WINNIPEG – Police are warning Winnipeggers about a scam targeting people in the city that involves would-be fraudsters impersonating police. The Winnipeg Police Service says they’ve received reports of citizens getting calls from someone playing the role of a Canada Revenue Agency criminal investigator claiming the potential victim owes tax money. The scammer tells their…
Exporting Horses For Slaughter
WINNIPEG – The Humane Society wants the exporting of live horses for slaughter to stop. This after a video showed dozens of horses standing on the freezing tarmac at Winnipeg’s airport waiting to be shipped to Japan to be eaten. The society says exposing the horses to severe weather, extreme stress and excessive travel makes…
Killer Gets Life
WINNIPEG – Life in prison with no parole for 10 years. That’s the sentence given to a Winnipeg man who fatally shot another over a tossed beer bottle. Alrick Banton was convicted of second degree murder in the shooting over a year ago of Yassin Ahmed at the Windsor Hotel. Banton shot Ahmed in the…
COVID Causes More Garbage
WINNIPEG – People threw out more trash last year and COVID-19 is likely to blame. According to Michael Gordichuk, the city’s manager of solid waste services, residential garbage rose 12 per cent in 2020. He says it looks like Winnipeggers used their pandemic downtime to clean up around the house. There was also a big…
TSN 1290 Goes Off Air
WINNIPEG – The city’s sports station is flipping formats to comedy. TSN 1290 is owned by Bell Media which laid off over 200 people across the country just a week ago, including several high-profile broadcasters. It’s not clear how many local jobs have been lost but several now unemployed hosts took to social media after…
Cold Kills In St. B
WINNIPEG – A father of three young children is dead as a result of the extreme cold conditions in the Winnipeg area. The Chief Medical Examiner is investigating after a body was found outside in St. Boniface this, as Environment Canada warns of extreme cold across most of the province. The Winnipeg Police Service was…
Possible Exposures
WINNIPEG – Here are the most recent possible exposures to COVID-19 in Winnipeg, as provided by provincial public health officials.
Cold Puts Homeless At Risk
WINNIPEG – Environment Canada says the frigid temperatures across Manitoba will likely continue all week. The agency says very cold air shattered records in the prairies already, with all time lows reaching -49.9 C northern Saskatchewan. The province is under an extreme cold warning after high pressure in the north allowed the chilly air mass…
Zoo Euthanizes Max
WINNIPEG – Assiniboine Park Zoo has euthanized one of its long-term residents. Max, a 16 year old cougar who’s been at the zoo since 2004, was put down because of quality of life. The cat has received specialized care for kidney failure and arthritis for several years. He was more recently diagnosed with hyperthyroidism and…
Antique Winnipeg Match Case
WINNIPEG – Whitehead & Hoag made this antique match case in the early 1900’s for the Northern Elevator Company of Winnipeg. Northern Elevator was established in 1893 through the merger of five smaller companies. It quickly became a big business, handling 2.4 million bushels of grain a year at 92 prairie elevators by the turn…