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WINNIPEG — Warmer spring weather and the temptation to venture near open water has prompted a seasonal warning for Manitobans.
The Canadian Safe Boating Council and the Lifesaving Society says despite the time of year, the immersion into cold water can be a serious danger.
WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s overall flood risk remains low this season, but the province is warning there’s a moderate chance of overland flooding in low-lying areas along the Red and Assiniboine rivers.
In its latest flood update, the Hydrologic Forecast Centre says ice is expected to break up and start moving this week. The province also expects to begin operating the Red River Floodway by early next week.
WINNIPEG — A woman was rescued from the banks of the Red River moments before she would have been swept away in its current.
Police and firefighters received a report of a woman screaming near the river in the 3400 block of Pembina Highway on Saturday night.
WINNIPEG — The Red River Mutual Trail at The Forks closed for the season over the weekend, but not before setting two new records.
The Forks said on Facebook that the trail was open for a record 72 days. This season also saw the trail span a record 10 kilometres in length.
WINNIPEG — The lack of snowpack in Manitoba this winter is turning out to be positive news on the flood front.
The province on Friday released its first spring flood outlook for the season, highlighting there’s little to worry about once what little snow we do have begins to melt.
WINNIPEG — It’s been in the works for weeks, but the Red River Mutual Trail now extends 7.5 kilometres.
Skaters can glide from The Forks to Churchill Drive on the Red River and to Arlington Street on the Assiniboine River.
Another leg of the Red River Mutual Trail has opened in time for a relatively balmy winter weekend.
Officials with The Forks say the trail will extend on the Red River to the Norwood Bridge beginning Saturday morning.
Six ice-fishing shacks in Selkirk are standing out to drive social change at the hands of a group of students and talented artists.
Art on Ice is igniting the conversation about homelessness in Canada while creating a new community project in the city just north of Winnipeg.
WINNIPEG — Emergency officials are warning the public to be cautious of thin ice and to stay off waterways.
Polic, firefighters and paramedics say as temperatures drop, ice surfaces are thin and fragile. Falling into ice-cold water can turn deadly in a matter of minutes.
WINNIPEG — A two-day exercise has been teaching emergency responders and other officials the effects of cold water on the body.
Beyond Cold Water Boot Camp is a course being led by Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht of the University of Manitoba — better known as “Professor Popsicle.”
