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WINNIPEG — A program to help those who indulge in festive cheer make it back home safely is about to hit the road for another season.
Operation Red Nose, an initiative by Safety Services Manitoba and Manitoba Public Insurance, held their annual launch on Friday.
The federal government is funding 23 new projects under the Lake Winnipeg Basin Program in an effort to improve the health of the watershed.
Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna was in Gimli, Manitoba Thursday and made the $3.8 million funding announcement in the town’s harbour.
The Gimli Film Festival has come and gone for another year, but not before reporting a jump in box office revenue.
An increase of 16 percent in revenue was made, with a 32 percent boost in festival pass sales and a 27 percent increase in walk-up rush seating.
Construction crews working in Gimli on Tuesday punctured a waste-water treatment line, leading to untreated waste-water making its way toward Lake Winnipeg.
The province is advising people not to enter the water at Gimli Beach, Loni Beach and South Beach until water samples for E. coli confirm no surface water contamination.
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.
Finalists have been announced in the 7th Annual Gimli Film Festival RBC $10,000 Emerging Filmmaker Competition.
Twelve submissions were made this year by emerging Manitoba filmmakers. Of those, five projects were selected to move on to the pitching round during the Gimli Film Festival on Saturday, July 28 at the Gimli Theatre.
A Gimli man has scratched his way to $1 million on a lottery ticket his son bought for him.
Ted Hykawy received the Set for Life scratch ‘n win ticket over Easter, which revealed three matching symbols.
The discovery of a man’s body inside a home north of 