Home / Tag Archives: areas

Tag Archives: areas

Take Pride’s annual Litter Index spotlights Winnipeg’s dirtiest areas, looks for help cleaning up – Winnipeg

The city’s dirtiest neighbourhoods and streets are being revealed as part of Take Pride Winnipeg’s annual Litter Index and the organization is hoping it will lead to more people helping to clean up. Throughout 2023, Take Pride members drove through 500 kilometres of city streets and came up with a …

Read More »

Ontario provincial byelections set for today in Toronto, Ottawa areas

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Residents of two Ontario ridings head to the polls today to elect new provincial representatives, after a pair of resignations left those seats vacant. Merrilee Fullerton abruptly resigned her cabinet post and her Kanata-Carleton seat in the Ottawa area in March. Mitzie …

Read More »

Permanent speed limit drop recommended for neighbourhood greenway areas – Winnipeg

Several streets in Winnipeg considered a critical component of the city’s bike network, could be seeing permanent changes to the speed limit. In the summer of 2021, a pilot project dropped the speed limit to 30 kilometres an hour on four stretches of Winnipeg roads considered neighbourhood greenways: Eugenie Street …

Read More »

Speed limit lowering to 30km/h in some Winnipeg areas – Winnipeg

A reduced speed pilot project is set to start on Wednesday, March 1, and it will lower speed limits to 30 kilometres per hour in some Winnipeg neighbourhoods. “Probably the number one reason we’re piloting this is the impact on quality of life,” said Public Works Committee Chair Janice Lukes, …

Read More »

Urban vs. rural: Food prices go up everywhere, but it’s way worse in some areas

As Canadians continue to feel the pressure of inflation, groceries are one area many are hoping prices will ease soon. Global News went to the grocery store to see how rising prices are impacting families trying to make ends meet, as part of its ongoing Out of Pocket series. The prices …

Read More »

Some areas in Ontario forecasted to receive up to 25 cm of snow by Thursday afternoon

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 26, 2023 6:08 am Updated January 26, 2023 7:05 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Much of southern Ontario is cleaning up from a major winter storm, while snow remains in the forecast for parts of eastern Ontario. Ottawa and …

Read More »

Russian attacks on residential areas near Odesa kill at least 19, Ukrainian officials say

Russian missile attacks on residential areas in a coastal town near the port city of Odesa early Friday killed at least 19 people, Ukrainian authorities reported a day after Russian forces withdrew from a strategic Black Sea island. Video of the pre-dawn attack showed the charred remains of buildings in …

Read More »