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By The Canadian Press
OTTAWA – The federal government is enacting strict new measures to address mounting concerns about tired flight crews on commercial planes — big and small.
New regulations will set lower limits for the number of hours pilots can be in the air and on the job before having to take a break, taking into account the times of day they fly and how often they take off and land.
The province is setting up a new family medicine residency program in the Interlake to enable medical residents to learn more about rural medicine and treat patients in the region.
The program will see residents in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba Max Rady College of Medicine work in the Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority. The goal is to retain a number of the physicians in the region once they graduate and become doctors.
Manitoba RCMP have arrested six people after two search warrants in the community of Norway House turned up drugs and cash.
Police searched a home December 7 on Rowdens Bay, where they located 85 grams of cocaine, a large sum of Canadian currency, numerous cell phones, and drug paraphernalia.
By Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG – Like many millennials, Sarah Rogalsky doesn’t go out of her way to buy lottery tickets.
The 32-year-old is part of an office pool and chips in $2 a week at her Winnipeg workplace, primarily for the social aspect of playing with others.
The first week of the Winnipeg police festive season checkstop program resulted in 1,602 vehicles being stopped.
Between December 1-7, police administered 88 roadside breath tests, resulting in six warnings and one failure.
By Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG – A Crown attorney says a Winnipeg woman who was convicted of concealing the remains of six babies made “extensive efforts” to hide them and cover up any smell of decomposition.
Jennifer Mann spoke at the appeal of Andrea Giesbrecht, who was sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison after the remains were found in a U-haul storage locker she had rented.
By The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG – Who wants to visit Winnipeg in the dead of winter?
“Come on Down!”
Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus.
Winnipeg Transit’s annual Santa Bus will be out on the streets for the Christmas season beginning today. Until December 24, all cash fares collected on Santa Bus #142 will be donated to the Christmas Cheer Board.
