WINNIPEG – A local radio station has decided on a Toronto duo for its new morning show. The Roz & Mocha Show which also airs in Toronto started at 6 a.m. this morning on Kiss 102.3 by interviewing mayor Brian Bowman who welcomed them to Winnipeg radio. Welcome! @JohnRush32 of your @wpgbluebomberscfl is excited for…
COVID At Law Courts
WINNIPEG – Face masks are now mandatory at the Law Courts after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. The worker who didn’t interact with the public is in isolation, as are their close contacts. The building has undergone an enhanced cleaning.
School Bus Drivers On Strike
WINNIPEG – Bus drivers in the Winnipeg School Division have followed through on their threat to strike. Almost 100 of them walked off the job this morning. UFCW Local 832 says picket lines will go up tomorrow. Negotiations broke off a couple weeks ago. The drivers who want more money have been without a contract…
Back To School
WINNIPEG – It’s back to school today but it’s like no other first day of class. COVID-19 has everyone involved on edge this year. Many parents will be transporting their kids to school themselves and some families have decided to stick with remote learning. If a child does take a bus, wearing a mask is…
Welcome To Fall
WINNIPEG – A cold front yesterday brought with it a much cooler air mass. While the very strong northwesterly wind has subsided, a cool northerly wind will continue to blow today. Wind gusts at the airport yesterday reached 87 kilometres an hour. Victoria Beach saw the strongest wind gust at 102. Some areas are expected…
Winnipeg Gunman In Oshawa
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…
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…