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By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press
MONTREAL — Dozens of Quebec tourists who had been trapped in Haiti amid violent street protests were greeted with hugs and tears from relieved loved ones as they landed at Montreal’s airport on Saturday.
An Air Transat flight carrying 150 passengers, including the 113 Quebec tourists who had booked the same vacation package through the airline, landed at Pierre Elliott Trudeau airport just after 9 p.m.
WINNIPEG — No injuries were reported Sunday morning when a fire broke out in a two-storey home in the 100 block of Jarvis Avenue.
Firefighters arrived on scene shortly after 2 a.m. and began tackling the blaze in the multi-family residence. The fire was well involved when they arrived, with smoke and flames coming from the windows.
Get a taste of Festival du Voyageur, Western Canada’s largest winter festival, as it marks 50 years.
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The fun runs until February 24. For ticket information and a complete schedule, visit HeHo.ca or download the Festival du Voyageur app for iOS and Android.
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson, Editor, myWestman.ca
NEEPAWA, Man. — Located at the northern edge of Nebraska sits the village of Cody. Home to 150 residents, Cody is also home to something extremely unique, Circle C. At first glance, it appears to be like any other grocery store, except that it’s run by the students at nearby Cody-Kilgore High School.
The idea of opening a store to be run as part of the school’s curriculum was first conceived in 2008, when the town had been without a grocery store for about a decade. Until the Circle C opened in 2013, area residents had to drive either 55 miles west or 38 miles east to buy any of their groceries.
By Judy Owen, The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG — Ryan Dzingel likes to tease teammate Chris Tierney, but he was thanking him Saturday night.
Tierney set up Dzingel’s goal at 3:44 of overtime as the Ottawa Senators defeated the Winnipeg Jets 4-3 for their third victory in the past five games.
By The Canadian Press
ST-LAZARE, Man. — Canadian National Railway says a leak from a derailed train carrying oil in western Manitoba has been contained, but some pipeline supporters believe the incident highlights the risks involved in shipping oil by rail.
CN said in a statement that 37 cars carrying crude left the tracks early Saturday morning near St-Lazare, just east of the Saskatchewan-Manitoba boundary.
A Winnipeg firefighter wasn’t seriously injured when they were clipped by a passing vehicle while responding to a crash Friday night.
Emergency crews were near the intersection of Inkster Boulevard and Parr Street for a two-vehicle crash at around 10:30 p.m.
With nearly 30 centimetres of snow to fall on Winnipeg in February, there is definitely not a shortage of canvas for international snow sculptors to work with at Festival du Voyageur.
The International Snow Sculpting Symposium has attracted some of the best sculptors from across the globe to compete in the annual contest.
