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WINNIPEG — Ice beginning to form on waterways has prompted a warning from emergency officials to stay clear of drainage ditches, culverts, streams, creeks, retention ponds and rivers.
The city says ice surfaces are thin and fragile, and falling into ice-cold water can be deadly.
WINNIPEG — Surface cracks in the bridge deck concrete has forced the province to close one lane on the Red River Bridge along the South Perimeter Highway.
Manitoba Infrastructure says the westbound curb lane next to the sidewalk is closed for inspection.
WINNIPEG — It’s been 10 years since The Forks first placed warming huts on the Red and Assiniboine rivers as part of an international design competition.
For 2019, the unique structures are just as eye-catching and creative as ever before. Winners for Warming Huts v.2019 were unveiled Friday and chosen from a stack of 219 submissions.
WINNIPEG — Dry weather this summer has put water levels along the Red River below normal summer operational levels.
Public Services and Procurement Canada says the levels are most impacted between St. Andrews Lock and Dam and the city of Winnipeg, including the Assiniboine River.
WINNIPEG — With the August long weekend just around the corner, police in Manitoba, the Canadian Safe Boating Council and Lifesaving Society are launching the sixth annual Operation Dry Water initiative.
The campaign is a reminder of the risks associated with drinking and boating, which accounts for 64 percent of all boating-related fatalities in Manitoba. Nationally, the statistic is 40 percent.
WINNIPEG — Seasonal adventurists can now splash down the Red and Assiniboine rivers with the launch of Splash Dash Tours for the season.
If you aren’t heading to a lake anywhere this weekend, a cruise down Winnipeg’s rivers may be the next best thing.
Winnipeg police say they have recovered the body of a woman from the Red River.
Officers responded to the river bank in the 600 block of Kildonan Drive on Wednesday afternoon.
Winnipeg police have recovered the body of a man who went missing when a boat capsized on the Red River May 4.
Four men were boating at around 11:15 p.m. in the area of the Chief Peguis Trail Bridge when the watercraft capsized. Three of the boaters were able to make it safely to shore, but the fourth man didn’t make it.
