WINNIPEG — Residents of Little Grand Rapids, a remote First Nations community in east−central Manitoba, are to start returning to their homes this weekend. The fly−in community was evacuated on May 20 because of a forest fire. Nearly 1,000 residents have been living in hotels in Winnipeg for the last month. Once the fire threat…
Big Sports Weekend in the ‘Peg
WINNIPEG – When it comes to sports, we’re all different. We like different teams and we like to watch them different ways. As an example, here’s how intend to watch Blue Bomber football on Friday night: In the carrels at Assiniboia Downs. Sure it’s different, but it gives me the best of every world: The…
Peguis First Nation Announces Partnership in Cannabis
WINNIPEG – Peguis First Nation and GrowForce announced they are establishing a partnership in a cross-Canada expansion that will evaluate opportunities in the cultivation, distribution and retail sale of cannabis products. The partnership will be announcing further details on its initial activities, later this year, and share their plans for the future. “This is a…
Police Need Help With Unsolved Crime
WINNIPEG – Police are asking for the public’s help with an unsolved crime that occurred on May 21st of this year. Police said, shortly after 7AM May 21st a man gained entry into the Orange Theory Fitness Centre located at 3014 Henderson Highway, by breaking a window. Once inside the business, the suspect stole a…
Homicide in Portage la Prairie
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE – RCMP in Portage are investigating a homicide in the city that happen on May 23rd of this year. Around 7:30PM on May 23rd, a 56-year-old man was assaulted by unidentified suspects at his home in the 400 block of Royal Road North. The victim suffered severe, life-threatening injuries, and was taken…
Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame Inductees
WINNIPEG – The Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame announced the class of athletes, builders, and one team that will be inducted November 3, 2018, at the 39th annual induction ceremony. This year’s individual recipients in the Athlete category include: a decorated blind Paralympic swimmer, the all-time WHA leader in goalie games played, wins and playoff…
Dougald Lamont – The PC’s & NDP’s Flawed Financial Curriculum
Credit Cards in Grade 9 & Lessons from Tax Frauds? All Part of The PCs & NDP’s Flawed Financial Curriculum By Dougald Lamont, Leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party, and Liberal candidate for MLA St. Boniface Manitoba has serious problems in education: too many students have low test scores in reading, writing and math, and…
UNREAL – This Man Steals a Kids Bike in La Salle – Know Him?
WINNIPEG – This guy must really, really, really need a bicycle bad. RCMP turned to Twitter to release video of a bad guy stealing a little girls bike in La Salle. Mounties believe the car in the video may be involved in several other thefts, and break and enters in the La Salle area. C’mon…
Two Arrested for Armed Car-Jacking in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG – Another armed car-jacking in Winnipeg on Monday night just before 10:00PM. Police said a 28-year-old man had stopped in his vehicle when he was approached by three men, one armed with a sawed-off rifle. One of the men pointed the rifle at the driver and ordered him to turn over his car keys…
Whitehall Takes the Lead
WINNIPEG – It was a great Father’s Day for Antonio Whitehall. The 24-year-old jockey from Barbados fired a hat-trick on Sunday as he won his 13th, 14th and 15th races of the season at Assiniboia Downs and took over the jockey lead from Adolfo Morales. Whitehall, who won two legs of the Barbados Triple Crown…