What is more beautiful and fascinating than a tawny, white-tailed deer, seen grazing along a woodland margin while her two spotted fawns graze nearby? Clearly wildlife of a higher order, they attract admiring glances from passers-by and when the magnificently antlered buck enters the picture, admiration changes to awe. Deer deterrents So how do you…
Why You Should Vaccinate Your Pet
The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association) supports the use of vaccines by veterinarians to control and prevent infectious disease in animals, including dogs and cats. Vaccines play a crucial role in veterinary preventive medicine and in the reduction in the risk of human exposure to zoonotic disease. Your veterinarian should ensure that you are informed of,…
High School Football Team Honours Slain Quarterback
WINNIPEG — A layer of snow covered the field as the St. John’s Tigers fought off the opposition to win a high school football championship and keep a promise for a former quarterback who was murdered. The last time the Tigers played on Investors Group Field in Winnipeg was in 2016 when Jordan Thomas was…
City Services for November 11 and 12
Remembrance Day falls on a Sunday this year which may cause some confusion when using city services. Check below for a listing of what’s open and what’s closed on November 11 and 12, 2018. To honour the men and women who have sacrificed for our country, Winnipeg Transit will be offering free transit service to…
Winnipeg Watchdog – Council Has To Get A Grip On Transit
The new City Council will get to work this week, and for bus riders – and no doubt bus drivers – it won’t be a minute too soon. And it’s not just late and disappearing buses stranding users and PEGGO payments card fiascos that are rattling transit customers. As Marty Gold explain in this podcast,…
Winnipeg’s Curb-side Yard Waste Collection Ending
WINNIPEG – The City’s Curbside yard waste collection is coming to an end for 2018. Yard waste collection in “area A” will end the week of November 12-16, 2018 Yard waste collection in “area B” will end the week of November 19-23, 2018 Officials say you can find out if your yard waste collection is…
Fatal Vehicle Rollover on Perimeter Highway
Early this morning (November 4) a single vehicle rollover resulted in the death of a 33 year-old man. At about 7:30 am the vehicle was travelling on Murdoch Road and failed to negotiate a turn on the perimeter highway. He travelled across all four lanes and was ejected from the vehicle when it rolled over.…
Marty Gold Says: PEGGO Card Complaint? Wait 15 Days
The previous Winnipeg Watchdog podcast got people talking about their own experiences with the latest nickle-and-dime fleecing of Winnipeggers – PEGGO, the electronic bus transit passes. Riip-offs associated with card failures are rampant. The bus rider we spoke about, wanted to more fully explain what he went through, and sent an email. He outlines the…
Liberals: Call for Release of Report Showing High Lead Levels in Winnipeg’s North End
Winnipeg – Manitoba Liberal Leader & MLA for St. Boniface, Dougald Lamont, is calling on the Province to release an unpublished report from 1988-89 that found levels of lead more than a hundred times higher than levels currently considered safe. In September 2018, a story broke that a ten-year-old government report on lead in soils…
Anita Cenerini of Winnipeg Named Silver Cross Mother
OTTAWA — A woman, who lost her son to suicide that was later linked to his service with the Canadian military in Afghanistan, has been named this year’s Silver Cross Mother. The Royal Canadian Legion says Anita Cenerini of Winnipeg will represent the country with the title until the end of October 2019. Cenerini’s son,…