Posted by David Klassen An interactive, educational exhibit of a giant colon will help promote the upcoming 3rd annual “Kick Butt for Colorectal Cancer” Walk/Run held in Kildonan Park on September 11. The Giant Colon Exhibit is a 40-foot long and eight-foot high inflatable, walk-through replica of the human colon. The exhibit will be set [...]

Three noon hour Zumba fitness classes will occupy Portage and Main today as local instructors Wendy Elias and Suelang Watson offer free demonstrations. The duo will station themselves in front of the Richardson building and show how Zumba fuses hypnotic Latin rhythms and easy-to-follow moves to create a one-of-a-kind fitness program. “You go to a [...]

About 100 protesters gathered outside a municipal council meeting in the RM of Springfield Monday evening to protest against the decision to vote down a group home for people living with intellectual disabilities. The group from People First of Canada created signs displaying such messages as, “Equality for All,” “Love Thy Neighbour,” and “Advocate Against [...]

A recent E. coli outbreak in emergency departments across the city has forced the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority to issue a public warning. The majority of the cases are associated with food eaten at Folklorama’s Russian Pavilion during the first week of August. The first outbreak occurred during the first two weeks of August. Fifteen [...]

Posted by Tyler Sutherland The Victoria General Hospital has added a new feature to its popular not-for-profit Victoria Lifeline service, an enhanced medical alert system in place across Manitoba to notify emergency personnel when assistance is required. On Tuesday, Lifeline with AutoAlert was introduced, which is an enhanced medical alert system with automatic fall detection [...]

Winnipeg will be the setting for the yearly gathering of the Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada (TSFC) this fall, as the Annual National Conference on Tourette Syndrome Plus will take place in the city Friday, October 1 and Saturday, October 2. The conference is the only one of its kind in the country and attracts [...]

Don’t take this one too seriously, but according to a new report released on the TIME Magazine website, users who own an Apple iPhone are more sexually active. According to OkTrends — a free online dating site — user photos taken with an iPhone over a BlackBerry or other smartphone make the user look more [...]

Posted by Tyler Sutherland The next time you go for your flu shot, you may just receive nasal spray instead of a needle. Health Canada has approved the nasal vaccine to be distributed by the maker AstraZeneca Canada. FluMist is approved for the prevention of seasonal influenza in Canadians aged two to 59-years-old. The main [...]

Posted by Sarah Klein The fungal disease ‘late blight’ has been discovered on tomato seedlings raising concerns in Manitoba’s potato industry. Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI) said Monday the fungal was found at retail locations in both Winnipeg and Brandon, and can also harm other nightshade plants. This particular fungus (right) is a [...]

Hundreds of University of Manitoba students and faculty will break out silly costumes today to participate in the 21st annual Sneakers in Motion Day healthy living and wellness celebration. The popular event is to get the university community active and will take place at the west end of Curry Place, the pedestrian mall that runs [...]

Free yoga classes will be offered starting today at noon at Memorial Park. The classes will run every Thursday this summer until September 9. Participants are asked to bring their own mat, and consider making a donation to the instructor. In the event of rain, yoga class will be cancelled. The Downtown Winnipeg BIZ is [...]

The top medical research minds in the world will gather in Winnipeg today and tomorrow as the University of Manitoba hosts the East-West Alliance. The university will be the first Canadian partner to host the conference, as it welcomes the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou University, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Stanford University, [...]