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Manitobans celebrate winter at West Broadway Snoball Winter Festival – Winnipeg

Manitobans came out to celebrate winter at the Snoball Winter Festival in West Broadway on Saturday. The free event was held at the Broadway Neighbourhood Centre on 185 Young Street from 12 p.m. until 4 p.m. “This is the 20th year we have held this festival here in the West …

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Tech layoffs: Dell to axe 6,650 jobs as it fights slowing demand – National

Dell Technologies Inc. will eliminate about 6,650 jobs, or five per cent of its global workforce, the company said on Monday, as the PC maker grapples with falling demand and braces for economic uncertainty. The company joins a raft of U.S. companies ranging from Goldman Sachs to Alphabet Inc. that have …

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Record lows shatter temperature records in Ontario during cold snap

Record temperatures were recorded in several parts of Ontario in recent days, breaking previous lows as far back as 1923. Environment and Climate Change Canada shared the deep freeze figures on Twitter. At Algonquin Park, a record low of negative 41.5 C was noted on Saturday, beating the previous record …

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Winnipeg Blue Bombers extend Nic Demski, Alden Darby, and Janarion Grant – Winnipeg

The nervous wait for Winnipeg Blue Bomber fans has ended. Re-signing pending free agent Nic Demski came not a moment too soon, with the “legal tampering” window having opened earlier today. Without a doubt, Demski would have been among the most highly sought after free agents had he still been …

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Kingston’s Hotel Dieu postpones appointments due to a burst water pipe – Kingston

A number of appointments at Hotel Dieu Hospital have been postponed due to flooding. Kingston Health Sciences Centre says the burst pipe was discovered early Sunday morning, affecting several areas of the hospital, including the Sydenham, Centenary and Johnson wings. Hospital staff quickly responded to contain the water damage and …

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Kingston’s Hotel Dieu postpones appointments due to a burst water pipe – Kingston

A number of appointments at Hotel Dieu Hospital have been postponed due to flooding. Kingston Health Sciences Centre says the burst pipe was discovered early Sunday morning, affecting several areas of the hospital, including the Sydenham, Centenary and Johnson wings. Hospital staff quickly responded to contain the water damage and …

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Masking alone wouldn’t have eased Ontario’s respiratory virus surge in the fall: PHO document

TORONTO — Introducing a mask mandate when respiratory viruses surged in the fall may not have eased the crush on pediatric hospitals, a Public Health Ontario science brief obtained by The Canadian Press concludes. The brief — which was not proactively made public, unlike the reports done by the now-defunct …

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‘Lightly felt’ earthquake reported in southern Ontario originating near Buffalo, N.Y.

Residents in southern Ontario reported they “lightly felt” a 3.8-magnitude earthquake that had originated just south of the border near Buffalo, N.Y., on Monday. The earthquake was reported in West Seneca, N.Y. — just southeast of Buffalo — at around 6:15 a.m. It was initially reported by Earthquakes Canada at …

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12th annual Jack Frost Challenge kicks off in Winnipeg on Sunday – Winnipeg

The twelfth annual Jack Frost Challenge kicked off near the Nestaweya river trail at the forks on Sunday. The annual event, held by the Green Action Centre, promotes active and sustainable transportation. “It’s super important to contributing to a more sustainable Manitoba to get people outside,” said Ariel Desrochers, Green …

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