Source: cbc.ca, July 03, 2020 The 56-year-old driver from Saskatchewan is charged with 7 offences after he failed to stop and drove into the line of vehicles. A seven-year-old girl and a 61-year-old man are dead and 15 others were injured after a collision west of Winnipeg Thursday morning, when the driver of a semi-trailer… Continue reading Two Dead, 15 Hurt After Semi Crashes Into Row of Cars
Tag: Manitoba
‘It’s rare’: Young polar bear spotted on baseball diamond in Churchill, Man.
Source: Mariam Matti, CTV News, October 14, 2019 TORONTO — The conservation officer who helped tranquilize a polar bear spotted wandering across a baseball diamond in Churchill, Manitoba, says it was a rare daytime sighting within town limits. Bob Windsor said the Manitoba Polar Bear Alert line got a call on Oct. 9, reporting a polar… Continue reading ‘It’s rare’: Young polar bear spotted on baseball diamond in Churchill, Man.
Unprecedented snowstorm leads to state of emergency in Manitoba
Source: Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press, October 14, 2019 WINNIPEG — Nearly 21,000 Manitoba homes and businesses remained without power early Monday in the wake of a snowstorm that the province’s Crown energy utility said had left an unprecedented amount of damage to transmission lines, towers and more, and will take days to repair. “In… Continue reading Unprecedented snowstorm leads to state of emergency in Manitoba
Wanted: hay and feed for purchase
Source: Robert Arnason, Producer.com, August 15, 2019 Hundreds of livestock producers in Manitoba are facing hay and feed shortages, because a two-year drought has cut forage production by half or worse this summer. To help producers who are short on feed, the Keystone Agricultural Producers and the Manitoba Beef Producers are urging farmers to… Continue reading Wanted: hay and feed for purchase
Feds go around Manitoba government to get carbon tax funds to schools
Source: Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press, August 7, 2019 Ottawa is going around the Manitoba government in order to give $5.4 million in carbon tax revenues to the province’s schools in the latest carbon-tax battle between the federal Liberals and a provincial Conservative government. Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister last month refused to play ball and help… Continue reading Feds go around Manitoba government to get carbon tax funds to schools
Questions remain as Manitoba manhunt stretches into Day 9
Source: Maryam Shah, Global News, July 31, 2019 The manhunt for B.C. murder suspects Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, and Kam McLeod, 19, continues into its ninth day on Wednesday. The two Port Alberni, B.C., men have Canada-wide warrants out for their arrests. They are charged with the second-degree murder of Leonard Dyck, 64, and are also suspects in the… Continue reading Questions remain as Manitoba manhunt stretches into Day 9
Except for southern Manitoba, flood concerns ease across Prairies
Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm, Producer.com, April 4, 2019 WINNIPEG – A slower-than-normal spring melt has helped to alleviate most flood concerns across the Prairies, except in southern Manitoba. That part of Manitoba, especially the Red River Valley south of Winnipeg, isn’t out of the woods just yet. Flooding may still reach levels on par with high… Continue reading Except for southern Manitoba, flood concerns ease across Prairies
Scott Moe welcomes Manitoba in fight against federal carbon tax
Source: The Canadian Press, April 4, 2019 Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he welcomes Manitoba in the legal fight against Ottawa over the federal carbon tax. Moe told about 1,500 people at a Regina rally opposing the tax that Saskatchewan is making a difference by leading the battle. Manitoba announced Wednesday that it is following Saskatchewan and Ontario… Continue reading Scott Moe welcomes Manitoba in fight against federal carbon tax
Flood threat rising in Manitoba’s Red River Valley as spring melt looms
Source: Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press, March 18, 2019 WINNIPEG — Heavy snowfall in the United States has raised the threat of flooding in Manitoba’s Red River Valley this spring. The Manitoba government says conditions have worsened since its first flood outlook last month. The province says, with average weather over the next few weeks,… Continue reading Flood threat rising in Manitoba’s Red River Valley as spring melt looms
Winnipeg hits temperatures colder than Siberia
Source: Jeremiah Rodriguez, CTV News Staff, CTV News, January 30, 2019 The freezing temperatures brought by polar air have created a handful of challenges for people across Manitoba — but many of its residents have banded together to help the less fortunate. Temperatures throughout the region have ranged from -33 C to -40 C,… Continue reading Winnipeg hits temperatures colder than Siberia