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By Terry Pedwell, The Canadian Press
OTTAWA – The restoration of delivery service guarantees by Canada Post — three weeks after striking postal workers were forced back to work — proves the shipment backlogs Ottawa used to justify legislating an end to rotating walkouts were “fiction,” says the Canadian Union of Postal Workers.
The Crown agency announced Tuesday it had caught up on most parcel delivery backlogs that had been created by the sporadic labour disruptions that began Oct. 22.
A camper trailer fire in Vita, Manitoba has turned up human remains.
RCMP say the fire was reported at 2:35 a.m. Tuesday in the community.
WINNIPEG — Ground has been broken on a new 398-unit apartment community in Winnipeg’s Sage Creek neighbourhood.
Latitude 49 will be a six-building development and include a mix of micro-units, one-bedroom and two-bedroom suites located along Sage Creek Boulevard and Burning Glass Road.
WINNIPEG — A driver that failed to use her turn signal caught the attention of police on Monday and eventually led to the discovery of drugs and weapons.
Police were on patrol on Maryland Street near Portage Avenue at around 1:40 a.m. when a vehicle failed to use its turn signal. Police pulled the vehicle over on Portage Avenue and Langside Street.
Winnipeg police are investigating a homicide after a man was found unconscious in the 600 block of McGee Street on Monday.
Officers responded to a well-being call at around 2:40 p.m. and found the man, who was later taken to hospital in critical condition and pronounced deceased.
WINNIPEG — The rapid rise of methamphetamine use and distribution has resulted in an Illicit Drug Task Force being created through a partnership with all three levels of government.
The task force will work to develop solutions to combat the use and distribution of illicit drugs, such as methamphetamine, opioids, cocaine and hallucinogens over the short and long term.
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG – Brian Sanderson’s white beard and jolly demeanor landed him in Santa’s bright-red suit in Winnipeg malls, seniors centres, toy catalogues and as the mythical Christmas figure in more than half a dozen movies.
So when Sanderson, Winnipeg’s most well-known Santa’s helper, died in October at the age of 77, a group of people — his own special elves — stepped up to make sure the Christmas magic he displayed all year would continue.
Canadian Blood Services is in immediate need of blood donations this holiday season and has called for more than 30,000 donors across the country.
CBS is predicting the risk of a low supply of platelets — a vital blood component with a seven-day shelf life — between Christmas and New Year’s.
