Hookah Cafe & Lounge and Pony Corral on Pembina Highway. Swan’s River’s Westwood Inn was also fined. All of them have been ordered to…

HYDRO UNPAID DAYS

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WINNIPEG – The head of Manitoba Hydro has announced unpaid days to help with the CoVid-19 cost cutting. Hydro President Jay Grewal says she will take three unpaid days off over the next eight months. All managers, directors and vice-presidents will do the same. It averages out to only 1.2 hours per pay period.

LOTTO MAX WINNING NUMBERS

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WINNIPEG – Here are the Lotto Max winning numbers from Friday, May 29th. Good luck! In the event of any discrepancy between this information and the official information of WCLC, the latter shall prevail. Photo: WCLC

NAKED MAN STEALS AMBULANCE

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WINNIPEG – Police say an ambulance was stolen this morning not far from Health Sciences Centre. The crew of the ambulance was helping a naked man near Notre Dame Avenue and Furby Street when the guy jumped behind the wheel and took off. He crashed the ambulance into the Portuguese Cultural Centre a few blocks…

MANITOBANS TURNING TO BOOZE

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WINNIPEG – When the CoVid-19 pandemic hit, people starting drinking more. Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries says retail alcohol sales jumped in March and April. Compared to the same two months last year, sales were two million dollars higher. The Crown corporation also announced a huge reduction in liquor mart thefts which totaled almost three million…

SCARY CLOSE CALL

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WINNIPEG – A Thunder Bay man is under arrest after city police were called to Ellice Avenue this week. On Tuesday, officers entered the business in the 1300 block of Ellice to find a guy armed with a baseball bat but the really scary part was that he had doused himself with lighter fluid and…

POST-SECONDARY FUNDING RESTORED

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WINNIPEG – Post-secondary funding that was cut recently by the province has now been restored. Manitoba colleges and universities are getting a one-time payment of $25 million to help pay for online learning in the wake of CoVid-19. Schools will need to show by this fall how they plan to spend the money provided by…

LOTTO 6/49 WINNING NUMBERS

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WINNIPEG – Here are the Lotto 6/49 winning numbers from Wednesday, May 27th. Good luck! In the event of any discrepancy between this information and the official information of WCLC, the latter shall prevail. Photo: WCLC

PHASE 2 BEGINS MONDAY

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WINNIPEG – Premier Brian Pallister says Phase Two of the plan to re-open Manitoba will proceed as scheduled next Monday. “I want to thank Manitobans for their input and as a result of these discussions and advice from public health experts, we are in a position to move forward with phase two of our plan…

MAX SENTENCE FOR KID BANDIT

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WINNIPEG – A 15 year old boy has received the maximum sentence for a violent liquor mart robbery late last year. The three year sentence includes community supervision if he gets treatment for substance abuse. The robbery last November at the Tyndall Market mall was a very scary one which saw one of the female…