WINNIPEG — Aboard the first direct flight from Winnipeg to Los Angeles today will be delegates from Manitoba on their way to pitch the province as the ideal location for Hollywood’s next big film.
It was a good week to be New Flyer Industries after the Winnipeg-based bus manufacturer landed two large contracts for bus orders in the United States. New Flyer signed a five-year contract with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority for 550...
Two Winnipeg entrepreneurs will have their product in the hands of Hollywood's biggest celebrities next weekend. Deborah Hosaki from Hoshii Designs and Louise Vargas from SoGa Soap & Cupfakery are shipping their signature products off to Universal City, California...
By David Klassen Members of Manitoba's talented music industry are headed south to rub shoulders with industry movers and shakers in Los Angeles. Four Manitoba artists and entrepreneurs from several Manitoba-based companies will make their way south to do business...
A 47-year-old woman who allegedly travelled from western Manitoba to the United States with her son is facing child abduction charges. Blue Hills RCMP were alerted Wednesday to a possible parental child abduction involving a seven-year-old boy from the Brandon area....
CBC Manitoba reporter Lyndsay Duncombe is packing her bags. And no, she didn't advance to the next round of "American Idol" auditions. Duncombe is leaving her position in Winnipeg and moving to the U.S. to become a producer at the network's Los Angeles bureau. She...
By David Klassen The president of the United Fire Fighters of Winnipeg is currently in Los Angeles representing Manitoba Fire Fighters. Alex Forrest will attend the memorial for Captain Tedmund "Ted" D. Hall and Fire Specialist Arnaldo "Arnie" Quinones that will be...
By Brian Schultz Forget the mile high club, this flight has a bit more class. Air New Zealand is planning to send a flight of Americans from Los Angeles to Auckland on October 13 as part of the 'Match Making Flight For Lonely Hearts'. The specially-themed flight will...
