MANITOBA – A 22-year-old man has been charged in the death of a 57-year-old woman found assaulted in a home on June 22, 2018. Police in Berens River responded to a report of an injured woman at a home within the community. Upon arrival, they found the woman, 57-years-old from Berens River with serious injuries…
Drunk Driver Causes Crash at Pembina & Bishop Grandin
UPDATE – OCTOBER 21, 2018 @ 2:25PM – Police have confirmed details regarding the 2-vehicle collision on Pembina Highway and Bishop Grandin Blvd. A pick-up truck, northbound on Pembina Highway collided with a vehicle making a southbound turn from Bishop Grandin Boulevard. The driver of the truck was taken to hospital in critical condition, however,…
Recycle My Electronics Program
In conjunction with Waste Reduction Week, the Manitoba government has announced a new stewardship program plan for recycling end-of-life electronics. ‘Recycle My Electronics’ will accept computers, laptops, monitors, TVs, microwave ovens and other electronics that end up in landfills. The Recycle My Electronics program is managed by the Electronic Products Recycling Association, which is one…
11 People & 4 Businesses Caught Selling Illegal Cigarettes
WINNIPEG – Officials with Manitoba’s Taxation have arrested 11 individuals and seized 10,412 contraband cigarettes, 19,024 grams of sheesha product containing illegal tobacco, $10,689 in cash and impounded a Manitoba registered vehicle following a recent enforcement blitz. Officials said in a release “A total of 11 individuals and four businesses were found selling, or in…
Lotto 649 Winning Numbers
WINNIPEG – Two winning tickets were sold for the $7 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. One ticket was purchased in Ontario and the other in Quebec, with each being worth $3.5 million. The guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Ontario. Here are the winning numbers from Saturday October…
City Services in the Event of a Canada Post Work Stoppage
Winnipeg, MB – The City of Winnipeg would like to advise residents and businesses of changes to City services in the event of a Canada Post work stoppage. Residents are advised to contact 311 for information on how City services that normally use Canada Post will operate in the event of a work stoppage. City…
Call For Better Trained Social Workers in Report on Dead Teen
WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s children and youth advocate says an Indigenous teenager who died after struggling with addiction did not get the help he needed. Daphne Penrose says the 17−year−old, who she does not identify, died in a single−vehicle accident in June 2016 after he had been drinking. Penrose’s 100−page report says Child and Family Services…
National Teen Driver Safety Week October 22-28
As a leader in road safety, Manitoba Public Insurance is committed to educating teen drivers and helping them stay safe. National Teen Driver Safety Week ─ organized by Parachute Canada ─ is a good time for all teen drivers in the province to evaluate their driving behaviours and work on reducing teen driver involvement in…
It’s Small Business Saturday
WINNIPEG – Today you are are invited to visit a local business to celebrate the many ways small businesses contribute to their communities. For the sixth year in a row, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is partnering with Interac to promote Small Business Saturday, a day that honours the contribution of the men…
Why open Portage and Main?
As long as the barriers remain up at Portage and Main, Winnipeg can count itself as a second-class city where fear prevails and hope festers. Those ugly gray barriers are reminiscent of another era when politicians thought they could force people to change their behaviour – it was the same kind of thinking that created…