WINNIPEG, MB. – The very cold temperatures in the forecast has prompted Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living to remind Manitobans of health concerns related to colder temperatures. Check the forecast for your community by clicking here. Exposure to cold can result in health problems such as frostbite or hypothermia, which can be life-threatening. Anyone…
Missing Man from Powerview Manitoba
POWERVIEW, MB. – RCMP in Powerview are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing man from the community. RCMP received a missing person report on December 5 of this year. The man missing is Daniel John Bunn, 43-years of age. Daniel last spoke with family in Powerview on November 26 and may currently…
Mike Pyle is the Newest Winnipeg Blue Bombers Board Member
WINNIPEG, MB. – Ossama AbouZeid is retiring from the Board of Directors for The Winnipeg Football Club effective January 1, 2018, as part of the scheduled retirement of Directors. Replacing Ossama will be Mike Pyle, also effective January 1, 2018. Mike was chosen through the open public nomination process first initiated by the Club in…
Four People Arrested During Winnipeg Checkstop Program
WINNIPEG, MB – Four people were arrested and fifteen tickets were issued during the third week of the Winnipeg Police Checkstop program. During week 3 police said they stopped a total of 1,328 vehicles, below, are the results of those stops: 18 road-side breath tests administered resulting in 4 fails and 3 warns (72 hr…
Province Responds to the Final Wait Times Reduction Task Force Report
WINNIPEG, MB. – The province received the final report of the Wait Times Reduction Task Force, the document includes the combined recommendations and findings of the Peachey report, the EMS system review and other relevant studies of Manitoba’s health system. The report will be used as the foundation for clinically informed transformation of Manitoba’s health-care…
Mytoba Team becomes Manitoba Post, the Home of Local News
WINNIPEG, MB. – People have been asking me over the last several weeks, what happened to my homepage? As you know, in the last month, not one but two local news platforms simply vanished in one day. The first, Metro Winnipeg, was purchased by the owners of the Winnipeg Sun and immediately shut down. Eliminated.…
Manitoba Deficit Not as Bad as Predicted
WINNIPEG, MB. – The province released the second quarter report for the 2017-18 fiscal year citing important progress made on expenditure management offset by a decrease in personal income tax revenue, Finance Minister Cameron Friesen said in a news release. Manitoba’s forecast summary deficit is $827 million, an improvement of $13 million from the projected…
Is This the Start of a Big Fall for Bitcoin?
FINANCIAL NEWS – Bitcoin plunged below $13,000 on Friday after losing around a third of its value in just five days. The digital currency is on track for its worst week since 2013 after a blistering ascent to a peak close to $20,000 on Sunday. Ciara Lee has more information in this Reuters News video…
Drug Lab Located on Kennedy St in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG, MB. – Winnipeg Police have found a drug lab in an apartment located in the 300 block of Kennedy Street. Police said they received a call from management December 21 alerting them to the existence of a possible drug lab located within a building. When police arrived they at the vacant suite they found…
Manitoba Community Leaders to Review Child Welfare Legislation
WINNIPEG, MB. – Minister Scott Fielding has assembled a team of seven community leaders and experts that will review child welfare legislation to ensure it supports the government’s proposed reforms to create better outcomes for children. “We are moving child welfare laws in a new direction that will allow for more community decision-making and planning…