A convoy of at least 70 trucks protesting Ottawa’s oil and gas policies is passing through Manitoba on Friday on its way to Parliament Hill, hoping to pick up steam among local drivers. “We want the current government to realize that they have a huge disconnect with a lot of issues, and the biggest is our oil and gas industry… Read More »
Your aching back — and the head-high piles of snow it has helped shovel — have likely already told you that this winter has dumped a lot on Winnipeg. In fact, this is already the snowiest February in the city in 32 years and the month is only halfway done. In just two weeks, 29.4 centimetres of snow has come down,… Read More »
The driver of a semi-trailer truck got out safely before it was hit by a train on a railway crossing near Headingley, Man., around 3 a.m. Friday, police say. The semi got stuck in drifts of snow and ice covering railway tracks at the top of a hill, RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Julie Courchaine said. The semi had just turned… Read More »
A train carrying potash crashed into a semi-trailer Friday morning, after snow drifts caused the trailer to get stuck on the tracks. RCMP, who responded to the collision around 3 a.m., said the semi-trailer was travelling west on Wilkes Avenue and turned onto PR 334 when it got stuck. The Mounties note that the train tracks were at… Read More »
A water main break has flooded a large area in Winnipeg’s Crescentwood area. Ice chunks are floating through ankle-deep water around the intersection of Dorchester Avenue and Wentworth Street. The frigid water is also flowing along Wentworth toward Grosvenor Avenue and along Dorchester toward Stafford Street. Drivers are advised to avoid the area, where cars that were parked overnight now have water up to the… Read More »
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The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie, will deliver remarks at the opening ceremony of the Festival du Voyageur, the largest winter festival in Western Canada. Minister Joly will also tour the festival grounds and engage with local visitors.
Judy Owen, The Canadian Press Published Friday, February 15, 2019 5:47AM CST Last Updated Friday, February 15, 2019 7:53AM CST WINNIPEG — Semyon Varlamov was relieved to finally leave the ice with a good taste in his mouth. The Colorado goalie made 24 saves and captain Gabriel Landeskog scored his team-leading 30th goal of the season as the… Read More »
It’s a Thursday afternoon in early February, and inside the Granite Curling Club in Winnipeg, champion curler Jocelyn Peterman is perfecting her craft. You might expect the pressure to be intense for Peterman heading into the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Sydney, N.S., this weekend, as the new second for Team Jennifer Jones — taking over from Jill Officer, who announced last year… Read More »
If someone were to tell the story of Festival du Voyageur without words, it might look and sound something like this guitar. The instrument was commissioned to commemorate the festival’s 50th anniversary and Christian Dupont was asked to build it. “Since the festival is a celebration of music and culture, a guitar just fits in so perfectly,” said Dupont, a Franco-Manitoban luthier — a person who builds and repairs… Read More »