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WINNIPEG — Summer road trip season has prompted a warning from Manitoba Public Insurance: wake up behind the wheel.
A recent MPI poll found nearly half of 800 people surveyed admitted to driving while drowsy at least once, including feeling drowsy while driving on a long trip, during the day or at night.
Sobeys is converting two Winnipeg Safeway locations into new discount stores under the company’s FreshCo brand.
Sobeys says FreshCo will offer Winnipeg shoppers the lowest food prices in the city when it launches in spring 2019.
By The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG – The University of Winnipeg has put out a call for an Indigenous artist to create a podium for special events such as convocation.
The university has $15,000 to spend on a piece that reflects the location of the university on Treaty 1 territory and on the homeland of the Métis.
A Brandon police officer won’t be facing charges after allegations of potential Criminal Code offences.
The Independent Investigation Unit received a complaint July 5, 2017 into alleged distribution of intimate images of a female civilian attempting to secure a job with the Brandon Police Service.
By Donovan Toews and Christopher Leach
There’s no question about it — the heartbeat of Winnipeg has been thumping loud and clear and full of pride. While the nation watched, tens of thousands of citizens flocked to fill downtown streets to cheer on our own Winnipeg Jets in their hopeful pursuit of the coveted Stanley Cup. Window after window was covered with “Go Jets Go!” made from ‘borrowed’ office paper. Social media exploded with “We are Winnipeg” and Bhangra-dancing Winnipeg Jets fans. What’s undeniably clear: Winnipeg is at its best right now and only getting better. It’s gritty. It’s authentic. It has soul. This prairie soul will be on full display at the upcoming Canadian Institute of Planners conference from July 19-22 as hundreds of planners, engineers, architects, elected officials, and designers from across the country arrive in Winnipeg to tell stories, share ideas and contemplate their respective roles in the field of city-building.
By Magdaline Boutros, The Canadian Press
MONTREAL – Every day, an estimated 2.4 million Canadian potatoes are thrown in the trash.
That’s along with 1.2 million apples, one million cups of milk, 750,000 loaves of bread and 450,000 eggs tossed every day, for a total of 2.2 million tonnes of edible food waste per year, according to the authors of a new campaign to reduce food waste.
The Gimli Film Festival will literally have something for even the toughest of film critics when it screens more than 59 Manitoba-made films.
Filmmaker Guy Maddin is one of the big names attending this year’s festival, whose film “Archangel” will be screened on July 26.
By The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG – When recreational cannabis is legalized later this year, it will be subject to a government fee and a wholesale markup in Manitoba.
The provincial government says a “social responsibility fee” of six per cent will be applied to a cannabis retailer’s total annual revenues.
By Sarah Klein
WINNIPEG — A mobile air monitoring station is being deployed near the St. Boniface industrial park after recent soil tests showed high levels of lead in the area.
The Manitoba government says the monitoring station will address long-standing resident concerns about air quality in their neighbourhood.
WINNIPEG — The president and CEO of Manitoba Hydro is retiring this fall.
Kelvin Shepherd will step down from the Crown corporation’s top position on November 16 after serving three years with the company.
